Kaum verknde ich das Ende der Denkmalschutz-Debatte, kommen hier Leserbriefe von Denkmalschutz-Mitarbeitern rein. Na gut. Ausnahmsweise:

Ich arbeite selber in der Berliner Verwaltung in einer Denkmalschutzbehrde und bin hufig mit solchen Fllen konfrontiert. Nach dem Berliner Denkmalschutzgesetz sind Werbeanlagen und sowieso alle Manahmen an einem in die Liste eingetragenen Baudenkmal, Denkmalbereich oder Gartendenkmal denkmalrechtlich genehmigungspflichtig.

Es gibt zudem einen ganzen Paragraphen ber den Umgebungsschutz eines Denkmals. Darin heit es, dass die unmittelbarer Umgebung eines Denkmals, soweit fr Erscheinungsbild von prgender Bedeutung, durch Manahmen nicht so verndert werden darf, dass Eigenart oder Erscheinungsbild des Denkmal gestrt werden.

Wie weit der Umgebungsschutz reicht, ist je nach Manahme und Denkmal unterschiedlich zu bewerten (ein besonders exponiertes Denkmal, wie beispielsweise eine Burg auf einem Hgel, hat einen anderen Umgebungsschutzbereich als ein Mietshaus in der Berliner Innenstadt). Es gibt hier also keine einheitlich anzuwendende Regel, daher sind Entscheidungen im Rahmen des Denkmalschutzgesetzes immer Ermessensentscheidungen. Gleiches gilt fr die Erheblichkeit der Strung des Erscheinungsbildes durch Manahmen im Umgebungsschutzbereich eines Denkmals. Auch hier wird nach Ermessen entschieden. Ermessensentscheidung im Bereich des Denkmalschutzes verlangen ein hohes Ma an Fachkenntnissen verschiedener Fachrichtungen (Kunstgeschichte, Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Restaurierung, Recht usw.), spezifischer Ortskenntnis und immer auch ein Abwgen mehrerer Mglichkeiten.

Grundstzlich kann man sagen, dass bei einem Neuanstrich eines Nachbargebudes eines Denkmals oder bei einem Neubau neben einem Denkmal immer zurckhaltende Farben genehmigt werden, die das Denkmal nicht dominieren, aus der Ortstypik rausfallen oder in der Materialitt so schlecht sind, dass die Nachbarschaft eines Denkmals nach ein paar Jahren vernachlssigt oder gammlig aussieht. Die Bauwerke und Anlagen in der Umgebung eines Denkmals haben sich grundstzlich immer an der Qualitt des Denkmals zu messen, ohne sich stilistisch anzubiedern aber auch ohne das Denkmal in seiner Wirkung zu stren oder krass hervorzustechen. Bei solchen Fllen werden brigens auch immer die Stadtplaner der Bezirke mithinzugezogen. Auch die prfen, ob die Manahmen sich in die Eigenart der nheren Umgebung einfgen.

Dem Eigentmer war dem Tagesspiegelartikel zufolge ja bewusst, auf was er sich einlsst und der Deal mit dem Bauamt klingt mehr als freundlich: er muss nur sehen, dass seine Fassade weiterhin ordentlich aussieht. In anderen Berliner Bezirken wre die Fassade sicherlich lngst schon wieder monochrom gestrichen

Jetzt weit du vielleicht etwas mehr darber, warum ausnahmsweise mal nicht irgendein CDU-Fuzzi schuld war.

Solche Flle nerven mich brigens in der Praxis sehr, weil sie mich davon...

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Might one million illegal immigrants crash across the US border in the next few days?

In Australia, this would be the equivalent of the population of Rockhampton, QLD (81,000+) arriving in a few days. Do you remember the days of the boat arrivals? Such a fuss over 1,309 refugees over a decade. (The graph below shows how many boats and people have come to Australia, been returned to their country of departure, or had their journeys disrupted in cooperation with foreign countries since Operation Sovereign Borders began in 2013.)

Imagine 80,000 people waiting to flood into Australia.

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President Trump on the Ukraine War: "I dont think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people." pic.twitter.com/5S304y71rF MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) May 11, 2023

<p><strong>A national domestic and family violence conference to be staged in Brisbane tomorrow will focus on the choice that many women in Australia still face: stay in an abusive relationship, or leave and live below the poverty line by relying on government benefits.</strong></p> <p><span id="more-132684"></span></p> <p>The Listen Connect Reflect conference will draw heavily on the Choice: Violence or Poverty report by Dr Anne Summers, a renowned Australian feminist and writer.</p> <p>The report was used by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier this week as the basis for raising the single parenting allowance in May federal budget.</p> <p>Dr Summers, Professor of Domestic & Family Violence, at the University of Technology Sydney, will speak on the choice between violence and poverty faced by survivors of abuse.

Conference organisers said Listen Connect Reflect was an opportunity to dive into the national framework, raise the voices of Lived Experience and strengthen collaboration with the vision to end violence against women and girls in our communities.</p> <p>You can download and read Dr Summers report Choice: Violence or Poverty report by <a href= "http://www.violenceorpoverty.com/">clicking here</a>, or get more details on the conference by <a href= "https://icebergevents.eventsair.com/listen-connect-reflect-conference-2023/"> clicking here</a>.</p> <p>The post <a href= "https://newmatilda.com/2023/05/11/abuse-or-poverty-brisbane-conference-to-confront-the-choice-many-women-face/" rel="nofollow">Abuse Or Poverty: Brisbane Conference To Confront The Choice Many Women Face</a> appeared first on <a href= "https://newmatilda.com" rel="nofollow">New Matilda</a>.</p>

The following is an actual submission sent to New Matilda this week from social media influencer Emre Bardan. Eds Desk is an occasional column in New Matilda, where we clean up submitted copy or news reports, and add some suggested changes.

[HEADLINE] SHOCKING! Travel Horror Story: Aussie Influencer Glamhairartist Unbelievable Experience of Being Robbed, Assaulted, and Trafficked in Mexico!

[EDS NOTE] Thanks for the submission Emre. Firstly, this is not the Daily Mail. Headlines are not sentences. Secondly, being robbed, assaulted and/or trafficked in Mexico is not whats known as unbelievable. Its whats known as a Monday. Your headline is rejected.

[BODY COPY] In a story thats sure to send shivers down your spine, Emre Bardan, a popular Australian social media sensation who goes by @glamhairartist on Instagram has revealed the unimaginable horrors he endured during a recent trip to California and Mexico with the sinister Anton Prack. What was supposed to be a dream vacation turned into a chilling nightmare of drugging, sexual assault, and heartless robbery!

[EDS NOTE] Okay Emre, dont tell the reader how to feel in the opening sentence (for the record, I laughed quite a bit, and at times I was deeply confused, but at no stage did your story send shivers down my spine. Now, firstly, if youre actually going to refer to yourself as a social media sensation, Im actually going to sub that out of the story. For your own benefit. Trust me. Secondly, having read your story, none of the horrors you suffered were unimaginable. If any of what you write is actually true, it was utterly, entirely predictable. Thirdly, you need to explain who the bad guy in your story is, beyond just introducing him as the sinister Anton Prack, like readers would actually know some random dude from the United States, current population about 330 million people.

In Emres own words, As a travel influencer, Im always looking for new experiences to share with my followers. When Anton Prack suggested we switch up our plans and head to Puerto Vallarta instead of the Bahamas, I was intrigued. Despite my friends reservations, I decided to give Anton the benefit of the doubt.

[EDS NOTE] In my own words, what in Gods name is a travel influencer? You cut peoples hair for a living, youre not an influencer anything, let alone a travel one. Also, if you refer to people who have liked y...

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Albanese Government to repatriate all Australian nationals still held in detention camps in Syria, after Save The Children recently warned it would be forced to commence legal action if the Government failed to act.

Many Australians have remained trapped in the camps for four years, away from their homes and relatives in Australia, despite other countries taking steps to repatriate their nationals from Syria.  

The United Nations has reported that young boys in the camps are at risk of being removed from their families and placed in mens or adult prisons, as 17-year-old Yusuf Zahab was before he died in a Syrian camp. Before his death, he and his family had begged the Australian Government to bring him home.     

All Australian nationals have the right to return to Australia. The rights and protections of citizenship cannot depend on the whims of governments. The Albanese Governments failure to act earlier has cost lives and put other lives at risk. 

Save the Children are preparing to launch a legal challenge if the Albanese Government does not act immediately to bring the remaining Australians home.

Josephine Langbien, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, said:   

The Australians trapped in Syrian camps have been held for four years in dire conditions while others around them were repatriated. They have a right to come home, and they should not have to resort to litigation to force their own government to bring them back. 

The Albanese Government must take responsibility for the safety of its citizens and ensure that no more lives are lost. All of these people, children and adults alike, deserve a future. They must be brought home to their families and communities in Australia. 

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Michelle Bennett
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michelle.bennett@hrlc.org.au

HARRIS: "Everything is in context. My mother used to give us a hard time sometimes & she would say to us, 'I don't know what's wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?! You exist in the context of all in which you...

Why do people do this crap? pic.twitter.com/knfCNY5v7i Anthony (@Antman0528) May 10, 2023

We could have been given a visionary budget, emboldened by Labors recent electoral successes at both state and federal level, and the fact that the next election is still two years away. Instead, spooked by its own shadow and the bogeyman of inflation, Labor delivered a faded scrapbook of the Partys old glories.

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NBC: Will anybody be able to police what Carlson says or is this the point? Its just a free for all? pic.twitter.com/fOq164vksz Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) May 10, 2023

THE DRAFT OF THE EMAIL TO Dr MICHAEL KIDD.

On the 9th September 2022, I sent an email to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the federal Department of Health, Dr. Michael Kidd, in which I pointed out that letting COVID-19 enter the Commonwealth of Australia was a terrorist activity.

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Was the Albanese Governments response to immediately order the shut down of the daily reporting of COVID-19 casualties?

Below is the last of the COVID-19-at-a-glance repor...

What a disgraceful headline - 'invest' in abortion care. Anna Jabour - head of spin for Marie Stopes International - abortion organisation Investing in gender equity means investing in abortion care 10 May 2023: MSI Australia, the nation's leading provider of abortion, contraception, and vasectomy services, today welcomed the Federal...

Contributed by Adam Carlton

A case has just been heard before the NSW Supreme Court has drawn attention to the outrageous new anti-protest laws in this state.  Put through as amendments to the Crimes Act and passed through parliament last April, they empower government ministers to order the forceful remove people from a road or facility, including a railway station. The penalty for breeching such an order can be imprisonment. This is a law designed to silence critics of the governments policies and actions through intimidation.

Not everyone enjoys the money and connection to be heard through the political establishment and equal access to media. Their voice is in the streets, and taking away this voice is to silence them.

Till now, the focus has been on protectors of the environment. It wont stop here though. Politicians are quick to get a taste for their newfound authority.

The first person to be imprisoned for this law was Deanna Violet Coco. She was sentenced to 15 months for a protest on Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2022. She was lucky. Her appeal proved that the police had lied about her blocking an ambulance and their testimony was no longer reliable. There was no other course but to quash the sentence. The police later admitted the lie.

Two members of the environmentalist group the Knitting Nannas, Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs, were in the court. They were supported by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office., which argued that the amendment to the Crimes Act is unconstitutional, because it infringes on freedom of political expression.

Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs brought the case before the NSW Suprreme Court

The explicit purpose of the law is to impose a burden on political communication, because it is perceived a particular form of protest should be prohibited and subject to...

The number of whites who were enslaved by the Barbary pirates in North Africa exceeded the number of Africans enslaved in the United States and in the American colonies before thatput together. But nobody is going to North Africa to ask for reparations, because nobody is going pic.twitter.com/LDwA4OwFTl Natalie...

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What's wrong with Government listening now? "What the Voice will do is to provide an opportunity for Indigenous people to speak, to have that voice, but also for government to listen. And we know that you get better outcomes when you listen." Prime Minister @AlboMP. @latingle #abc730 #auspol pic.twitter.com/RKDojViiRh...

Federal Labor are refusing to comment on claims by former South Australian Senator, Rex Patrick, that Madeleine Kings Energy Department is refusing to release details around briefings and an options paper regarding a domestic gas reservation policy.

Patrick wrote on www.michaelwest.com.au that his freedom of information (FOI) request for those documents was denied, and large law firm Clayton Utz has been employed to defend the secrecy.

WAs successful gas reservation policy

The Echo asked Minister Kings office, If correct, what public interest arguments are there for this refusal?; Does the minister agree a domestic gas reservation policy is a good idea in principle, given her state of WA has been successful in keeping gas prices down through a reservation policy?; and, When is there likely to be an announcement around this policy? Minister Kings office replied to The Echo, The matter is currently before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and it would be inappropriate to comment further. 

Her office referred to a press release on how Labor were addressing rising gas p...

Rupert Murdochs propagandist Samantha Maiden published an article on Tuesday (9/5/23) in a deliberate and calculated attempt to publicly shame Brittany Higgins. Ms Higgins is a good chance to be called to []

A book review of Antonio Damasio's: book "Feeling and Knowing," with the reviewer's comments.

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 10, 2023

Its so inspiring that the Canadian military asked the public what it could change to get people to be willing to join. The obvious U.S. answer of poverty and grotesque prices for education probably wont work or at least may not be sufficient in the near term. And people would probably object to mandatory JROTC. Unfortunately, I missed the deadline to answer the survey, but I really want to help the Canadian military, so here are my answers to the questions:

Supporting our people

• How can National Defence modernize our approach to supporting a life in service, which has both unique rewards and unique challenges?
  Shift 100% of the budget to paying reparations to victims.
• What do prospective CAF members expect from their service?
  Moral injury, physical injury, global contempt, suicidal tendencies.
• How can the CAF increase its attractiveness in the 21^st century labour market?
  Lose the uniforms and the weapons. Murder is pass.
• What culture change reforms are needed to ensure that the CAF is a modern military that can implement its defence policy?
  Train the entire nation in unarmed civilian defense.

Building organizational capacity

• What insights might be adapted from other business sectors and the private sector writ-large to make Defence more effective and efficient?
  Other business sectors? Admitting that organized murder is a business is a bad look.
• How can DND/CAF best learn from innovators and entrepreneurs? Defence experts?
  Replace CANSEC weapons show with a gathering of experts in actual defence of human life and the environment.
• How often should the Defence Policy be reviewed and updated?
  Every time people catch on to its BS enough to ruin recruitment goals.
• How can ongoing engagement be reflected in that update?
  By pretending...

The nasty Katy Gallagher is putting people in the freezer again. The Opposition and The Greens have just realised that the mean girls Housing Fund wont actually build any houses.

We show you how to add varieties and improve pollination with our fruit tree grafting guide.

Thank you Underminder.

Far-right Republicans in the United States arent even bothering to hide their bigotry and racism anymore, with the news that a governor from Americas deep south has launched his re-election campaign replete with a deep fake video of him as a gunslinger from the wild west shooting Mexicans.

It comes amid heightening tensions on the southern border of the United States, which has seen more than a million undocumented immigrants cross the border in the past six months. And a few days after the video was released, a man drove his 4WD at high speed into a group of people outside an immigrant/homeless shelter in a border town in Texas. Eight people died, and another 10 were seriously injured.

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Team Tate! (@TeamTateReeves) May 2, 2023

Tate Reeves is the one-term governor of Mississippi, and last week he formally launched his re-election campaign, taking to Twitter with a brief video that has his face overlaid on Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood.

Its a bizarre video, not least of all because if you know what Reeves actually looks like, its more than a bit of a stretch.

Think moderately overweight 60-something-year-old man in his 60s whose hobbies include stamp collecting, double chins and getting a bowl haircut from his mother once a fortnight.

While immigration is a hot topic nationally, the dog-whistling racism from Reeves is a bizarre strategy when you consider the racial make-up of Mississippi, which doesnt share a border with Mexico and is virtually...

By Scott Horton | The Libertarian Institute | February 25, 2023

He wrote on October 17, 2001:

THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschles office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think theyre testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to what is still a minor biological threat, as a softener to a major biological threat in the coming weeks. They must be encouraged by the panic-mongering of the tabloids, Hollywood and hoaxsters. They must also be encouraged by the fact that some elements in the administration already seem to be saying we need to keep our coalition together rather than destroy the many-headed enemy. So the terrorists are pondering their next move. The chilling aspect of the news in the New York Times today is that the terrorists clearly have access to the kind of anthrax that could be used against large numbers of civilians. My hopes yesterday that this was a minor attack seem absurdly nave in retrospect. So they are warning us and testing us.

At this point, it seems to me that a refusal to extend the war to Iraq is not even an option. We have to extend it to Iraq. It is by far the most likely source of this weapon; it is clearly willing to use such weapons in the future; and no war against terrorism of this kind can be won without dealing decisively with the Iraqi threat. We no longer have any choice in the matter. Slowly, incrementally, a Rubicon has been crossed. The terrorists have launched a biological weapon against the United States. They have therefore made biological warfare thinkable and thus repeatable. We once had a doctrine that such a Rubicon would be answered with a nuclear response. We backed down on that threat in the Gulf War but Saddam didnt dare use biological weapons then. Someone has dared to use them now. Our response must be as grave as this new threat.

I know that this means that this conflict is deepening and widening beyond its initial phony stage. But what choice do we have? Inaction in the face of biological warfare is an invitation for more in a world where that is now thinkable. Appropriate response will no doubt inflame an already inflamed region, as people seek solace through the usual ideological fire. Either way the war will grow and I feel nothing but dread in my heart. But we didnt seek this conflict. It has sought us. If we do not wage war now, we may have to wage an even bloodier war in the very near future. These are bleak choices, but what else do we have? [Italics his]

Believe in social justice? Think equality of outcome is a good thing? Feel a burning desire to rail against racism and neo-Nazis? Often find yourself in deep conversations about the state of the world or lost in thought about why Marxism never really caught on, and whether or not the beard was at least partly responsible?

Well then, youre probably a lefty, and according to one leading philosopher, thats also probably because youre an intellectual. Which he possibly seems to be inferring is a bad thing? Maybe?

Introducing Roger Scruton, or more precisely Sir Roger Vernon Scruton, a prominent British conservative and philosopher who is to hair as Boris Johnson is to politics: confusing.

Scruton passed a few years ago, but not before recording a lengthy interview about why intellectuals often turn out to be leftists. And were giving it a plug today because, well, when you watch it, youll understand why. Over to Scruton.

Ever since I became a conservative, which was in May 1968 in Paris, I hadnt a very clear idea of how to articulate it. All I knew was that when I looked down in the street and saw all these rowdy students throwing stones at policemen, I just said to myself, Whatever they believe, I believe the opposite.

The rowdy students Scruton is referring to were protestors at an event since dubbed May 68. It marked several months of unrest led by students protesting, among other things, American imperialism and police brutality two things Scruton presumably believes in (as conservatives go, he certainly wouldnt be the first). It also expanded to include workers, with rolling strikes demanding better wages.

Anyway Scruton continues: I somewhat arrogantly came to the conclusion that if you start thinking about politics in an intellectual way, you are likely to be on the left. Because that provides a systematic solution, an answer to the questions which puts it all in a system and also gives you a rather dignified and self-congratulatory place in the system.

But once youve started thinking, if you think a bit harder and longer about it, youll move back to what you would have been if you had never thought at all.

So there you have it folks. From the mouth of a leading conservative, all you need to do to adopt conservative beliefs is avoid intellectualism and, most importantly, not think about stuff.

You can find an expanded interview with Scruton at this link: https://youtu.be/iawSzFZg-...

"Good to be with you".

Despite the back rub from washed-up former Press Gallery leftist Paul Bongiorno: As has become usual, the ABC's Budget coverage tanked last night, beaten by Summer Bay, Farmer Wants a Wife, Masterchef, Larry Emdur - just about everything the commercial stations had to offer. Even the Treasurer speaking to Parliament...

[Federal Budget 2023 Winners and Losers]

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WTF are taxpayers doing paying for this repetitive drivel? Is the current Australian flag reflective of modern, multicultural Australia and its history? #QandA pic.twitter.com/VaxR8bUiUP QandA (@QandA) May 9, 2023

The Prince of Wales was visibly surprised when he was told Dame Elizabeth Watts had attended the coronations of three monarchs, despite once having to sleep on the pavement. Read more https://t.co/YkbBfrGGQ2 pic.twitter.com/bwUFJu9HvK Sky News (@SkyNews) May 9, 2023

A legal matter of state or national importance in relation to a so called government mandated jab, has an originating motion not within a court but a tribunal, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to be exact, how pathetic.

To make matters worse, since state tribunals are not courts they cannot exercise judicial powers.

See link: https://constitutionwatch.com.au/state-tribunals-are-not-courts-and-cannot-exercise-judicial-powers/

Also, a tribunal cannot exercise power in a hearing and determining a complaint under a state Act.

See: https://constitutionwatch.com.au/no-jurisdiction-for-tribunal-to-exercise-judicial-power-in-hearing-and-determining-a-complaint-under-the-state-act/

A hearing was held within VCAT with regards to a woman obtaining a life saving heart operation which was denied by the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne for her not succumbing to obtain an injection...

Sorry love, you're too fat. The new normal. pic.twitter.com/D2aOmmx3wj Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 9, 2023

Passed in 2002, Federal Disability Discrimination Act requires public transport across Australia to be fully accessible by the end of 2022. Our trams, trains and buses are running late. At the current rate of progress, public transport will not be fully accessible until 2066 - over 40 years out of time.

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Were back. pic.twitter.com/sG5t9gr60O Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 9, 2023

Contributed by Joe Montero

Make no mistake, the budget delivered last night by treasurer Jim Chalmers took on the shape of a major public relations exercise. It pretended to deliver to the battler. The gives are marginal and do little to tackle the rising cost of living.

You wouldnt think so if you believe the headlines across big media. These have generally lent a hand to the narrative of a responsible giveaway budget, which has also delivered a small budget surplus.

This isnt about having a go at Labor. A coalition government wouldve been much worse. Still, theres something to be said about being honest and calling it like it is. To do otherwise, is to go along with what is wrong and shore up the facade.

So, what is the reality behind this faade? The government coffers have been filled with a growth in the tax paid by wage earners, although their share of national income remains stagnant. The rest of it has come from tax collected from the soaring prices for fossil fuel exports and the domestic cost of petrol.

The graph above shows the relative and absolute rise in household income tax in recent years.

This has provided useful wiggle room to do the minimum to escape public angst. Everyone knows that the standing of government in this country and the major parties that operate within is quite low. The smoke and mirrors approach is designed to answer this by taking our attention from the reality that most of us are becoming worse off, and that the budget does little to turn this around.

Take the housing affordability crisis. Giving a $1.12 a day increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance to those on Centrelink payments is not even going to scratch the surface on this problem. This same group of Australian citizens gets $2.85 a day, not even enough to cover a cup of coffee, to address living well below the poverty line. This requires $50 a day more. Without the support they need, a growing proportion of Australia will continue to have to make choices between paying the rent, eating, or seeing the doctor.

Locally-based Nationals MLC Ben Franklin is embroiled with infighting within his own party, according to SMH (Nine) and independent publisher Crikey.

Attempts to confirm the accuracy of the SMH story with Franklin were unsuccessful, however he did make a statement on his Facebook page on Monday night.

In 2019, Franklin ran against incumbent MP Tamara Smith (Greens) for the seat of Ballina on a large pork barrelling platform of promises, yet lost.

NSW deputy premier Paul Toole was dumped by the party Monday night, just one month after he was re-elected to the role. Dubbo MP, Dugald Saunders, is his replacement.

Regarding Franklin, SMH reports, The NSW Nationals are threatening to refer one of their own members to the corruption watchdog for considering a lucrative promotion in the new parliament despite senior party figures proposing another of their own MPs for the same job.

The report claims Franklin sparked fury in his party room for considering the plum job of upper house president, despite another Nationals MP, Wes Fang, also considering the job.  

Upper house presidential perks include a driver, staff and a salary on par with a government minister.

SMH says Franklin is a close friend to Minns, and is also the godfather to one of Minnss sons. 

Jobs for the boys?...

ASIA:

The Agricultural Bank of China, one of the countrys largest commercial lenders, has scaled up support for the manufacturing sector. As of the end of March, the banks outstanding loans to the manufacturing sector exceeded 2.69 trillion yuan ($388.42 billion), according to the bank. Newly-added loans to the manufacturing industry stood at over 390 billion yuan at the end of the first quarter (Q1), data from the lender showed. As of the end of Q1, loans issued to emerging industries of strategic importance increased more than 430 billion yuan. Meanwhile, outstanding loans to specialized and innovative firms topped 200 billion yuan for the first time. The lender has also ratcheted up support for low-carbon development, with its green loans reaching over 3 trillion yuan by the end of March.

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 292.94 points or 1.01% to 29,242.82
• Shanghai decreased 37.33 points or -1.10% to 3,357.67
• Hang Seng decreased 429.45 points or -2.12% to 19,867.58
• ASX 200 decreased 12.40 points or -0.17% to 7,264.10
• Kospi decreased 3.15 points or -0.13% to 2,510.06
• SENSEX decreased 2.92 points or -0.01% to 61,761.33
• Nifty50 increased 1.55 points or 0.01% to 18,265.95

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00283 or -0.42% to 0.67537
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00181 or -0.29% to 0.63239
• USDJPY increased 0.179 or 0.13% to 135.259
• USDCNY increased 0.00624 or 0.09% to 6.92664

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 11.05 USD/t oz. or 0.55% to 2,032.44
• Silver increased 0.038 USD/t. oz or 0.15% to 25.608

Some economic news from last night:

China:

Exports (YoY) (Apr) decreased from 14.8% to 8.5%

Imports (YoY) (Apr) decreased from -1.4% to -7.9%

Trade Balance (USD) (Apr) increased from 88.19B to 90.21B

Japan:

Household Spending (MoM) (Mar) increased from -2.4% to -0.8%

Household Spending (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 1.6% to -1.9%

Australia:

Retail Sales (MoM) increased from 0.2% to 0.4%

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Die nchsten Strafmanahmen

Die EU plant neue Sanktionen gegen China, die sie erstmals mit angeblicher chinesischer Untersttzung fr Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine begrndet. Ein entsprechender Bericht der Financial Times wurde gestern im Wesentlichen besttigt. Demnach spricht sich die EU-Kommission unter ihrer Prsidentin Ursula von der Leyen dafr aus, Strafmanahmen gegen sieben Unternehmen aus der Volksrepublik einschlielich Hongkongs zu verhngen. Ihre Vermgenswerte in der EU sollen eingefroren werden. Mindestens vier der sieben Unternehmen sind bereits in den Vereinigten Staaten mit Sanktionen belegt worden.[1] Dazu gehren 3HC Semiconductors und King-Pai Technology aus Shenzhen. Whrend King-Pai Technology beschuldigt wird, Bauteile nach Russland zu liefern, die genutzt werden knnen, um elektronische Steuerungssysteme fr Lenkwaffen zu produzieren, wirft die EU 3HC Semiconductors vor, US-Produkte zu beschaffen, die nicht nach Russland exportiert werden drfen, und sie an russische Unternehmen weiterzuverkaufen. Zumindest in letzterem Fall erweisen sich die EU-Sanktionsplne damit de facto als bloe Handlangerdienste fr die USA.

Outbound Investment Screening

Die Sanktionsplne sind lediglich Teil eines umfassenderen Manahmenpakets, das die Bundesrepublik bzw. die EU zur Zeit in Planung haben und das der chinesischen Wirtschaft Schaden zufgen soll. So kndigte EU-Kommissionsprsidentin von der Leyen schon Ende Mrz an, sie wolle Beschrnkungen bei Investitionen europischer Unternehmen in der Volksrepublik einfhren. Ziel sei, die Anwendung europischen Know-hows durch chinesische Firmen einzuschrnken. Offiziell war von der Sorge die Rede, es knne genutzt werden, um die militrischen und nachrichtendienstlichen Fhigkeiten Chinas zu strken. Faktisch geht es einerseits um einen Beitrag der EU zum Versuch des Westens, den technologischen Aufstieg der Volksrepublik zu bremsen. Andererseits sollen damit Unternehmen aus der EU von weiteren Aktivitten in China abgehalten werden (german-foreign-policy.com berichtete [2]). Von der Leyen trug ihren Vorsto kurze Zeit nach ihrem Besuch in den USA vor, bei dem sie unter anderem von US-Prsident Joe Biden im Weien Haus empfangen worden war. Washington bereitet gegenwrtig die Einfhrung identischer Manahmen (Outbound Investment Screening) fr Investitionen in China, vor.[3]

Gesprche mit auslndischen Partnern

Darber hinaus steht die Bundesregierung offenkundig unter Druck, die Lieferung von Chemikalien nach China zu untersagen, die fr die Halbleiterproduktion unverzichtbar sind. Dabei geht es um Grundstoffe, die vor allem BASF und Merck in die Volksrepublik exportieren; BASF sei bei den Chemikalien Marktfhrer in Europa sowie in Asien, whrend sich die Merck-Produkte in beinahe jedem Chip weltweit befnden, hie es vergangene Woche in Berichten.[4] ber den Hintergrund hie es, es gehe um US-Versuche, die Halbleiterproduktion der Vo...

The High Court is set to hear an appeal brought by an Iranian man who has been detained for nearly a decade while seeking asylum. The appeal will determine for the first time whether the Federal Court has the power to direct that a person be detained at a location in the community, rather than a detention centre.

The man bringing the appeal, who goes by the name Ned Kelly Emeralds, is represented by the Human Rights Law Centre. Ned arrived in Australia by boat from Iran in 2013 and has been detained since that time.

For two decades, the offshore detention policies of Australian governments have cruelly and arbitrarily discriminated against people seeking safety based on how they arrived. A maze of discriminatory laws enacted by successive governments has meant that people who arrived at the same time as Ned were either transferred to Regional Processing Countries, granted temporary protection visas or held in detention while their status was resolved.

The appeal will have important implications for hundreds of people in indefinite immigration detention. The average time spent by people in immigration detention has reached record levels, at 780 days. More than one hundred people have been in immigration detention for over five years.

The appeal also comes after the Albanese Government recently extended permanent protection to 19,000 people who arrived in Australia by sea before 2014.

The Human Rights Law Centre calls on the Albanese Government to recognise that all people have a right to permanent protection.

Ned Kelly Emeralds, who is preparing for his appeal to be heard, said: I have been kept in a cage and denied any possibility of release for nearly ten years. I hope that my case shows the powers that Ministers have over peoples lives if the Minister wants it, you can be locked up for a decade, sent to Nauru or given a permanent visa. But everyone deserves an equal chance to make a life in freedom.

Farhad Bandesh, an activist and artist who was detained on Manus Island, said: We fled our countries to find freedom and safety. Instead, Australian governments have built prison camps to torture us, keep us away from the Australian people and spread fear about us. It is time for this government to acknowledge our suffering and treat us with equality, dignity and respect. We are all human beings.

Aran Mylvaganam of the Tamil Refugee Council said: This case perfectly illustrates the arbitrariness and cruelty of Australias offshore detention regime people on the same boat could end up divided between Nauru or Manus, living in Australia or being locked in detention for a decade. Everyone deserves a single solution a permanent home in Australia.

Sanmati Verma, Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, who represents Ned, s...

Dismantling the scientism surrounding the junk science of virology and Big Pharma. 

In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which aired on May 8, 2023, Patrick talks with Luther about dismantling the scientism surrounding junk science, and how academic and Big Pharma elites routinely bamboozle the general public, and violated their own scientific standards during the Covid crisis, along with endless medical propaganda and tropes designed to gaslight people into believing the most implausible narratives about contagions and novel viruses. Listen:

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The answer to Who owns Crimea? depends upon whether or not a person thinks that the gifting of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine.

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QLD Minister for Women @ShannonFentiman answers Q what is a woman? Lets be inclusive. Anyone that identifies as a woman is a woman...It's not one group advancing at the expense of another." Tell that to the actual women whose rights you are giving away under self-ID laws. pic.twitter.com/ZaiiI917Bz Rachael...

Lets assemble a panel of regular Aussies to test the impact of the budget The ABC has assembled, three women (of course): 1. A Triple J announcer - abc cool leftist 2. Georgie Dent - a left wing feminist activist running a Parenting website that gets its funding from...

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Meme coins are currently the dominating trend on the crypto market once again due to PEPE. After the furious price rallye of PEPE, investors are feverishly looking for the next meme coin that makes 100x.

Whether this trend will continue for much longer or if this marks a top for the crypto market remains to be seen. However, historically, the meme coin hype marked local highs for the Bitcoin price (and thus the rest of the market).

Whales Reveal All About Meme Coins Like PEPE

In a new Twitter thread, Frank Rotman, co-founder QED Investors, spilled the beans about meme coins. QED Investors is a leading VC in the fintech space and has AUM of $3.2 billion. The company has already invested $662 million in startups. So Rotman is well connected and knows what hes talking about.

In recent days, Rotman has spoken with traders who have put anywhere from $500 to more than $20 million into meme coins and their views are eye-opening, the venture capitalist says. The biggest insight was (although not shocking): Memes coins are a game.

The concept of the game, according to Rotman, is to attract as many other participants as possible to the list of game participants. Your goal is to convince people that being on the list is cool. Once people are on the list, they are expected to tweet funny images or diagrams to generate FOMO for the game.

However, the number on the list matters because members can sell new players as much or as little as they want, with prices fluctuating based on supply and demand. Ultimately, this proves that the founders and previous investors are the biggest profiteers from such a Ponzi scheme.

The answers Rotman has received are extremely revealing. Big investors are aware of the game. One anonymous person said:

Its a damn fun game once youre in it. You get to act like an idiot, annoy everyone around you...

Media release

On 20 July 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense published a media release titled "DoD Announces the Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office." The text of the release reads:

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"On July 15, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence [DNI], amended her original direction to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security by renaming and expanding the scope of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group [AOIMSG] to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office [AARO], due to the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022, which included a provision to establish an office, in coordination with DNI, with responsibilities that were broader than those originally assigned to the AOIMSG.

Today, USD (I&S) Hon Ronald S.  Moultrie informed the department of the establishment of AARO within the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, and named Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, most recently the Chief Scientist at the Defense Intelligence Agency's Missile and Space Intelligence Center, as the Director of AARO.

The mission of the AARO will be to synchronize efforts across the Department of Defense, and with other US federal departments and agencies, to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest in, on or near military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace and other areas of interest, and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security. This includes anomalous, unidentified space,...

Australian Company Has Found Oil, Gas in Zimbabwe

By FARAI MUTSAKA

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) An Australian-listed company exploring for oil and gas in Zimbabwe said Monday it has found deposits of both as well as helium in the Cabora Bassa Basin in the north of the country.

Invictus Energy said in a statement that results from an analysis of samples from drilling conducted last year confirmed the presence of light oil and rich natural gas-condensate, with condensate gas ratios estimated at between 30 to 135 barrels per million cubic feet.

The results also showed the presence of helium gas in commercial concentrations, the company said.

Helium is used in the production of semi-conductors and liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.

Invictus Energy is planning to drill another exploration well in the same area later this year.

There was no immediate comment from the Zimbabwean government on the find.

It could be years before Zimbabwe starts commercial production of any of the deposits. Neighboring Mozambique only started exporting liquefied natural gas last year after discovering reserves off its coast in 2010.

If youd told me at the start of 2020 that before the middle of the year, the streets of all of the worlds great cities would be empty and billions of people would be locked in their homes, sometimes for months on end, I would have told you that was unthinkable.

But thats the funny thing about unthinkable things. Theyre only unthinkable until unthinkable things happen, then theyre extraordinary, before theyre ordinary.

With that in mind, the notion that the United States of America might collapse under the weight of its own violence is also hard to imagine. Its been the worlds only superpower since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. But history tells us at least two things about great empires: They all, eventually, fall; and the rot almost always comes from within.

Over the weekend, there was yet another mass shooting in the US. A man aged in his 30s opened fire outside a shopping mall in the community of Allen, in the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. In a matter of minutes, eight people were dead, including at least three children. The shooter, an extremist with ties to right wing hate groups and white supremacy, was killed by police.

Twitter purchased earlier this year in service of free speech by the worlds richest man was soon awash with the blood of those children. Three different videos, all of them unedited, dominated the gore: the first showed the gunman opening fire at the mall; the second, with blood everywhere, zoomed in close on the victims and featured what looked like the brain matter of a small child on the footpath; the third video showed close-up footage of the dead gunmen, shot in the head by police, with a large pool of blood seeping from the back of his skull. More than 48 hours after the slaughter, the videos were still being widely tweeted.

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The ACT Government has been criticised for its failure to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 right away, with justice advocates saying the welfare of 12- and 13-year-old children cannot wait until 2025.

The ACT Government has today tabled a Bill that would see the age of criminal responsibility raised from 10 to only 12 years old, in a delayed process to eventually raise the age to 14 in July 2025 with exceptions.

Medical, legal, and human rights experts have been unequivocal in calling for governments to raise the age to at least 14 with no carve-outs. Yet the ACT has flagged that children accused of serious offences will continue to be subject to police investigation including strip-searches, being dragged through courts, and locked in prisons.

By keeping the age of criminal responsibility as low as 12 until 2025 and neglecting to protect all children from a harmful system, Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury have failed some of the ACTs most marginalised children. 

Prison has devastating impacts on childrens and young peoples health, development, mental health and wellbeing. Evidence shows that the earlier a child is locked up in jail, the more the child is at risk of being entrenched in the justice system and re-engaging with the system later in life. 

Instead of locking up kids in prison, Chief Minister Barr and the ACT Government must fund community-led solutions which are supported by evidence and keep our children and communities safe.

Karly Warner, CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT):

In the extremely rare instances when a child does something seriously wrong, its because theyve been let down and need our help. We have abundant evidence that locking up children causes ongoing harm for them and their families, and the whole community. The ACT Government is well aware of this evidence. Politicians have no excuse to sacrifice 12 and 13-year-old children for political expediency.

Lets be clear: by failing to raise the age to 14 urgently and without exception, the ACT Government is failing Aboriginal children. Aboriginal kids are over-represented at every stage of the system, from police to court to prison. The ACT imprisons Aboriginal children at 12 times the rate of non-Indigenous children. Its Aboriginal kids and families who will be most harmed by the governments refusal to fully accept the evidence about what works. 

Cheryl Axleby, Co-Chair, Change the Record:
While the commitment from the ACT to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility is a promising step, it is disappointing that yet again our little children must wait. Governments have the capability of acting now and raising the age to 14 now and adding exceptions for certain offences is deeply worrying. The ACT's commitment t......

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In Australia and I'm sure in parts of the USA, we call temperatures above 100 a warm summer day. But this hasn't stopped the BBC from trying to frighten their audience with a little warm weather.

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On the eve of the federal budget, a great deal is being made of the expected $15 billion surplus, something that hasnt been seen for 15 years. How can this be when the demands on the governments responsibilities are rising, along with the gap between this and the revenue coming in? More on this later.

The details have not been public yet. But custom has been followed with some telling leaks. so far there are few gains and the promise of a lot of pain.

Even with some small improvements for the parenting payment, and a small increase in the Jobseeker base rate for those over 55, the rising poverty faced by those on social security will not be addressed. They will continue to fall further below the poverty line.

Photo by Lukas Coch/AAP: Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver the budget tonight.

The bigger issue is the matter of the rising cost of living. A $4 billion package over four years is included in this budget. This includes rebates up to $500 for households on government payments, or $9.60 a week, which goes nowhere near covering the recent surge in energy prices. There is the additional low-income and rental household electrification package, forced on by the Greens during negotiations. A small improvement in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will be provided. A change in the dispensing rules will make it possible for pharmacists to sell up to two months worth of certain medications under a single prescription.

Most of the unemployed, those on disability support,...

ASIA:

The UAE and India are expected to surpass their non-oil trade target of $50 billion this year, on their way to reaching the $100 billion goal by 2030. Bilateral non-oil trade reached $45.5 billion between May 2022 and March 2023, with a 7% increase from the previous year. In the first quarter of 2023, bilateral trade increased by 24.7% from the previous quarter, with non-oil exports from the UAE to India increasing by 33% and Indias re-exports to the UAE increasing by 31.5%.

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 208.07 points or -0.71% to 28,949.88
• Shanghai increased 60.50 points or 1.81% to 3,395.00
• Hang Seng increased 247.72 points or 1.24% to 20,297.03
• ASX 200 increased 56.50 points or 0.78% to 7,276.50
• Kospi increased 12.27 points or 0.49% to 2,513.21
• SENSEX increased 709.96 points or 1.16% to 61,764.25
• Nifty50 increased 195.40 points or 1.08% to 18,264.40

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00408 or 0.60% to 0.67888
• NZDUSD increased 0.00564 or 0.90% to 0.63494
• USDJPY decreased 0.119 or -0.09% to 134.711
• USDCNY decreased 0.00176 or -0.03% to 6.91884

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 10.47 USD/t oz. or 0.52% to 2,027.01
• Silver decreased 0.017 USD/t. oz or -0.06% to 25.634

Some economic news from last night:

Japan:

Services PMI (Apr) increased from 55.0 to 55.4

Australia:

Building Approvals (MoM) (Mar) decreased from 3.9% to -0.1%

NAB Business Confidence (Apr) increased from -1 to 0

EUROPE/EMEA:

The European markets traded muted on the first trading day of the week, reversing gains from Fridays session as investors await more corporate earnings and Bank of England rate hike meeting decision scheduled on Thursday. The French CAC was last trading 0.1 percent lower. The biggest European market by volume, German DAX was last trading marginally lower. The European stocks closed higher on F...

By Mike Sygula / Truth Theory

Artificial Intelligence systems are slowly impacting more and more our lives and are being implemented in different industries and products. The systems in use currently are mostly based on narrow AI. Narrow AI is very different from general AI. Narrow AI is created to focus on specific tasks, an example is a chatbot. General AI would allow to potentially solve almost any problem and still hasnt been developed (at least officially). However, most recent developments such as Chat GPT, are moving us closer and closer to the ultimate goal which could be the biggest disruption in the history of humanity General Artificial Intelligence.

AI can be used to help solve some of the biggest problems that our culture faces and give us answers to some of the biggest questions. However, it poses also the biggest threat to our existence. There are many potential dangers. Automation is t...

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Alan Fisher and CityNerd are likely household names to anyone with a passive interest in urban design and a YouTube account. With over 300,000 subscribers between them, both channels have carved out an online community not only questioning the North American development pattern, but mobilizing to make change where they live. 

Strong Towns is thrilled to welcome both YouTubers to the Strong Towns National Gathering (May 3031) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Alan Fisher and CityNerd will join Tiffany Owens Reed of Cities Decoded, who has likewise been a regular Strong Towns contributor asking tough questions and offering thoughtful answers. Also on the panel is John Simmerman of Active Towns, which puts out podcasts, videos, and other media to inspire the creation of communities that promote a Culture of Activity for All Ages & Abilities. 

These creators will share their experiences reaching people using video, social media, podcasts, and other forms of media to build a movement. In a panel moderated by Strong Towns video producer Mike Pasternock, youll learn how to get started on content creation, with pro tips to leverage various platforms and content types to reach new audiences receptive to the Strong Towns message.

Learn about the panelists below and get your tickets to the National Gathering here.

By Steve Goreham | MasterResource | May 2, 2023

CCS has been slow to take off due to the cost of capture and the limited salability of carbon dioxide as a product. Thirty-nine CCS facilities capture CO₂ around the world today, totaling 45 million tons per year, or about one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of industrial emissions produced globally.

The Environmental Protection Agency is working on a new rule that would set stringent limits on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from US power plants. Utilities would be required to retrofit existing plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or to switch to hydrogen fuel. Others call for the use of CCS to decarbonize heavy industry. But the cost of capture and the amount of CO₂ that proponents say needs to be captured crush any ideas about feasibility.

Carbon capture and storage is the process of capturing carbon dioxide from an industrial plant before it enters the atmosphere, transporting it, and storing it for centuries to millennia. Capture may be accomplished by filtering it from combustion exhaust streams. Pipelines are proposed to transport the captured CO₂. Underground reservoirs could be used for storage. For the last two decades, advocates have proposed CCS to reduce emissions from coal plants and steel, chemical, and other hard-to-decarbonize industries in order to fight human-caused climate change.

CCS has been slow to take off due to the cost of capture and the limited salability of carbon dioxide as a product. Thirty-nine CCS facilities capture CO₂ around the world today, totaling 45 million tons per year, or about one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of industrial emissions produced globally. Of these, 20 reside in the US or Canada, six in Europe, and five in China. Twenty-four of these facilities use captured CO₂ for enhanced oil recovery. Captured CO₂ is injected into oil wells to boost oil output,

The news from these facilities is mixed. Many are not meeting their carbon-capture goals or are incurring costs well over budget. Nevertheless, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, the US, and nations of Europe now offer billions in direct subsidies or tax breaks to firms for capture of CO₂ emissions and to build pipelines and storage. Over 300 large and small capture projects are...

The calendar may not have ticked over yet, but the wintry weather has arrived and forecasters say the frosty conditions are far from over. Large parts of southern-eastern Australia were plunged into freezing conditions on the weekend, as icy air from Antarctica was pushed across the eastern states by a strong cold front. The strong winds disrupted flights in Sydney, while people from New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania took to social media to share photos of the swathes of hail and snow blanketing the streets and mountain tops.

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By Dave DeCamp Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration over the Biden administrations efforts to convict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen....

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(20) LastAmericanVagabond on Twitter: "For those still caring about @YouTube (I know right?) it's now censoring discussion on #EastPalestine under the guise of "medical misinfo". Does it matter that what I'm discussing is coming directly from highly regarded experts in this field? It didn't during "COVID". #Censorship https://t.co/lh7dqvPqfz" / Twitter
(21) LastAmericanVagabond on Twitter: "I just want to give @velocirapture23 a shout out for trying to get the attention of the masses to this important story back on the 11th. Sure wish there was free speech (which includes freedom of reach) on this platform. Only today is this story really getting discussed." / Twitter
(20) PJ Johnson on Twitter: "@nowthisnews Such a liar. The EPA was there within hours of the derailment. Biden offered...

The Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, in a long and wide-ranging interview with a journalist on the French television news channel LCI, about world and Chinese affairs, stated, in response to a question as to whether or not Crimea was a part of Ukraine, that it depended on how one looks at the history of the situation, and that Crimea was Russian for a long time and only given to Ukraine during the Soviet era.

He then added,

Even these ex-Soviet countries dont have an effective status in international law because there was no international agreement to materialize their status as sovereign countries.

Both these statements caused an angry reaction in the West, especially the Baltic countries and Ukraine, and drew statements condemning what he said and calls for his removal from his post.

But among all this furore no one in the western media or halls of power bothered to ask the question, are his statements correct? The answer is yes and the anger in the West is due to their recognition that he is correct, that the entire post-Soviet order in Europe is built on a foundation of sand.

To understand this and its consequences we have to examine the events during the counter-revolution in, and during the dissolution of, the USSR in 1991.

The history of the counter-revolution in the USSR and the break up of the Soviet state is a long and complex one which is difficult to summarise n a short essay such as this. However, we can penetrate through the web of complexity to get to the heart of the issue raised by Ambassador Lu by examining the 1977 Constitution of the USSR for it was, or is, the controlling law governing the situation.

Article 1 of the Constitution states that,

...