This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! we talk to Kristina Stoeckl [Twitter]. Kristina is a professor of sociology at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, an adjunct professor at the University of Innsbruck and the author, with Dmitry Uzlaner, of Continue reading

Costs are costs. They get passed on to customers in higher prices. It's axiomatic. And very few property owners are "lucky enough" to own an investment property. They work hard for it. Socialist Victoria in your face. Dear landlords, Renters are not cash cows. If youre lucky enough to own...

In 2021 I was fortunate to give evidence at the first hearing of the Royal Commission into Defence & Veteran Suicide. It will be interesting to see the results come next year, & what (long overdue) actions are taken from there.#Veterans #RoyalCommission #Responsibility #Action pic.twitter.com/gQj1PWRFDC Heston Russell (@HestonRussell) May...

I once lived in public housing Albanese looks like a contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat.

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by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

I write to ask the Readers of this article if they can help me think up a name for a very important phenomenon that does not yet have a name.  Without a name, it is hard to discuss the phenomenon or evaluate it.  The word I am looking for is something like chutzpah, or unmitigated cheek, but more subtle.

Here is an example.  In 1996, the authorities in this case, Justice William Cox in Tasmania gave Martin Bryant 35 life sentences for killing 35 people at Port Arthur. I think he knew that Bryant was innocent and that the narrative was garbooge. But if Cox didnt realize it, another authority-person, Damian Bugg certainly did.  There was no trial, as Martin had been shanghaied into pleading Guilty.

The ways...

My interview with the Unauthorised Disclosure podcast talking about my new book, The Palestine Laboratory. With hosts Kevin Gosztola and Rania Khalek, we discuss the influence of Israeli counter-insurgency tactics in Latin and South America, the silencing of Palestinians on social media and much more.

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Does your living room feel stuffy? Do unpleasant odours linger around your house even after youve cleaned up? If so, your home could be suffering from poor ventilation.

Ventilation plays an important role in maintaining and improving the air quality in your property. Though it might seem like a trivial thing, poor ventilation can cause a lot of different issues such as respiratory problems, serious allergic reactions, mould build-up, moisture damage around your property and so on.

Because of this, its essential that this problem is addressed as soon as possible. To help you out, were going to discuss four easy ways to improve ventilation around your home.

Understanding the Importance of Ventilation

The primary purpose of ventilation is to provide freshness within a space by removing pollutants within stagnant air and replacing it with clean air. Ventilation helps to remove pollutants such as mould, bacteria, and VOCs. Great ventilation also helps to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, which can occur if certain appliances are not properly vented. With good airflow, you might also experience improved oxygen levels and a reduction in unpleasant odours.

Proper ventilation not only improves air quality but also controls temperature and humidity. This reduces the risk of respiratory problems and other serious health issues. This is especially relevant in homes (or workplaces) where people spend a significant amount of time indoors.

Needless to say, understanding the importance of ventilation is crucial for healthy living.

To get an idea of how well-ventilated a space is, consider the size and shape of the room, the number and location of windows, and the presence of mechanical ventilation systems. Also, pay attention to how you feel in these spaces. Do you find it easy to breathe? Are you feeling more tired than usual?

If youre having issues doing simple tasks in your very own living space, its worth thinking about how good the ventilation is within your home.

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Sorry Day - all day this Friday Reconciliation Week - all day every day, Saturday 27 May to Saturday 3 June.

According to some US Human Rights report, Australia is a constitutional democracy.

Well, what they don't tell you in this report is that Australia, according to the constitution is a colony, albeit a self governing one.

One would expect 'free speech' to be part of this thing called democracy, no?

No, not in the colony called Australia.

Free speech may be illegal soon, the way things are going, and people's right to gather en masse for the purpose of solidarity in relation to a particular government action has already being put into the illegal pile, well without prior government approval, anyway.

Actions of this calibre are all part of the Nanny State, Penal Colony Policies agenda.

Australia, Alcatraz v2.0, the 'free range' prison isle.

IS THIS ANOTHER CASE OF POLITICIANS MAKING A PROMISE THAT IS MORE HONOURED IN THE BREACH THAN IN THE OBSERVANCE?

Did you know that when federal politicians are Sworn-In after a federal election or a federal By-election, that they must make a Sworn Oath to uphold the law?

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EMAIL CHAPTERS: The following text is of an email that has been sent to about 40 federal politicians, and it includes the text that was published in my last 2 Ronalds spa...

At least one decision-make at the Cape York Instiute knows the truth will they share that knowledge?

As a result of the email that was sent to the Cape york Institute on the 18th May 2023, one or more of the decision-makers in this organization now knows some shocking truths that the major financial sponsors of the CYI, i.e., the Federal Government and the Queensland Government, do not want any of Australias indigenous population to know.

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How many civil rights violations has the Basics Card created?

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Microsoft is a corporation that works closely with supplying data to the Five Eyes  TVEY global surveillance network.

It is therefore doubtful if there will be any legal repercussions with regards to this action.

Warning: Microsoft products are not recommended for use if you value your privacy and security.

Thank you Doubtful John for the tip.

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Everyone knew it all along. Now the hard evidence is in. Coles and Woolworths have been price gouging and made big increases to their profit margins by doing this. Some would suggest this is a form of theft.

An analysis by Guardian columnist Jonathan Barrett, gleamed from an examination of five years of the financial accounts of the two supermarket monopolies, revealed the use of the covid pandemic to increase prices.

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This is hardly surprising. Shoppers depending on Coles and Woolworths knew they faced the increasing cost of their shopping bill at a time when they were particularly vulnerable. Nor were they convinced that this was the result of market conditions.

Coles has explained away the profit rise as due to cost savings. Woolworths has said that price rises were due to increasing costs payments to suppliers. This doesnt explain why both profits and prices went up together. Reducing costs should work to hold down prices. Increasing supply costs should work to hold down profits. Something else is going on and these supermarkets want to keep this hidden.   

For Coles, the gross profit margin from its supermarket division increased from 24.7 percent before the pandemic, to 26.5 percent in its latest result. Woolworths recorded a lift from 29.1 percent to 30.7 percent. These gross figures represent the profit rate before tax and a few other expenses are calculated in. They may appear to be small. Dont be fooled by this. More than two thirds of Australias weekly shopping bill is spent at these two supermarket chains. Any change represents a big part of the nations spending.

It can be argued that some price rises have been due to other factors. Examples are the impact of drought, fire and flood on farm products, and the cost of fuel on transport. But these would not result in a simultaneous rise in prices and profit.

I am down but I will get back up. And you can come at me again and I will meet you with the love of my people. Stan Grant delivers a powerful message on Q+A before taking a break from the media. #StanGrant #QandA #WeStandWithStan pic.twitter.com/avNBJtzSMK QandA (@QandA) May...

Australias complex web of secrecy laws are undermining democracy and silencing whistleblowers, journalists and human rights defenders, the Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International Australia and Griffith University's Centre for Governance and Public Policy said today.

In a joint submission to a review of secrecy provisions by the Attorney-Generals Department, the three organisations have called on the Albanese Government to swiftly repeal the worst excesses in Australian secrecy laws and strengthen safeguards for whistleblowing and public interest journalism.

A consultation paper released by the Department identified more than 800 different secrecy provisions across federal law. Previous changes to Australias general secrecy provisions under the Turnbull Government expanded their scope and significantly increased potential jail-time.

The joint submissions recommendations include:

• The introduction of a serious harm requirement across all secrecy offences

•  Reform to minimise application to non-public servants

• A reduction in penalties to ensure proportionality

•  Robust exemptions for whistleblowers, human rights defenders and journalists

The secrecy provisions review was recommended by several parliamentary inquiries, including press freedom reviews conducted following the raids on News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the headquarters of the ABC in 2019.

Kieran Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, said

Australias secrecy laws at present have no place in a healthy democracy. They are sweeping, disproportionate and lack robust safeguards and oversight. They pose a daily risk to whistleblowers, human rights defenders and journalists - and are having a chilling effect on accountability. There is a need for urgent reform.

Clancy Moore, CEO of Transparency International Australia, said:

A transparent Australia is a better Australia. The Albanese Government must embrace this opportunity to narrow these laws and ensure they only apply where there is a genuine public interest in confidentiality. Right now, secrecy laws are allowing government wrongdoing to go hidden, while brave whistleblowers are punished for doing the right thing.

Professor AJ Brown, Griffith Universitys Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Transparency International Australia board member, said:

We welcome this important review and the Governments recognition of the risk posed to Australian democracy by excessive secrecy. But this reform process is one part of a wider overhaul needed including comprehensive whistleblowing reform, the establishment of a whistleblower protection authority, robu...

Ken Ham has declared that he cannot respect other peoples pronouns. The reason: that would be lying.

As believers, we cannot in good conscience use transgendered pronounsno matter our intentionsbecause, in doing so, we are lying. When we use she/her (or Miss or Mrs.) for a man or he/him (or Mr.) for a female, we are participating in the lie that sex/gender is on a spectrum or that a man can be a woman and a woman a man. Or if we use they/them (or Mx., etc.) or the myriad of other pronoun options today, we are participating in the lie that humans are not innately sexed as either male or female. Were participating in the lie that humans can choose to be or are naturally androgenous or ambiguous, when that is not true because God has created us either male or female.

One problem with his excuse is that Ken Ham has never been reluctant about lying, whether its to get tax breaks on his con game or his claims about science. Hes also lying here: its not about preserving his honesty at all, or hed just come out and plainly state that its because he thinks gay and trans people should burn in hell.

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Twitter Files drop by journalist Paul Thacker exposes the seedy side of the mainstream media.

In this episode of the Patrick Henningsen Show on TNT Radio which aired on May 19, 2023, Patrick talks with Dustin Stockton from America Mission, where he unpacks the latest Twitter Files drop by journalist Paul Thacker exposing the seedy side of the mainstream media, as MSM Democrat political hacks and professional doxxers who work for the biggest brands in media have been caught targeting political activists for censorship, de-platforming, and even lobbying the Department of Justice to investigate people they dont like. All this and more. Listen:

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QUESTION: Regarding WWII Who Bombed Cities First
How does the bombing of the historical center of Rotterdam/Netherlands in May 1940 fits the picture? It seems Germany started bombing civilian targets.
Kind regards, Marco

ANSWER: The bombing of Rotterdam was different. There the Germans invaded and troops were fighting in the city.  The stories that were put out of 100,000 civilians dead were fake news. The civilian population had already fled because there was an invasion and the troops on both sides were battling it out in the city in a gorilla-style warfare.

The Germans subjected Rotterdam to heavy aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe to support the German troops fighting in the city, and to force the Dutch army to surrender which was using the buildings in gorilla-style warfare. The bombing began with the start of hostilities on May 10th for four days into May 14th. Many have called this the Rotterdam Blitz. When the facts were sorted out, the official list published in 2022, revealed that at least 1,150 people were killed and 85,000 more were left homeless a far cry from the fake news of war that 100,000 civilians dies in the bombing. As I have said, the first casualty of war is always the truth.

Nevertheless, at the end of the day, there are always...

Study Finds Over 1/3 of Children with NDCs Had Mental Health Needs, Females Reported Increased Internalizing Symptoms Compared to Males

Researchers from Australia recently set out to evaluate mental health concerns in children with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) who were attending their first developmental assessment at a publicly-funded diagnostic assessment service. In total, their study included 232 children aged 1.9617.51 years. The authors assessed mental health concerns using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), an assessment of behavioral and emotional difficulties. Their research showed that mental health concerns were highly prevalent in children with NDCs, with over one-third of children displaying subclinical or clinically elevated internalizing (e.g., symptoms of depression, loneliness, and anxiety), or externalizing (e.g., oppositional defiance disorder, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality disorder) behaviors. These increased rates remained even after excluding items specifically relating to neurodevelopmental concerns. Additionally, the authors discovered that more school-aged females reported elevated internalizing problems relative to males (67% vs. 48%). Children who received two or more DSM-5 diagnoses showed a greater rate of subclinical or clinically elevated scores than children who received one DSM-5 diagnosis. The authors concluded that children attending developmental assessment services have considerable mental health needs. They point out that it is critical that mental health concerns are identified and addressed in children when they first visit developmental assessment services and that clinicians become equipped to provide appropriate resources and ways to access ongoing care.

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Were investigating the cause of viruses spilling over from animals to humans and what can be done to stop it. Read more in the series .

Dressed head-to-toe in protective gear, Peggy Eby crawled on her hands and knees under a fig tree, searching for bat droppings and fruit with telltale fang marks.

Another horse in Australia had died from the dreaded Hendra virus that winter in 2011. For years, the brain-inflaming infectious disease had bedeviled the country, leaping from bats to horses and sometimes from horses to humans. Hendra was as fatal as it was mysterious, striking in a seemingly random fashion. Experts fear that if the virus mutates, it could jump from person to person and wreak havoc.

So while government veterinarians screened other horses, Eby, a wildlife ecologist with a Ph.D., got to work, grubbing around the scene like a detective. Nobody knew flying foxes, the bats that spread Hendra, better. For nearly a quarter century, shed studied the furry, fox-faced mammals with wingspans up to 3 feet. Eby deduced that the horse paddock wasnt where the bats had transmitted Hendra. But the horses owners had picked mandarin oranges off the trees across the street. The peels ended up in the compost bin, where their horse liked to rummage. Bingo, Eby thought. Flying foxes liked mandarins. The bats saliva must have contaminated the peels, turning them into a deadly snack.

Eby, however, longed to unlock a bigger mystery: Could she, with the help of fellow scientists, predict when the conditions were prime for Hendra to spill over from bats, before it took any more lives? What if they could warn the public to be on guard maybe even prevent the virus from making the leap? It would be painstaking work, but it wasnt a pipe dream; Eby was already spotting patterns as she crawled around infection sites.

But when she pi...

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Wildlife ecologist Peggy Eby fell in love with flying foxes when she moved to Australia from Kansas. She spent decades studying the bats movement and behavior. At times she worked without pay to answer questions she had about the fuzzy, fox-faced mammals.

Those bats turned out to be the carriers of the deadly Hendra virus, which can jump from bats to horses and then to humans. Eby began a quest to understand why and how the virus was making these leaps between species, known as spillover. She hoped to predict when the next infection would emerge. The decades of data Eby gathered as she followed her curiosity were key to cracking the mystery. So ProPublica decided to make a video about her.

Eby and her colleagues work shows that its possible to predict when spillover will happen. Doing so requires long-term research and funding to match. But ProPublica has found that public health authorities focus on responding to outbreaks already underway rather than trying to prevent them. Grants for developing treatments are easier to come by than for studies on spillover.

Eby says she hopes their findings will inspire more research into understanding whats sparking outbreaks of other diseases like Ebola or Hendras equally deadly cousin, the Nipah virus: Our response to COVID has made it pretty clear that vaccines arent going to be the answer, that while they are very important, while containment is very important, having a better idea of whats causing the spillover in the first place can play an important role in preventing pandemics.

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Netflixs Queen Cleopatra gets lowest audience score of any show in TV history: Forbes

Egypt Independent May 16, 2023

Netflixs Queen Cleopatra documentary has received the worst audience rating ever in TV show history on Rotten Tomatoes, according to a Forbes report.

The series got a one percent audience approval rate due to the great turnout of Egyptians to express their anger at its falsification of history, Forbes reported.

The Netflix film about the story of Cleopatra made her appear dark-skinned as if her origins were African and not Macedonian.

Hawass answers back protesters

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said that during one of his lectures in Los Angeles he was protested by people objecting to his refusal to consider Cleopatra being black.

They carried banners with slogans against him, he said, adding that they had fallen for false information.

The real Cleopatra had her image preserved in a portrait statue, now in the British Museum. She was Macedonian, a descendant of one of the generals of Alexander the Great, who conquered Egypt in the fourth century B.C. Unfortunately, Americas school children arent taught enough genuine history to know that.

During a phone interview with Hadith al-Qahira (Cairo Talk) talk show on the al-Qahira wal Nas (Cairo and the People) channel, Hawass stressed We are not against blacks, and if the same situation happened with the continent of Asia, I would object to them.

He emphasized that Cleopatra was burgundy in color, and not dark-skinned, and this a fallacy bought into by African Americans.

Hawass pointed out that ...

The retail industry is constantly evolving. Whether its new technologies, customer behaviours or something else, your point of sale (POS) should reflect current industry trends and what your customers want and expect from your business. The point of sale refers to both your POS system and the customer-product interactions that happen at your cash desk.

When you optimise your POS, youre making every transaction a more pleasant experience for your customers and your staff alike. This means increased profits, customer satisfaction and positive word-of-mouth that can transform your business for the better.

Below, lets discuss how you can optimise your point of sale and the benefits these changes can bring to your company.

Inventory Management

As anyone whos worked in retail knows, inventory management can be a time-consuming manual task. Unreliable inventory practices can lead to poor customer experiences, decreased revenues and shortages.

Having a POS system that comes with a built-in stock management system can change all this, allowing your stock levels to be synced as you make sales. This makes tracking your products much easier, and allows you to make more informed decisions regarding future purchases and sales.

By managing stock across various locations or channels using one centralised system, you can quickly master your inventory and make the most complicated of processes quick, simple and easy.

Displays

Your POS is one of the most high-traffic areas of your store, so why not take advantage of that? Display stands of all shapes and sizes can be the perfect opportunity to encourage impulse purchases and drive up your items per receipt and average transaction value. Items that may not have been on your customers shopping list but then trigger their impulse to make a snap purchase are perfect for your display stands, such as bottled water, lip balm, socks and snacks.

POS displays can also be used to push current promotional items or current discounts. Smaller displays will be right at home on top of your cash desk, with the signage capturing your customers attention and encouraging even more impulse purchases.

Customer Management

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Benefits of Tank Level Indicator Companies

Tank-level indicator companies are always loyal to clients. They are determined to win clients hearts and minds. This is possible through the production of needed and desired solutions. The personnel is well informed of clients problems. A market survey is carried out to determine this. The needs are well analyzed. Then appropriate solutions are produced. All industry regulations are followed as guidelines. This ensures that you get solutions of high standards. Ensure to always engage the best of these organizations. This affects the level of results obtained. You will only achieve this by the use of correct information. Ensure to search for it first. There are many ways and sources of acquiring this information. The industry has invented these sources. Thus they are well-certified for market use. Compare different available sources for the selection process. Always aspire to use the best of them. The internet is the best to use in this case. The information is open for you to read through. Google search for it. All the organizations information is attainable. You can also learn about clients responses through the website. Use the information in settling on the best of them. There are many advantages attained through them. These advantages are outlined below. Ensure to read through them.

The first advantage attained through tank level indicator companies is sustainability. Strong organizations are required at all times. They assure you of their support always. Tank level indicator companies will assure you of this attribute. The personnel will create long-term solutions. Through this economic development is achieved. More clients access these solutions. In return, there is more sales volume. The high profit ensures these organizations sustainability. Talking to past clients will help you. Seek to know about sustainable organizations through them. Compare the information provided by these past clients. This information is always accurate and timely. Use it in engaging sustainable organizations.

The next advantage attained through tank level indicator companies is cost and affordability. All clients will engage in affordable solutions. A lot is guaranteed through them. You can save a lot of money through these solutions. Tank level indicator companies are the best in this. The personnel is aware of clients buying power. Thus they will mold solutions that are pocket friendly. You are required to always choose the most economical among them. You can always consult this personnel. Enquire about the pricing strategies. Seek to have the printed price list. Please read through this price list. You will discover more about affordable solutions. Depending on the information att...

So many of us dont identify with our actual age. Why is that?

How old are you? How old do you feel? If the answers to those two questions arent the same, youre likely someone who believes age can be subjective. Your answers may also reveal some interesting insights to your outlook on life, says Jennifer Senior, a staff writer for The Atlantic. Senior delves into this abstract concept in her article The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are, which appears in the magazines April 2023 issue.

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How the mighty has fallen. Once respected David Speers joins the ABC groupthink. The ultimate virtue signalling bullshit stunt : holding a sign and pulling a sad face.

Pathetic. Grow up.

Staggering admission by the defence lawyer in the Brittany Higgins case. From The Australian. If Ms Wilkinson had not said the things she said at the Logies, and the trial judge had not adjourned the trial for three months, I genuinely believe Bruce would have been convicted, Whybrow says. The...

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The transition to CBDC in Nigeria did not go as planned. The elites always seek out African nations to use as their test subjects. Nigeria attempted to slowly roll out the program dubbed eNaria built on the Hyperleger Fabric blockchain. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is solely responsible for running the nodes of this digital currency. Beginning stress tests stated this currency could execute 2,000 transactions per section.  In October 2021, the government began offering incentives to citizens who chose to CBN.

A year later, the country was still hesitant to make the switch so the central bank began implementing forceful measures. In October 2022, the CBN decided to cancel and resign the currency in a move aimed at restoring the control of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over currency in circulation. They stated that the original paper notes would only be legal tender until January 31, 2023, leaving the people with no alternative but to convert their cash. Nigerians were no stranger to the concept of currency cancellation as it is something the government has routinely done. The CBN openly announced that the end goal was to target a 100% cashless society replaced with eNaria. Fewer than 0.5% of Nigerians adopted the eNaria and protests erupted across the nation.

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QUESTION: Hi Marty,
May I ask your indulgence? Am trying to come to terms with my own ignorance of real history and figured that if someone as smart as you made the same error as I, wouldnt feel as bad (good company and all that).
The German Blitz, the bombing of London, is a classic historical reference to the evil Hitler and the stoic peaceful Brits. Some claim that Churchill ordered the bombing of German cities first, and Hitler retaliated.
So here goes (no peeking):
Which of Great Britain or Germany was the first to bomb the cities/civilians of the other country during WWII?
Now, you may infer the answer b/c of the setup, but did you know that? I sure didnt. Feeling a bit gaslit.
How about you?
All the best,
Greg

ANSWER: Yes. History is written by the victor not the loser. It is not politically correct, to tell the truth. The only way to confirm the truth is to resort to contemporary reports before history is assembled. As I have explained, governments will engage in physiological warfare and this goes back to ancient times.

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The study was titled Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones

Protect your top producing vegies and get a jump on the new season by overwintering plants.

Devastatingly good from Stuart Littlemore. What a shemozzle. Stan Grant, who writes a weekly opinion column for the ABC website, steps down from his Q&A hosting role on ABC-TV because he believes ABC management arent defending him from the online abuse directed at him after comments he made on another...

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I ride to the city along the Upfield train lineand a creek, which I can't see and which isn't on Google Maps, but the frogs love it. It's an invisible wildlife refuge in Melbourne's inner north.

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In what may turn out to be Australias longest election campaign, and with barely a moment to come up for air, 2022 Greens candidate Mandy Nolan has announced that she will run again as the candidate for the seat of Richmond at the next federal election.

Zimbabwean cricketing legend Heath Streaks career mirrors many of the unresolved tensions of race and class in Zimbabwe. Yet few white Zimbabwean sporting figures are able to stir interest and conversation across the nations many divides.

Over the weekend, news surfaced of the critical illness of Zimbabwean cricketing legend, Heath Streak, who is battling advanced cancer. News was first shared on social media by former Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, David Coltart. Since then, members of the general public have taken to Twitter in particular to share their support for Streaks recovery. A prominent figure in Zimbabwes golden cricketing era (spanning the late 1990s into the early 2000s), and then later a national team coach, it is no surprise that the all-rounders health is eliciting such concern.

Streak, aged 49, made his one-day international (ODI) debut in November 1993 against South Africa and followed this up with a test debut the following month in a Zimbabwean tour of Pakistan. Zimbabwe had entered international cricket in 1992 and the early team featured batsmen Dave Houghton, Alistair Campbell, the Flower brothers (Andy and Grant) as well as all-rounder, Eddo Brandes. A few years later, the leg spinning all rounder, Paul Strang (in 1994), and fast bowler Henry Olonga (in 1995) would also join the line-up. Some years after this, talents such as Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson would also join the team; returnees to Zimbabwe having previously migrated to Australia and South Africa respectively.

While Zimbabwean cricketing teams have boasted a fair number of all-rounders over the years, it is Streak who generally stands out among them. He remains Zimbabwes all-time leading wicket taker in both Test and ODI cricket with 216 and 239 wickets respectively, both at an average under 30 (28.14 in Tests and 29.82 in ODIs). He is also the only Zimbabwean to have completed the double of 1000 Test runs and 100 Test wickets, and 2000 ODI runs and 200 ODI wickets.

At the height of his talents, comparisons could be made between Streak and other equally exciting allrounders, such as South African Lance Klusener. In Zimbabwes famous 1999 Cricket World Cup win over South Africa, it was Klusener (largely credited with batting his team into the semi-finals of that tournament) who remained not out on 52. Chasing an achievable...

Farming is not what it once was and innovations in all areas of agricultural industry have seen processes become faster, more productive and hopefully safer.

But its always good to look back where we came from, and one of the earliest surviving Australian-made tractors, the vintage 1912 McDonald EB oil tractor, which has recently joined the National Museums collection in Canberra, highlights some of the transformative changes in farming over the years.

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It is said that the battle of Antarctica in 1946 was lost by the Allies, the German flying saucers proving unbeatable.

This type of story sounds like a cheeky cover for the real story. We can say with plausibility and perhaps even certainty:

i) there was a civilisation on Antarctica long ago

ii) there is a secret no-go area where activities and the public are prohibited

iii) the best way from Europe to Antarctica is via Argentina

iv) the mischief in this world is not to b...

The COVID-19 vaccines have provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to answer this question

A Midwestern Doctor | The Forgotten Side of Medicine | April 5, 2023

A major problem I see throughout the scientific and political sphere is that people cannot maintain a perspective that allows them to see the whole picture; rather they tend to focus or fixate on things they have some type of emotional or subconscious priming to focus on (this has been an issue throughout history). This is why you can have someone be around an individual they like and they primarily register the one good thing the individual did (while ignoring all the bad things) and conversely why they will ignore all the good things another individual they dont like is trying so hard to do and focus on the one bad thing that individual did.

This human tendency ends up becoming a huge problem because the media will emotionally condition the public to focus on the one side on an issue which favors its corporate sponsors. This in turn leads to these people getting up in arms about that one point when individuals who dissent against the corporate narrative try to highlight the issues that greatly outweigh any purported benefit of the narrative.

This is particularly common with complex issues (which are difficult to understand to begin with) and one of my longstanding frustrations has been that despite the harms of vaccines greatly outweighing their benefits, many of you can only register the danger of the (often insignificant disease) the vaccine allegedly protects against. In my eyes, one of the upsides about COVID-19 is that this selective reframing of reality and the media lies to maintain it went to such an extreme extent, much of the public became able to realize it was absurd and started taking the time to try and fully understand the subject.

One of the common questions I get from readers relates to another complex questionwhich vaccines are safe for their kids, and which ones are a bad idea? This is surprisingly difficult to answer because you must weigh the likelihood of an adverse event from a vaccination vs. the likelihood of suffering a complication from the disease that the vaccine would prevent you from getting and compute a figure that takes the weighted average of each into consideration.

In order make this determination, you need to consider all of the following:

Disease Risk

 How likely is it for a person to get the disease?

Some diseases we vaccinate against are incredibly rare (e.g., tetanus).

How likely is the disease to cause a negligible, minor, moderate, severe, or fatal complication?

It is very important to distinguish between these catego...

Stan Grant has announced he will step aside from his ABC duties as he believes he has not been shown support by his bosses. @Hingers, who also works at ABC, shares why it can be difficult to be understood, not only at ABC, but in all workplaces. pic.twitter.com/zlFGidaGTu The...

Richard D Wolff is a  Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and previously from Yale University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris at the Sorbonne (France). Today he is a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City, and teacher Brecht Forum in Manhattan. Here, Wolff writes (Economy for All 18 May 2023) about the continuing delusion of that school of economics and policy makers obsessed with the market as the solver of all economic problems. He Calls the most extreme of these fundamentalists. But he also points out the contradiction between preaching the virtues of free trade, while turning towards protectionism and government handouts to corporations. The reality is that the market is a mechanism for rationing and does not meet the needs of society.

A changing world order, a shrinking U.S. empire, migrations and related demographic shifts, and major economic crashes have all enhanced religious fundamentalisms around the world. Beyond religions, other ideological fundamentalisms likewise provide widely welcomed reassurances. One of the lattermarket fundamentalisminvites and deserves criticism as a major obstacle to navigating this time of rapid social change. Market fundamentalism attributes to that particular social institution a level of perfection and optimality quite parallel to what fundamentalist religions attribute to prophets and divinities.

Yet markets are just one among many social means of rationing. Anything scarce relative to demand for it raises the same question: Who will get it and who must do without it? The market is one institutional way to ration the scarce item. In a market, those who want it bid up its price leading others to drop out because they cannot or will not pay the higher price. When higher prices have eliminated the excess of demand over supply, scarcity is gone, and no more bidding up is required. Those able and willing to pay the higher prices are satisfied by receiving distributions of the available supply.

The market has thus rationed out the scarce supply. It has determined who gets and who does not. Clear...

MrBeast has reacted to being cancelled because he purportedly bought almost all of the houses on one street so that his staff could live in them.

Jimmy Donaldson, a famous content maker also known as Mr. Beast, is said to have bought several houses on a cul-de-sac in the southeast areas of Greenville, North Carolina for his workers and family to live in.

MrBeast has made a name for himself by doing tricks, jokes, giving away money, and doing good things like giving hearing aids to 1,000 deaf people. Now, he has given his employees stress-free housing close to work so they dont have to waste time traveling.

The normally devoted fans of the YouTuber, who is now 25 years old, were, however, caught aback by the neighborhood, which is not far from the place where the YouTuber spent his formative years.

One tweeted: That sounds very culty lol.

The next Jonestown will happen here, darkly quipped another person. A third stated: Imagine losing your job and your house on the same day. Thats what company towns are. Your employer owns every aspect of your life.

However, it wasnt all negative feedback from his devoted following.

One tweeted: Theres always someone who wants to ruin the fun, right? I dont see anything wrong with helping people in need without strings attached. A second said: You could rid of the entire world of debt and someone somewhere would find something negative to say about it. Nothing you can do. A third quipped that the haters were clutching at straws: They really scraping at the bottom if the barrel to cancel this man.

Now, MrBeast himself has gotten behind his computer keyboard to answer to the criticism that has been leveled at him, saying while he joked to his 20.4m followers: Only I could get canceled for giving people a place to live with no strings attached.. All these company town tweets make no sense, I was just helping some people.

According to sources from The New York Post, MrBeast acquired his own 3,000 square foot, four-bedroom house in 2018 for a price that was relatively low at $320,000. This property was the first one on the block to be bought by him.

After that, he started purchasing more properties on the same street off-market and for more than they were worth at the time.

On the block, there is still one home that has...

Die Australische Brse macht jetzt doch keine Blockchain.

Australia is a country addictively hostile to the elderly. Despite being a continent that speaks to immemorial origins, respect for those who age is uncommon. In The Lucky Country, that seminal, repeatedly misunderstood text, written in frustrated, sour prose, Donald Horne observes that Australia is not a place where one should grow old.

And so, it follows: the rampant, habitual abuse of the elderly, seen as the gnats and brats of family and human refuse, the lack of community protections, the human rights abuses, all exposed vividly by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

No Royal Commission could possibly deal with all the social and structural issues that afflict the treatment of the elderly. A central feature of the nuclear family remains its obsessive selfishness: the savaging of the older member is seen as not only natural but logical. Those no longer functioning in mind, bowel and being, are rushed off to the retirement village or nursing home once the age meter ticks over. Family members are assured that their discarded elders will be happy in their new prison, and the conspiracy between what is loosely called the aged care sector, one racked by the most insidious of abuses, and the medical profession, is complete. All there is to do is wait out the time for the inevitable passing, and hopefully the old bats will have some spare cash left behind after the nursing home steals the bulk of the estate.

Before passing, the elderly individual will face the risks created by their environment, helped along by unhelpful carers, rapacious providers, and money-counting administrators. To this can now be added another risk: the prospect of being tasered by the police.

The last line deserves a place in a species of ageist dystopian literature with a social Darwinian slant, a sort of Mad Max for the Aged. But it is precisely what took place on May 17. Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother suffering dementia, found herself in a critical condition after being tasered by a senior constable of the New South Wales Police. The incident took place at Yallambee Lodge in the small town of Cooma, roughly 100 kilometres south of Canberra.

The Taser has a lengthy, rather nasty history of misuse. Comprising two barbed darts shot in Probe Mode, the recipient faces the release of 50,000 volts of electrical current lasting over 5 seconds. When used in its Drive-Stun Mode, the weapon is placed directly against the victims skin, causing terrific pain, sometimes burns. The casualty list attributed to the Taser is a growingly ghoulish one. In February 2012, Amnesty International reported that....

in the state's far north region witnessed an out-of-this world experience on Saturday night when a bright fireball-like object plummeted from the night sky. In a blink-or-you'll-miss-it event, a suspected meteorite was captured descending from space emitting a white and orange glow, before appearing to crash. The epic scene occurred at about 9.22pm and was observed across multiple suburbs spanning from Barcaldine in the state's far west to Cooktown in the far north.

Charlotte Mortlock is a former SkyNews live cross reporter who left the media to work for left wing Liberal waste of space Andrew Bragg. So shes an ex journalist who has worked as a political staffer. Now shes trying to stop people with exactly her credentials from getting into parliament...

Why do some government schemes work; others dont? first shown on Taazakhabar News

Why do some schemes work and others dont? In answer to this question lies one of the secrets of making things happen in the Government. We can learn both from what is happening and what is not happening. Someone should first have the courage to accept the ground reality and then indulge in course correction.

JOINT STATEMENT 20 May 2023 Prime Minister, President of the United States of America Australia and the United States commit to enhance bilateral cooperation under a Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact (the Compact), establishing climate and clean energy as a central pillar of the Australia-United States Alliance....

This is democrat Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh who has been drinking the woke kool-aid of insanity. This is not a loop. There is an ending pic.twitter.com/6m1bPQRxNM ISI (@4Mischief) May 20, 2023

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Your Sunday entertainment two videos that provide an entertaining view of the parallel universe we exist in.

[Very sad UPDATE below]

The Jimmy Dore We werent allowed to question the covid vaccines video (Onl...

(L) Michael Alexander, attorney, Photo: YouTube.com (C) Dr Mark Trozzi, Photo: torontocaribbean.com (R) Dr Crystal Luchkiw, Photo: barrietoday.com 

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

Dr Trozzi is a physician in Canada who opposes what he sees (and what I see) as the Covid swindle. He does not use that word (and I dont either) but its a quick way to say that he is a dissident. He runs a website, drtrozzi.org, that delivers good information.

Recently, he reported on a young female doctor who has lost her medical license for having issued medical exemptions from the Covid vaccine. It is an uncomplicated case, and shows the procedure for disbarring a doctor, at least in one Canadian province, Ontario. I am including it here in my series of articles about Dr Russell Pridgeon in Australia, and his upcoming criminal trial, as...

Thanks to Underminder who writes: Not the NSW Police first rodeo. Too busy learning about hurting people's feelings at the academy to bother with common sense? 'Body-worn camera footage shows police handcuffing 81-year-old nursing home resident' piug

The newest one labelled as 'The Voice' is another ploy for the benefit of those in government and not their constituents.

It's about taking away the people's rights, the biggest land grab in the colony's history and other items on the agenda.

See video that the mainstream media did not report on:

Thanks for the clip Underminder - watch Albanese, not Biden. BIDEN TO REPORTER: Shush up, ok?! pic.twitter.com/shbunUzZaI Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 20, 2023 Imagine the outcry if Trump had told a reporter to Shush up But ..its OK that the Dribbler does it.

It's only taken them weeks after he's been criticised from one end of town to the other for his terrible Coronation commentary. So why now? Could it just be this - in Stan's own words: I am writing this because no one at the ABC whose producers invited me...

Supporters of Australias Constitutional Monarchy will be heartened to know Peter Fitz is inadvertently on their side. His track record is magnificent. Everything he backs goes the other way .. or just turns to poop. Pirate Peter is slowly becoming Punchline Pete.

There is a powerful prima facie case, which I will outline in this article and the below video, that Scott Morrison and his office oversaw a government conspiracy to cover-up the alleged []

Equipment for the country's ground forces "arrives with depressing regularity," years behind time, and substantially over budget, according to a report issued on April 19 by the British Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee. For instance, the programs, which provide new Ajax armored fighting vehicles and Morpheus tactical communication and information systems, have faced significant difficulties. According to the MPs' assessment, the issue is made worse by underfunding of the defense budget expenditures and the pound's declining purchasing value in relation to the dollar. Ten days later, on April 28 this year, the Royal Navy informed the public about the decision to decommission the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, launched just four years ago (in 2019), to be used as a donor for spare parts for the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier of the same class. According to the Royal Navy, the $3.72 billion aircraft carrier has docked more frequently than it has participated in...

I often hang out at Daily Kos, and its depressing how many ideologically pro-biden cheerleaders there are, there, as ideologically pro-trumpers, elsewhere. I guess the great game depends on having some on both sides.

Cant any of these people see that they are being played by a malicious system that is constructed to control their opinions and the expression of their opinions, in order to allow the ruling two-party system to continue pursuing its own imperialist agenda? In a few places I hear rumbles that progressives are disappointed that Biden appears to be about to cave to the hostage-takers which is not surprising, given that caving is what the democrats do. Theyre not a real opposition party, theyre doing their dance in order to eke out negotiating points of their own. I cant tell if any of them are purely delusional (therefore acting in good faith) or if theyre showing a level of cynicism that would embarrass a Talleyrand.

Midjourney AI and mjr: uncle sam, jumping off a cliff

Lets back up a second. The debt ceiling is a self-imposed financial control, on an organization that admits that it has no self-control, and consistently violates that control. The question is how much money do we print? and the answer is not as much as we want to its as much as we will allow ourselves to. The whole topic of national debt is not one I am qualified to get into, so I wont, but suffice to say it keeps going up when one party or the other spends like a drunken sailor, while the other wags a disapproving finger attempting to shame them. Thats the rough outline. But there is a deeper, more important outline, which is ignored pro forma.

In the latest debt ceiling kerfuffle, we are told that the republicans may trigger a default, and that voters should blame them not, say, blame everyone in Washington. Sure, the republicans are triggering it, but the democrats also helped arm that trigger, and even set up a count-down. Did you notice how both sides in this fake event, who cannot agree on anything, agreed that defense spending doesnt get touched? Oh, wait, I guess they do agree on something. They agree on $1tn in defense spending. Ive said this before, and Ill have to say it again: anyone who talks about the US deficit or budget, and does not mention defense spending, is not serious.

How not serious are...

I have been aware of the Satanic Temple as largely a group that seeks to dethrone religions dominance in US culture by demanding that the same privileges that are given to traditional religions, such as monuments in public lands, also be allowed to them. I knew that they use Satanic rituals and regalia even though they do not believe in Satan or the afterlife. It is political activism mixed in with cosplaying and performance art. They are in fact secular and supporters of a science-based worldview and fight racism and homophobia.

However they seem to be much larger than I had thought as evidenced by their convention currently underway at a Marriott hotel in Boston.

The Satanic Temple is recognised as a religion by the US government, and has ministers and congregations in America, Europe and Australia.

More than 830 people snapped up tickets for its late April convention, dubbed SatanCon.

Members say they dont actually believe in a literal Lucifer or Hell. Instead, they say Satan is a metaphor for questioning authority, and grounding your beliefs in science. The sense of community around these shared values makes it a religion, they say.

They do use the symbols of Satan for rituals for example when celebrating a wedding or adopting a new name. That might include having an upside-down neon cross on your altar while shouting: Hail Satan!

For many Christians, this is serious blasphemy.

Thats not wrong, agrees Dex Desjardins, a spokesperson for The Satanic Temple. A lot of our imagery is inherently blasphemous.

The event takes up the whole fourth floor of the hotel. The Satanists fill it with androgynous goth chic, flamboyant robes, hand-painted horns, diabolical tattoos, and high-maintenance moustache choices. Most people here are old enough to be parents, and several are. I spot at least one pushchair.

Presentations are given, including one called Hellbillies: Visible Satanism in Rural America, and a seminar on Satanism and self-pleasure.

Mixed in with all fun this is some serious political activism.

Political activism is a core part of The Satanic Temples identity. It believes religion and the state should be kept separate, and frequently files lawsuits in the US to defend the distinction. Their point is serious, but they relish bringing satire and outrageousness to the fight. In Oklahoma, for example, they asked to erect an 8ft (2.4m) Satanic statue at the state capitol when a monument of the Ten Commandments was put up, noting that the First Amendment requires all religions to be treated equally. (The Commandments were ultimately removed after a court battle.)

The Temple also advocates for abortion access, arguing th...

The total value locked (TVL) on the Cardano blockchain has hit a significant milestone after crossing 500 million ADA. This would come just a month and a few days after TapTools predicted an exponential increase in the networks TVL.

In this prediction, TapTools, a Cardano portfolio tracker, also reported different factors that could be pivotal to Cardanos explosive growth in the coming months.

Cardano DeFi Ecosystem Hits 500 Million ADA In TVL

Data from DeFi TVL aggregator DefiLlama reveals that the total value locked on the Cardano network now stands at 505.114 million ADA. This is equivalent to $186.18 million when converted to U.S. dollars.

Source: DefiLlama

This new milestone represents a staggering 91.9% increase in total value locked since the turn of the year. Meanwhile, in the last month, Cardanos TVL has jumped by nearly 8%, indicating a steady adoption of its DeFi ecosystem.

On-chain data shows that Minswap is, by a distance, the leading protocol on the network, with a TVL of $55.56 million. In fact, the decentralized exchange boasts a market share dominance of 29.84%.

Minswap protocol is followed by Indigo, a collateralized debt protocol, with a total value of $28.5 million locked on it. WingRiders, Liqwid, and Djed Stablecoin are three other notable protocols on the Cardano DeFi ecosystem, with TVLs of $17.51 million, $15.42 million, and $13.71 million, respectively.

It is important to note that total value locked is a metric that estimates the amount of cryptocurrency locked in DeFi protocols on a particular blockchain. It is calculated by summing up the value of all the crypto assets locked in various DeFi protocols on a blockchain. TVL can be represented in the native token of a blockchain (as in ADA for Cardano) or in USD.

ADA Price Shows No Significant Action

A skyrocketing total value locked is often an indicator of increased activity in a DeFi ecosystem. However, Cardanos impressiv...

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Equipment for the countrys ground forces arrives with depressing regularity, years behind time, and substantially over budget, according to a report issued on April 19 by the British Parliaments Budgetary Control Committee. For instance, the programs, which provide new Ajax armored fighting vehicles and Morpheus tactical communication and information systems, have faced significant difficulties. According to the MPs assessment, the issue is made worse by underfunding of the defense budget expenditures and the pounds declining purchasing value in relation to the dollar.

Ten days later, on April 28 this year, the Royal Navy informed the public about the decision to decommission the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, launched just four years ago (in 2019), to be used as a donor for spare parts for the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier of the same class. According to the Royal Navy, the $3.72 billion aircraft carrier has docked more frequently than it has participated in naval operations, and the most recent maintenance cost $42 million.

This dispiriting news came just a month after the leaders of the US, the UK, and Australia had disclosed their ambitious long-term plans to build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Canberra on the basis of British technology, which will cost the Australian budget $245 billion.

When it comes to extremely sophisticated projects like nuclear submarines, it seems inconceivable that the parties involved would be so irresponsible as to neglect to evaluate the contractors capacity to meet their obligations. Still, if you trust the claims made by senior US, British, and Australian officials, the opposite is true in the case of AUKUS. Canberra would never have consented to work together on submarine design and construction with Great Britains wan...

Puzzling voter turnout numbers and process failures risk turning a frustrated population away from democratic expression. Nigerias February 25 general elections may have raised more questions than answers about the countrys trajectory, and particularly about the strength of its democracy. Important electoral reforms were enacted in 2022 to improve the integrity and transparency of Nigerian []

The rapid growth of the new 988 mental health hotline has been greeted with positive media coverage. As many people expected, calls, texts, and chats to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, now renamed 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, started climbing immediately with the launch of the 988 number in July of 2022. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the nonprofit that was given centralized control over the 988 system, Vibrant Emotional Health (VEH), have been releasing monthly updates on key metrics.

In April 2023, compared to April 2022, calls answered increased by 52%, chats by 90%, and texts by 1022%. The trend was heralded by federal Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to CNN: Our nations transition to 988 moves us closer to better serving the crisis care needs of people across America. 988 is more than a number, its a message: were there for you.

However, as previously reported by Mad in America, a percentage of people who contacted the former National Suicide Prevention Lifeline were subjected to geolocation tracing of their phone, computer, or mobile device. The Lifeline advertised itself as a place for confidential discussions about suicidal feelings but, according to its own policy, if a call-attendant believed a person might be at imminent risk of taking their own life in the next few hours, days, or week, the call-attendant was required to contact 911 or a Public Safety Answering Point to send out police and/or an ambulance to forcibly take the person to a psychiatric hospital.

Many Lifeline users described the experiences of betrayal, public exposure, police interactions, loss of freedoms, and forced psychiatric treatment as dangerous, harmful and traumatizing.

So, since the transition to 988, has anything changed? As contacts to 988 rise, how many people are getting forcibly subjected to these types of unexpected, unwanted interventions?

It appears detention numbers are climbing dramatically, tooeven as VEH, SAMHSA, and many news outlets continue to obfuscate the facts publicly.

Contacts and Detentions Rising Together

For the ten-month period from July 2022 to April 2023, the new 988 Lifeline received more than 4 million total contactson pace to double the average...

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Much needless fuss has been generated by President Joe Bidens cancellation of his visit to Australia for the Quad meeting, a now regular gathering of leaders from the US, Japan, India and Australia. He had other things on his mind: dealing with fractious debt ceiling negotiations taking place back in the United States.

Students of US history would, or should have appreciated, the two phenomena that speckle the fiscal landscape in Washington. One is the failure of Congress to pass a budget in a timely, mature fashion. Then comes that plague known as the federal debt ceiling.

Since 1976, 22 federal government shutdowns have taken place because of budgetary tardiness. The results, while affecting employment and the economy, are always seen as minor relative to any failures to lift the debt ceiling. The latter comes with paralysis, the literal shutting down of government, leaving many services undelivered, and staff furloughed and unpaid.

Raymond Scheppach, a public policy academic based at the University of Virginia, is even unsparingly hyperbolic on the consequences of hitting the ceiling. It could bring down the entire financial system. This in turn could devastate the world gross domestic product and create mass unemployment. Such is the wisdom of having a global system so heavily concentrated in the hands of one power and its corporate auxiliaries.

Those most upset were the security propagandists in Australia, straining in their efforts to detect any smoke signals from Beijing. Would these suggest glee and delight, perhaps some gloating that Washington was neglecting the Indo-Pacific in favour of domestic squabbles? Internal fiscal chaos might also be a sign of decline, prompting the mandarins of the Middle Kingdom to rejoice.

The sentiment was odd, even childish, typical of the abandonment complex that percolates through the Australian political establishment. Notice me, please, Daddy seems to be their governing consideration, and not doing so induces a state of anxiety verging on the pathological. James Curran identifies that instinctive zero-sum mentality typical of this confected new cold war, one that leads to tenuous conclusions: a Joe Biden no-show was deemed a win for China, a blow to Americas standing in Asia, a marker of US decline and a humiliating snub to [Australian Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese. For fans and well-wishers for a decline, if not retreat, of sprawling US global power, the only answer would be: If only......

Canberra sees its military outsourced, governed and policed by Washington, its strategic and operational goals dictated by the Pentagon.

The post Fears Of Abandonment: Australia, Biden And Cancelling The Quad Visit appeared first on OrientalReview.org.

HenryMakow.com May 16, 2023

This girl was not comfortable being a female. She identifies as a male. But how does she even know what a male is when masculinity is partly defined by looking after wife and children?

Young women! Do not listen to the liars urging you to question your femininity. Do not seek your identity from the word salad (LGBT+) presented by the world. Look inside to your soulfor your true identity.

What is your intuition and instincts telling you to be?

Women exchange power for love. Sex is symbol of this exclusive contract. Sex is an act of domination and possession. Women are damaged when they give themselves to a man and are then dismissed. 

(Disclaimer I am not trying to impose this template but rather to say that it has worked for centuries. This is why the usual suspects are trying to destroy it.) 

 Possession is the Essence of Marriage

(Updated from Dec. 2009 and April 1, 2018)

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by Henry Makow Ph.D.

My wife recently asked me why I loved her.

Rather than enumerate her good qualities, I answered honestly: Because you belong to me.

At the risk of being politically incorrect,  many men do not seek great beauty, brains or sex, but the simple feeling of possessing a woman. In other words, what they seek is a degree of ownership or power. This is part of masculine identity.

And many women have the complementary desire, to be possessed, to totally belong...

A frame of a CCTV video, purportedly depicting a major blast at an ammo depot in Khmelnintsky, Ukraine.

Sputnik 19.05.2023

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warned on Friday that a radioactive cloud was heading towards Western Europe following the destruction of a Ukrainian warehouse storing British-supplied depleted uranium ammunition.

Sputnik News spoke with Dr. Chris Busby, physical chemist and scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, about how the Wests decision to provide depleted uranium (DU) ammunition to Ukraine has potentially caused a continent-wide ecological disaster. Below is his answer in full.

Recently, several web media outlets provided videos of an enormous explosion in the town of Khmelnitski, located to the West of Kiev, and about 200 km from the border with Poland. There were two major explosions which produced a massive roiling swirling fireball which, like an atomic bomb, developed upwards and formed a mushroom cloud, which was black.

I have represented nuclear atmospheric test veterans in the Ro...