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Trump, the unabashed war criminal

Richard Llewellyn — Colo Vale

Jeffrey Sachs' article covers a lot of ground with its examination of the psychological motives to the actions of Trump and Netanyahu – and there is a vast quagmire to be covered. Personally, I think that Trump is closer to Mussolini than to Hitler – his braggadocio, malignant narcissism, abuse of even the most basic of societal mores while claiming to uphold Holy principles, malignancy, mendacity, avid pursuit of revenge against both actual and imagined slights, utter amorality – channels Mussolini. Netanyahu is evil. Nobody would consider Netanyahu as other than a high-functioning sociopath, leaching off virtue capital Israel might...
I protested. I was not celebrating

Hal Duell — Alice Springs

It is becoming increasingly clear that for peace to settle across West Asia regime change in Israel has to come first. Historically they destroy, they immiserate and then they deny the proof when that's presented. The proof lies in the photos. Look at Gaza, look at Lebanon and now look at Iran. Everywhere Israel rears its head, razed buildings and dead bodies lie in windrows like dead leaves in the Autumn. That Israel's ambassador was invited to speak at the National Press Club shows us just how deeply the Zionist lobby has infiltrated the Australian political sphere. For some this...
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“Why didn’t China develop capitalism during the Song dynasty?” ( 960 to 1279) Could it be that it has taken the western world until 2026 to recognise capitalism and its evolutionary Bastard democracy for the disaster that they are, not only for the planet but the majority of living things on the planet?
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Raymond Peck — Hawthorn

As Anne Delaney writes, “[The inquiry into climate misinformation] has brought to light compelling evidence that misinformation and disinformation are not fringe phenomena, but structural features of today’s information ecosystem, amplified by digital platforms, political incentives and coordinated campaigns.” While Australians can feel proud that the inquiry is a world first, it did not go far enough. Without truth in political advertising laws, Australians will continue to be fed disinformation with impunity. AI-driven bots on social media now have the widest reach, but AI is also being used to fight back. It can detect fake accounts and coordinated swarms by...
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Tristan Aldrich — Rivervale

Is there a way of forcing the prime minister to stand down? He is a joke, patronising, is not what I'd describe as a leader and it's time to replace him. I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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Richard Llewellyn — Colo Vale

Albo's address to the Nation: an example of Artificial Unintelligence in action or just simple Noratory? Not everybody can be Gough, very few can be a chip off the old PJK and get away with it even slightly. However, when we needed to see Albanese actually step up to the crease and swing for some boundaries, we got a cardboard cut-out of a PM holding up a hastily-prepared sign saying: 'Normal Service Will be Resumed Shortly – we apologise for the inconvenience'. Albo, it's time to kick the Trump administration in the groinal area. No further episodes of Bluey allowed...
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Richard Broinowski — Paddington

Connie Peck describes Annie Jacobsen's book about nuclear war as convincing. But in my view it begins with a dangerous assumption – that North Korea starts the war by sending an ICBM against Washington. This is as presumptuous as suggesting that once Iran gets the bomb, it will immediately drop one on Tel Aviv. Like all countries with nuclear weapons, Pyongyang has them for deterrence. This motive derives most strongly from the way Curtis LeMay bombed the country flat in 1951-53 in vengeance for the Chinese defeating US forces at the end of 1950 when McArthur so unwisely sent them...
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