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Laocoon and the Trojan Horse

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I don’t know if you have ever heard of the Trojan Horse? This is a device contained within the ancient story known as The Iliad. Whether it actually existed is debatable but it has become a popular symbolic metaphor down through the ages. Basically, it was a very large, hand constructed, wooden horse like tower. The story goes that the invading Greeks built it, hopped inside, and had it moved in front of the gates to the city of Troy. Eventually, the Trojans were intrigued enough to move it inside their city gates and later that night the Greeks snuck out and opened the gates for their army – final outcome the fall of Troy. Why someone would want a bloody big wooden horse structure, I don’t know. There are reasons given that the Trojans thought that it might be a gift from the gods. ‘Beware of Greeks bearing gifts’ – is one of many sayings to emerge subsequent to the reading of this chapter of The Iliad. What is today’s Trojan Horse?Continue Reading

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Donald Trump’s chaotic governing style and tariff heavy economic policies are playing havoc with the stock market in the US. Trump slump costs investors $5 trillion. What’s next? Trumpflation?  Most economists predict that things are only going to get worse for the nation, globally, and for ordinary folk. Those of us with superannuation are already paying the price for those Americans who elected Trump to the presidency via our losses on the stock market. Trump 2.0 and its culture wars are raging through the US. Mass sackings, mass deportations and mass losses on Wall Street.Continue Reading

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jsc2020e031677 - Don't buy American

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The apple never falls far from the tree. The Elon Musk story involves Canadian Nazi party grandparents and emigrating to apartheid South Africa to align with a regime living the white supremacy dream. Elon Musk progeny of Canadian Nazis. The shadow President of the United States begins to look more and more worrying. No wonder he is going around assuring German far right party supporters of his shared best wishes for their rise to power. What a wicked web this invidious fellow has weaved. Unchecked wealth and power revealed to be rotten at the core.Continue Reading

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It is important to note that economic and political cycles do not usually coincide. Australia remember what 10 years of the Coalition brought us. There is a considerable lag between policy and outcomes. A decade of the LNP Coalition federal governments saw the acceleration of housing unaffordability in Australia. Now, you might think that inflation driving up the prices of residential property is a good thing and your chance to get rich, but home owners, I have spoken with, see it differently. They invariably say, that sure having your house worth a lot of money can appear to be wealth but if you sell it you just have to go out and buy another one which is equally as expensive. Housing affordability has jumped from 5 times annual income up to 13 times in Australian cities, according to respected economic journalist Alan Kohler.Continue Reading

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Robodebt disgrace: The legacy of the Coalition

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Some call him Lord of the landlords, others the banker’s friend and share market king but Peter Dutton is hoping to buy his 27th property. Whilst many Australians are doing it tough in the wake of high inflation the Leader of the Opposition is thriving. One of the sneaky things that the party of the rich, the LNP Coalition, do is to never set limitations on things. So, when they introduce new laws like the discount on capital gains tax, back in John Howard’s day, they ensure that it does not matter how many houses you own or how rich you are you still get that 50% discount.Continue Reading

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There are white people wanting to take back the world in America. Their orange Jesus has launched the second coming in their White House. Note the name of that august building. Folk are sick of seeing black, coloured, and gay faces on their TV screens. They long for them good old days when America was great and all you saw in them seats of power were white men. Take me back to them fine old times when everything was right with the world, when I looked in the mirror. Mister Trump is even bringing in a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias. God bless America!

“The task force, officially known as the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, will be comprised of members of President Trump’s cabinet and key government agencies. The task force will review the activities of all departments and agencies to identify and eliminate anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct.”Continue Reading

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The NACC is a joke. The NACC is an undigested SNACC. The NACC is a  Nettled slumbering shadowy national embarrassment. Australia’s chronic problem with prosecuting corruption in the halls of power. Both side of politics at the pointy end protect their mates and peers. Macro corruption is the dirty secret we have writ large in this great southern land. Robodebt was politicians and public servants breaking the law and involved in corrupt behaviour. We have had a Royal Commission which found this to be true and  referred 6 individuals to the NACC. The National Anti-Corruption Commission failed to find grounds to proceed and this was then challenged on the grounds of a conflict of interest for its chairman and subsequently reviewed by an independent delegate. It is like a constipated elephant on the dunny with the accountability trying to get out. Australian elites look after each other’s backs when it comes to any of them actually facing prosecution.Continue Reading