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President Trump Calls Astronauts During First All-Woman Spacewalk (NHQ201910180018)

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James Paterson reckons associating Peter Dutton with Donald Trump is a desperate smear. Well, there are differences, decidedly, Donald Trump has more hair for instance. It is true, however, that both men have cosied up to Benjamin Netanyahu on junket tours to Israel. Both right wing leaders do not appreciate the plight of Palestinians if their behaviours and statements are anything to go by. Bashing any protest against the genocide of women, children and men in Gaza, with the ‘antisemitism’ accusation.  The divisive Dutton has repeatedly called for the power for politicians like himself to deport dual citizens. In America, Trump is having masked, plain clothed police grabbing academics from campuses and disappearing them. These professors and Fulbright scholars who are legally working in the US and have broken no laws have been taken and locked up. The only thing they did was write a pro-Palestinian essay in an academic journal. This is the behaviour of a fascist dictatorship.Continue Reading

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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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The LNP Coalition in Australia is a right wing political party, no longer in the mould of its founder Robert Menzies. Its current leader Peter Dutton continues to take the LNP further right via divisive commentary and policies. Why they call Dutton ‘Temu Trump’? Peter, like many on the right, see Donald Trump as an inspirational model for extremist anti-government behaviour. Blame the government for everything is a popular sentiment in America. The LNP encourage similar attitudes here downunder, as they seek to tap into societal grievances toward bureaucracy and red tape. Slash the civil service and reduce the government services provided to minority groups and those who support centre left political policies is a long held Coalition position in Australia.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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Send a message and don’t buy American. If you want to do something about the crooked and corrupt regime taking hold of the United States via Trump 2.0 use your consumer power. The Canadians are doing it. And I am sure the European Union will follow suit in the very near future, as they come under fire from the Trump tariffs. Stop feeding the beast and cut off your monetary supply to US companies. Do something about what is happening over there rather than just gnashing your teeth. Burst the bubble of the blowhard dictator by the economic means available to you. Sanction the US economically for crimes against decency, morality, and democracy.Continue Reading

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President Trump Congratulates Record Breaking Astronaut (NHQ201704240005)

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Today, we heard that  Donald Trump has given his approval for the AUKUS deal. Why wouldn’t he? In this deal, Australia pays billions of dollars to the US to boost their nuclear submarine building capacity. There are, however, no iron clad guarantees that we will receive any submarines. Donald Trump would love such a deal with billions going to the US military industrial complex and delays are always par for the course with these kinds of arrangements. Australia is kissing the ring of Trump by relinquishing our sovereignty by allowing a greater US military presence within our territory and becoming further subservient to American interests.Continue Reading