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Hugh White Hoists Up AUKUS White Flag

9 March 202416 March 2024

16 March 20249 March 2024

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America, AUKUS, Australia, China, defence, essay, Hugh White, Scott Morrison, submarines

Australia has a lousy record when it comes to submarines. It seems submarines bring out the worst in our defence force and our national security...

Paul Keating Reminds Us We Are Australians

16 March 202317 March 2023

17 March 202316 March 2023

Bite & Smile PDF Version by Robert Sudha Hamilton

Bite & Smile: Delving into Dental Care for an Informed Choice PDF version by Robert Sudha Hamilton. A Midas Word Publication. 350 pages of oral care gold. Easy to read and full of fun facts.

Bite & Smile: Delving into Dental Care for an Informed Choice is written to provide information and relevant content related to dentistry. It is hoped that you will find within its pages useful stuff, so that you can decide on the right course of action. Sometimes, when you are suffering from tooth ache it is not the best time to make those calls you know nothing about. Your dentist might say to you in the chair, “well, what’s it to be extraction or root canal? “ At the time, you are in agony, on your way to a numb cheek and lips, and might be playing with limited resources. Therefore, your decision weighs a lot and do you really have all the necessary data at hand?

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America Matters PDF version

Get the America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump PDF ebook. By Robert Sudha Hamilton.

If you read one book this year make it this one. Knowledge is power & time is running out folks. Every page is filled with insight and truthful accounts of what drives America now and in its past. Great reading for a world on the brink of massive changes – which way will the pendulum tip? Can the greatest nation on earth pull itself out of a tail spin? More than 250 pages of truth serum.

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Episode 12: The Politics of Grievance - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

America is the great democratic experiment. Although, this is getting on for some 250 years now. This nation is in the grip of the politics of grievance. Partisan politics in America is more about hating the other side than particularly loving the side you are voting for. Americans have been encouraged to focus their attention upon their grievances via decades of negative campaigning and attack ads. Demonizing ‘the other’ is the favoured political pastime in the 21C. Identity politics and social values are the main game these days. Economic issues are now seen through this ideological filter.Murdoch, Fox & Stirring Grievance In AmericaRupert Murdoch and his Fox News are merchants of toxic polarization. This network is spewing out lies and fake news 24/7. Every presentation is top heavy in anti-woke content and a right wing bias. Regular viewers are sucked into a spin cycle of libertarian anti-government GOP grievance stoking. Old white men upset at their changing worlds, where heaven forbid minorities are now getting a say. OMG the sky is going to fall in. In this partisan realm complaints about there being too many coloured faces on TV and LGBTQIA folk making too much noise are legion. Uppity women talking about sexual harassment and such like make their viewer’s blood boil – which is the whole idea for Fox. Getting their audience riled up keeps eyeballs on them and advertising rates going up for their revenue.Popularizing Poisonous Issues For Political GainThe politics of grievance is all about popularizing these causes for the benefit of candidates and the party. The party promoting these grievances doesn’t need positive policies. They just bang on about how the other side is to blame for the problem.

Protesters gather at Invasion Day rallies, calling for rethink of Australia Day 26 January 2025
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Sussan Ley says Australia Day is a day of celebration, likening the arrival of the British First Fleet to Elon Musk's efforts to build a colony on Mars.
Jake Evans
Woman drowns at remote beach on WA's southeast coast 26 January 2025
Police say the 56-year-old woman was pulled from the water at Hellfire Bay, south-east of Esperance, just after 1pm on Saturday.
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Woman, 75, charged with alleged murder of retirement village roommate 26 January 2025
Police charge a 75-year-old woman with the alleged murder of her retirement village roommate in Port Kennedy, south of Perth.
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Thousands become citizens as Australia Day events begin across the nation 26 January 2025
Australia Day events begin across the nation, with flag-raising ceremonies and tens of thousands of people from more than 100 countries taking the oath of citizenship.
Delayed onset to NT monsoon season now latest on record 26 January 2025
The onset of the Northern Territory's monsoon will be the latest on record in 2025, having surpassed the previous record in 1973.
Samantha Dick
For these remote cyclone surfers, a storm is something to celebrate 26 January 2025
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Police investigate Maribyrnong grassfire after reports of fireworks 25 January 2025
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Oliver Chaseling
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Fight in Melbourne's north leaves one man dead, two people in hospital 25 January 2025
A man is dead and two people are in hospital after a fight in Melbourne's north on Saturday night.
Wall dividing toxic dumping ground and Great Barrier Reef has a hole 25 January 2025
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Calls for lifeguards at rivers, lakes and dams to stem drownings 25 January 2025
While Australia has a strong culture of life guarding and water safety at beaches and pools, some experts say there's a lack of awareness of the dangers at inland swim spots.
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Mary Fowler scores wonder goal for Manchester City against Aston Villa 25 January 2025
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Woman charged over death of nine-year-old boy in Townsville 25 January 2025
A woman is charged over the death of a nine-year-old boy in north Queensland.
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Djokovic hits out at critics after posting MRI scan on social media 25 January 2025
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Trump fires multiple watchdogs in late-night move 25 January 2025
The Trump administration fires about 17 independent inspectors-general at government agencies, an action some fear will remove oversight of his new administration.