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One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.

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Lol. They should know better than to ask him for a biblical reference by now. “I’m not sure I can hear you, if you’d like to say something, I’d like to hear that.” But don’t ask me for anything specific ok? I don’t have a clue about prayer and the Bible, ok? Lucky for him they don’t care. Remember this? There were a few stumbles during Donald Trump’s sojourn to Liberty University on Monday. He mispronounced a book of the Bible. He cursed — twice. And on Martin Luther King Day, the GOP presidential candidate said he was honoring the slain civil-rights leader by dedicating to him the record crowds he says he drew for the school’s opening convocation. (Students are required to attend.) “We’re going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don’t have to be politically correct,” he thundered at the beginning of his speech at the conservative evangelical university. Then he moved on to cite “Two Corinthians 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame. … Is that the one you like?” Trump asked.

The banking crisis that hit Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week has spread. We recall with a shudder two recent financial contagions: the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, which led to a deep Asian recession, and the 2008 Great Recession, which led to a global downturn. The new banking crisis hits a world economy already disrupted Continue reading »

As the Government seeks to respond to an increasing number of questions about what it extolls as the game-changing decision to purchase nuclear powered submarines (SSN’s) it has been tweaking the spin about the reasons it has taken for this budget shaking decision. Our two AUKUS partners – the US (and even the British) – Continue reading »

Our Defence Minister said that Australia has not given any guarantees to the USA about what we would do with our submarines in the case of war but would take our own decisions at the time. This is welcome but what are the implications? Does it only apply to the submarines? As always, the devil Continue reading »

We just need to look at the facts to see how foolish the assertion is that SSNs have the capacity to prevent disruption to our trade in the event of a war. Forty percent of our exports are to, and 20% of our imports are from, China. Throwing money at submarines weakens the national economy. Continue reading »

An interesting comment was made this month about the New South Wales Coalition’s intention to raise Warragamba Dam in order to store floodwaters and thus mitigate the problem of flooding downstream. The comment as retailed by ABC Online came from the Liberal MP and candidate for the seat of Hawkesbury in the coming state election, Continue reading »

There is a simple, relatively costless government move that should give about half a million Australians confidence in homeland security. While not exactly the same sort of security, and not to be too flippant about the peril that the AUKUS deal puts us in, this move would cost 0.000000272 of the $368 billion subs’ contract Continue reading »

On Saturday, March 18, a small rally to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War gathered in a park outside the Lismore Memorial Baths. The Iraq War was an illegal invasion of a sovereign nation, Iraq, by a group of nations who called themselves the ‘coalition of the willing’: Australia, the UK and the Continue reading »

ATTENTION JOURNALISTS: It is never, ever acceptable, under any circumstances, to cite think tanks funded by governments and the military industrial complex as sources of information or expertise on matters of national security or foreign affairs. If you do cite them (and, again, don’t), then at the very least you need to disclose the conflict Continue reading »

“What you use your personal money for is your own personal business,” the Speaker of the House said.

The latest over-the-air software update for your Tesla Model 3 has been successfully installed. Your vehicle is now a toaster.

Frequently Asked Questions About This Update

Where is my steering wheel?
You don’t need a steering wheel anymore. Your car is now a toaster. Toasters do not require steering wheels.

Why is my car a toaster?
Tesla’s safety team discovered that automobile accidents kill more than one million people annually. Toasters are much safer, killing fewer than one thousand people per year. We have reduced the likelihood that your Tesla will kill you by more than 99.9 percent.

Why won’t my car move?
Your car is a toaster. You are now much safer.

I was not at home when this update was installed. How do I get home?
It sounds like you need a car. Press the Bagel button to access the main menu, then tap Tesla Showroom Locator and filter by “cars” to find a showroom near you that still sells deadly cars instead of safe toasters.

In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.

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Have they learned anything since then? In a nation that considers itself peaceful and civilized, the case for military action should be overwhelmingly stronger than the case against. It must face, and survive, aggressive questioning. When political leaders are too timid to push back, that responsibility falls entirely to the media. But in 2002 and 2003, covering the run-up to war in Iraq, our nation’s top reporters and editors blew it badly. Their credulous, stenographic spreading of the administration’s deeply deceptive arguments made them de facto accomplices to a war undertaken on false pretenses. I’ve written about this failure countless times, but – believe it or not — the best thing I’ve ever read about it was actually written by Scott McClellan, the former Bush White House press secretary. In an era of almost universally self-congratulatory memoirs from government officials, McClellan’s 2008 book, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception,” was full of confessions and accusations.

Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik celebrate the launch of their new audiobook, So Many Steves, with an evening of music, conversation, and merriment. This multi-media event will include lively conversation and even some musical performances from these old friends. All tickets come with a copy of the So Many Steves audiobook, which will be available for download on May 2. This event will take place on May 4, 2023 at 7pm at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York City. Livestream Tickets are also available. For more info and tickets, visit, symphonyspace.org

By The Center for Economic and Policy Research The New York Times seems to think it is a newspaper’s job to promote bank panics wherever possible. It would be difficult to explain its reporting on the Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse any other way. Last week it ran a piece implying that Silicon Valley’s tech sector was […]

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