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           Mark Twain said: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Ironically, he didn’t. The quotation should correctly be attributed to Jonathan Swift. The lie remains in high orbit.             Even when the truth comes to light, it gets nothing close to the wide distribution...

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I deleted a post about Elon because I don't think the linked article is correct.

The Independent has already suggested that two thirds of junior doctors are considering leaving the NHS, but the fact that this is also disclosed in the right wing Spectator (previously edited by Boris Johnson) means that personally I am convinced it is true. It provides even more evidence that we have a government that is... Read more

Our 5th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published October 25, 2022.

SUBJECT: I’m DESPERATE, Mom

Mom, did you see this?!?

FIRST: I got a $300 traffic ticket because I forgot about alternate side parking.

THEN: I saw this really cute shirt and it was $95, but that’s actually a good deal because I’m definitely going to wear it a lot.

NOW: Rent is due, and according to my most recent calculations, we’re about $395 short.

MOFFEE, the Coffs Coast Triple M morning radio host, celebrated his 40th birthday morning outside Harvey Norman Park Beach Home Base on Saturday 17 December, presenting his show and chatting with members of the community emergency services. “The police, firies, ambos and SES do an amazing job in our area, I wanted to get the...

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THE Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Daybreak members have upscaled their annual Christmas hamper gifting to inpatients at the Coffs Harbour Acute Mental Health Unit. Being mindful that Christmas can be very lonely for people on their own, especially if it is spent as an inpatient, and even worse if they have nothing from home,...

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ONE hundred years of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW was celebrated by the Coffs Harbour branch members on Thursday 15 December at their 3 Dalley Street rooms, with a celebration that was well attended by dignitaries, invited guests and many ladies who are members of this amazing organisation. The celebration atmosphere was described...

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A REFINED draft masterplan for the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Redevelopment, which takes in the latest community feedback, has been released. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh was joined by The Observatory Apartments manager Lydia Crossingham and Project Steering Advisory Committee member Cath Fowler at the Jetty Foreshores on Wednesday 21 December to share their...

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THE failings of the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS) set out by NSW Department of Planning and Environment have been exposed during the fight to stop Transport for NSW (TfNSW) destroying the Scrub in West Coffs, or Grandpa’s Scrub, as some have named it, during construction of the Coffs Bypass beginning in 2023. This last remaining...

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~ Today's Water Cooler ~

Here’s a fun look at some delicious MAGA on MAGA combat: Sean Hannity, once the most important mouthpiece for Donald Trump, seems to be increasingly on the MAGAworld outs. And a new revelation that Hannity doesn’t buy the Big Lie isn’t helping. In a just-released deposition surrounding Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit, the Fox News star said he’d never believed—not “for one second”—baseless election fraud claims stemming from the 2020 election. That stance, directly at odds with many of his primetime segments and the beliefs of many of his closest allies, has put Hannity in an awkward position. Among the MAGA all-stars currently upset with Hannity are MyPillow maven Mike Lindell, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, far-right radio host Stew Peters, and even reportedly Trump himself. […] “Sean Hannity is disgusting,” Lindell told The Daily Beast.

‘It wasn’t up for very long’ sums up union’s response to branches complaining about anti-Irish and anti-Scot post on social media Unite knocked back the complaints of a number of the union’s branches about a racist post by a close ally of general secretary Sharon Graham earlier this year – despite agreeing that the comment […]

But the Durham probe goes on… It was just another expensive pacifier for the big baby. Steve Benen reports: For those who might benefit from a refresher — you’d be forgiven for thinking, “John Durham’s name sounds familiar, but I can’t remember why I’m supposed to care about him” — let’s revisit our earlier coverage and explain how we arrived at this point. The original investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia scandal, led by then-special counsel Robert Mueller, led to a series of striking findings: The former president’s political operation in 2016 sought, embraced, capitalized on, and lied about Russian assistance — and then took steps to obstruct the investigation into the foreign interference. The Trump White House wasn’t pleased with the conclusions, but the Justice Department’s inspector general conducted a lengthy probe of the Mueller investigation, and not surprisingly, the IG’s office found nothing improper. This, of course, only outraged Trump further, so then-Attorney General Bill Barr tapped a federal prosecutor — U.S.

I would progressively wind back and eliminate the $14b pa taxpayer subsidy for Private Health Insurance and use that very large sum to fund the inclusion of dental care within Medicare and increase the funding to the states for expanded specialist services in outpatient clinics at public hospitals. A repost from May 18, 2022 The Continue reading »

In 2015, education services earned an export income for Australia of over $16 b. p.a. Those export services were expected to increase to $31 b. p.a. by 2020 from about 600,000 overseas students. Education was our fourth largest export behind iron ore, coal and natural gas. It is our major services export, ahead of tourism. Continue reading »

Capitalism and “liberal democracy” are failing and destroying our world. In this, the first of a three-part series, we explore the failure of this system and the case for change. Failure of US Western Liberal Democracies Wars are continuous and the risk of nuclear escalation is increasing. Governments seem incapable of grappling with the climate Continue reading »

New Study Confirms Women Are Less Sexually Attracted to Their Husbands When They Don't Help Out Around the House (Thanks to pharmaross)

Have You Ever Experienced Dead Butt Syndrome? (Thanks to pharmaross)

Ukraine’s intelligence service asked a respected Danish journalist to prove she was not a pro-Russia propagandist by making pro-Ukraine propaganda.

The post Danish Reporter Says Ukrainian Intelligence Tried to Coerce Her Into Working as a Propagandist appeared first on The Intercept.

I can (barely) remember when if your flights got cancelled they'd rebook you on another airline, or bus the whole planeload to a hotel for the night. The point with the latter isn't just *the cost* - though of course it's that - it's that they took care of it for you. Just another layer of worry for everyone all the time now.

I'm old but it wasn't *that long ago*. A better world is possible!

I have to admit that Michelle Huneven’s new novel was almost too delicious for me,...

I don't even really want to pick on Paul here, but the DOT does have lots of unused authority and some people complaining know that! I don't expect Elaine Chao to do anything good, but I do expect her Dem successor to go into office learning what good he can do!

It's so weird that people who don't like Pete Buttigieg have suddenly decided that secretary of transportation is a position with limitless power, such that even the president's authority pales in comparison. I mean...really? Quick, name three prior secretaries of transportation.

Our 6th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published July 29, 2022.

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