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Court docs show US govt knew about – and used – Chicago ‘black site’

https://thegrayzone.com/2025/03/15/feds-used-chicago-black-site/
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Sun, 16/03/2025 - 08:06

It wasn’t just Chicago Police running Homan Square, the notorious off-the-books holding facility where detainees alleged heinous civil rights violations. The US Department of Justice has also used the building, which continues to operate a decade after being exposed as the site of alleged torture and unlawful detentions. This article was originally published by Noir News. Scandals don’t get much more disturbing than that of Homan Square. In 2015, the Guardian revealed Chicago Police had allegedly employed torture and days-long […]

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Sultanistic or neo-fascist? President Trump and 21st century ideology

https://johnmenadue.com/sultanistic-or-neo-fascist-president-trump-and-21st-cen…
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Sun, 16/03/2025 - 04:59
In trying to understand US President Donald Trump, the proposition has been put that he is sultanistic. In many respects, Trump’s second presidency does appear to be “sultanistic”. Sultanism requires all individuals, groups and institutions to be subject to what appears to be the unpredictable and despotic intervention of the ruler who does not operate Continue reading »

Environment: The folly of focusing on net zero

https://johnmenadue.com/environment-the-folly-of-focusing-on-net-zero/
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Sun, 16/03/2025 - 04:57
Governments and corporations have been tricking the public by focusing emissions reduction attention on net, rather than real, zero. Reducing methane emissions would reduce global warming quickly and cheaply. Bring back our swamps. Climate bureaucracy salad You are perhaps aware that Australia has a Climate Change Authority (CCA) if only because our federal Labor Government Continue reading »

When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren’t always fixed to avoid it happening again

https://johnmenadue.com/when-patients-are-harmed-in-hospital-issues-arent-alway…
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Sun, 16/03/2025 - 04:51
Recently, the media has reported several cases of serious “adverse events”, where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals. When a serious adverse event occurs, hospitals investigate what happened and why, and propose recommendations to reduce the risk of similar harm occurring again. About 1600 patient safety investigations are undertaken each year. Continue reading »

2025 Egg shortages worsen

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/2024-egg-shortages-in-major-supermarkets/
Created
Sat, 15/03/2025 - 10:54

This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.

Egg shortages in supermarkets

Labor’s strong federal prospects in WA

https://johnmenadue.com/labors-strong-federal-prospects-in-wa/
Created
Sat, 15/03/2025 - 04:58
The results of the Western Australian election on Saturday give credence to the latest opinion polling showing a trend back towards Labor in the past few weeks. Until mid-February the polls were suggesting the Coalition would have sufficient support to form (at least) a minority government. Making generalisations about national trends based on the WA Continue reading »