Divisions on the Australian War Memorial Council and political pressure are putting Memorial staff in a difficult position over the depiction of Frontier Wars. This has become clearer as time passes and more evidence becomes available. The immediate past Council Chair, Brendan Nelson, and the current Chair, Kim Beazley, have both committed to the representation Continue reading »
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January 26 poses more than the usual challenges in 2024. Barely 100 days since the failed referendum there is the real prospect of the respective advocates and supporters reigniting a process, the only real outcome of which was community division. There is the risk of stirring more pain for some and a sense of triumphalism Continue reading »
One of the sure bets this year is for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to win a third term in federal elections which are scheduled to take place in the first half of 2024. Last year, his Bharatiya Janata Party won most of the state elections that took place and India also became the most Continue reading »
John Mearsheimer, in an interview, also argues South Africa’s case of genocide against Israel before the ICJ will further isolate the Jewish state and the US, while Palestinians face the bleak prospect of apartheid or ethnic cleansing. What do you think about South Africa’s case of genocide against Israel before the International Court of Justice Continue reading »
It’s no longer about Washington. His top enforcers are the red state governors Donald Trump is having a rolling hissy fit that’s escalating by the day. From court rooms to rallies to incoherent interviews, his behavior is making it clear the pressure is getting to him and he’s coming unglued. Ever since he realized that Nikki Haley is not going to be a good little girl and quit the race on his time table he’s been beside himself. Trump was so angry on Wednesday that he fired off a post on his Truth Social platform threatening to blackball any Haley donor who continues to give “Birdbrain” any money, declaring “from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.” (Haley responded with a fundraising pitch and reportedly took in over a million dollars.) I doubt very seriously that Trump will be turning away money from anyone — he’s never left a penny on the sidewalk. But it was a gangster move in keeping with his ritual humiliation of Senator Tim Scott on the stage at his victory speech in New Hampshire, intended to send a message that he’s their daddy and nobody should forget it.
So, the ICJ has ruled:
- for Israel to take all measures to prevent genocidal acts, prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to genocide, and take immediate and effective steps to ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.
- The ICJ also ordered Israel to preserve evidence of genocide and to submit a report to the court within a month regarding its compliance with the order.
It did not order a ceasefire.
The court will rule on whether or not a genocide is occurring in a month, at which point a lot more Palestinians will be dead, including from the Israeli engineered famined.
When Russia invaded the Ukraine, the ICJ ordered Russia out one month after the original invasion.
Biden delivers, Trump dithers President Joe Biden was in Superior, Wisconsin on Thursday to tout federal funds released to replace the obsolete Blatnik Bridge between Superior and Duluth, Minnesota. The bridge opened in 1961. “For decades, people talked about replacing this bridge, but it never got done, until today,” Biden told a crowd. He made sure to take a poke at Donald “91 Counts” Trump who over four years of inaction turned “Infrastructure Week” into a punchline. “On my watch, instead of Infrastructure Week, America is having an Infrastructure Decade,” Biden quipped. Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure investments already have poured $6.1 billion into Wisconsin and $5.7 billion into Minnesota: And I’m proud to announce $1 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be used to build this new bridge, a new bridge that will increase capacity for large trucks and oversized loads; a new bridge with a modern design, wider shoulders, smother on — smoother on and off ramps; a new bridge with a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists.
While the 17-judge panel ordered Israel to halt any genocidal acts in Gaza, it stopped short of ordering immediate ceasefire.
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The greatest characters possess an irrepressible vitality.
Watching the world burn “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” J. Robert Oppenheimer invoked the line from the Bhagavad Gita in life and in film in reference to the towering pillar of fire he witnessed in exploding the world’s first atomic bomb. Donald “91 Counts” Trump is not literate enough to know the reference, but the 77-year-old toddler means to destroy ours if he does not get his way. With the country. With women. With his political adversaries. With Europe. With the itchy mind-worm of Daddy Fred’s judgment: Loser. Republicans have ginned up public concern over the southern border into a major 2024 campaign issue. They hold President Joe Biden responsible for a supposedly “open” southern border while actively working — at Donald Trump’s behest — to prevent any congressional action to address border issues. Military aid to Ukraine for repelling (Trump pal) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invaders is tied up in a border security deal being negotiated in the Senate (and opposed by House Republicans).
When COVID struck Rebecca Saltzman’s family, the virus unmasked a life-changing discovery: her husband and two of their kids had genetic heart disease. The kind where people drop dead. As their healthy wife and mother, Saltzman had a new role too—guiding her family through what Susan Sontag called the Kingdom of the Sick. In this column, she’ll explore the anthropological strangeness of this new place, the mysteries of the body, and how facing death distills life into its purest form: funny, terrifying, and sublime.
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At the children’s hospital, we followed the stars on the floor. This was how we reached outpatient registration, where we checked in for Gus’s appointments and received his ID bracelet, then continued to the elevators that took us to whichever specialist we were visiting. If the stars changed color, we had gone too far.
The extension of the controversial counter-extremism program into immigration and asylum processes risks embedding racism at our borders
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is developing Empire of Dirt, "a very British Western," which probably sounds funnier than it should.
1. “You are so beautiful, and so smart!”
2. “It is literally impossible to be a woman!”
3. “It kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough!”
4. “I would literally commit murder for seven Cheesy Gordita Crunches from Taco Bell right now.”
5. “You can never say you want to be thin!”
6. “You can’t ask for money, because that’s crass!”
7. “You can’t squash other people’s ideas!”
8. “I’m having a blast, but… I wish it were a Baja Blast.”
9. “Don’t talk about your kids all the damn time!”
10. “Never forget that the system is rigged!”
11. “Always be looking out for other people!”
12. “Would you rather never be able to drink vodka sodas again or have hands made of Doritos Locos Tacos?”
13. “You’re supposed to be a part of the sisterhood!”
14. “Never get old!”
15. “Never fall down!”
16. “Never get out of line!”
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An overwhelming majority of voters say Britain's wealthiest ever Prime Minister doesn't understand the pressures they face
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Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, discusses developments in Pakistan and the broader regime at a time of crisis.
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- by Christopher Harding
On 13 January, 99 days into Israel’s most recent onslaught in Gaza, 23-year-old Haya escaped the Strip to Cairo. During the attacks, Haya’s family home was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, and many of her friends were killed. ‘When I left Gaza, I couldn’t stop crying,’ she recalls. Haya is now physically safe, but fearing […]