How ironic that mainstream newspapers and conservative commentators should lambast former prime minister Paul Keating for living in the past when he denounced the AUKUS agreement and the Labor government’s fulsome support of it. It was, of course, the AUKUS agreement itself, entered into by Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Joe Biden in 2022, that Continue reading »
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The intellectual space for revolutionary new thoughts accompanies social change and inevitably the revolution is a surprise and incomprehensible to elites when it comes. Social, economic, and political disruption is accelerating because of climate change, new advanced technologies, economic stress, and geopolitics. The space for revolutionary thought is growing. The rejection of liberalism and democracy Continue reading »
“The evidence is compelling that human exceptionalism is a deeply-flawed construct – a grand cultural illusion – that has led modern techno-industrial societies into a potentially fatal ecological trap.” William Rees, Author, The Human Ecology of Overshoot. The long-standing, gender-dominant human cultural course has come to its final dark expression. The question now is, will Continue reading »
This is a story of what a voice can achieve and how easily it is undone by external forces. A little over 35 years ago I was Council Clerk and CDEP Coordinator for a small indigenous community in the far reaches of the Northern Territory tablelands. I saw my task was to act as the Continue reading »
Of the proposition that he was the greatest there can be no doubt. Ronald Dale Barassi, 87, was the most prominent name in our great indigenous game for 70 years. The numbers can’t be disputed: 17 grand finals for 10 premierships. “17410” was the number Barass put under his signature. Of course, it adds up Continue reading »
On 10 September 2023, at the end of refugee Neil Para’s marathon 1014 kilometre walk from Ballarat to Sydney, it was made public that Neil, his wife, Sugaa, and two daughters, Nivash and Kartie, had been granted permanent visas (his youngest, Nive, was born in Australia, and she was made a citizen when she turned Continue reading »
Is war inevitable? The short answer, for any peace activist or anyone wanting to inhabit a world that can sustain life must be no! Is war an imminent possibility, then the short answer is, regardless of the hopes, wishes and desires of the people, an unfortunate yes. Building a movement that makes war not imminent Continue reading »
The China threat has much more to do with the insecurity and indecision of the West towards the country, the emerging multipolar world and the erosion of Western dominance. First it was a big fat balloon observable from many kilometres from the ground that was supposedly spying on the United States. Now, a 20-something parliamentary Continue reading »
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 17, 2023
by Tony Wikrent
Civic republicanism
Chris Hedges, September 10, 2023 [scheerpost.com]
The press decided to pivot to Old Brandon Dan Pfeiffer in his newsletter today takes it to the media for their coverage of Biden’s age. After watching Meet the Press today, I’m fed up: Here’s how the self-proclaimed paper of record decided to report on President Biden’s grueling 5-day trip to Asia. Nearly every line of the story is rage-inducing, but this might be the most annoying part: I promise you that the apparatchiks at the Trump campaign are high-fiving over the fact that they got the New York Times to push their chosen narrative about Biden even though the entire trip undermined that narrative. It’s not just the New York Times, the Associated Press recently headlined a story on their new poll with this atrocity: “Trump has problems of his own.” Hmm, I wonder what those could possibly be. Do people not like his policy platform? Are they concerned about his position on Social Security? Or maybe Trump’s problems have something to do with the fact that HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 91 FELONIES IN FOUR CASES IN FOUR JURISDICTIONS!
“We don’t have the evidence now, but we may find it later” — McCaul is what passes for a “serious Republican” these days pic.twitter.com/bPMX1YPOec — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2023 Nancy Mace on ABC insists that there’s evidence Biden was bribed — but notably, she can’t seem to cite any! pic.twitter.com/steI1pOWML — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2023 the call where Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine unless the government there helped him dig up dirt on Joe Biden? is DeSantis’s position that extorting a foreign government is fine if it happens on the phone? https://t.co/uIqghdNLAi — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2023 the call where Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine unless the government there helped him dig up dirt on Joe Biden? is DeSantis’s position that extorting a foreign government is fine if it happens on the phone? https://t.co/uIqghdNLAi — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2023
I’m pleased to share a ‘save the date’ for study tour: London (UK) in May 2024. Here’s the link: https://cihcanada.ca/calendar-by-month/calendar-by-list/ For this particular event, there will be two components: a housing tour for 2.5 days, and then a homelessness tour for 2.5 days. We expect some people will choose to register for both, while others will pick just one. The [...]
From the “I Can’t Even” files If not for Tucker Carlson and ball tanning, I’d think this was a joke (Washington Post): It’s been almost 2,000 years since the Roman Empire reached the historic peak of its power. But many men still contemplate it — quite a lot. A new social media trend prompting women to ask the men in their lives how often they think about ancient Rome reveals that it crosses the minds of many men on a weekly basis. Even daily. Or more — to the surprise and confusion of their loved ones. “Three times a day,” answered one woman’s fiancé in a TikTok video. “There’s so much to think about,” he explained, eliciting a stunned look into the camera from his soon-to-be wife. “They built an entire world-dominating society,” another man exclaimed when asked by a bewildered-looking woman to justify why he contemplates ancient Rome. Domination. Got it. @listenwithbritt #stitch with @HapaGirl learning new things after 13 years.
Another day brings another #WhoSpy clue for the upcoming three-episode Doctor Who 60th Anniversary event - this one featuring the TARDIS.
Don’t listen to the Sirens. Don’t look at Medusa. It’s the GOP’s trusty “Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi” tactic. They’re gonna “But her emails” Joe Biden from here to next November. With help from a compliant, both-sides press again. The GOP’s goal of course is to repeat unsubstantiated allegations often enough that they are the first impression that comes to mind when people think about the opposing candidate. Take for instance this word cloud Gallup assembled this time seven years ago: It’s a variant of poisoning the well. Newt Ginrich taught them well. In the Trump era, the GOP has abandoned “Optimistic Positive Governing Words.” (Governing is no longer their aspiration.) But Republicans are still hell at “Contrasting Words.” Republicans desperate to distract attention from their front-runner’s two impeachments, four indictments and an insurrection will flood the zone with “old,” “senile,” “corrupt,” “Hunter,” and “impeachment.” A little baseless impeachment here, a ton of innuendo there, and voila! Biden is damaged goods.
Enligt Elinor Odeberg borde Sverige, precis som en del andra länder, ha agerat mer direkt. Hon tar upp Spanien som ett exempel. – Trots att Spanien hade ett väldigt starkt beroende av rysk energi, till skillnad från Sverige som inte hade någon import av rysk energi att tala om, så har Sverige betydligt högre inflation […]
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Russell Brand, Futurama, TWD: Daryl Dixon, Conan O'Brien/Trump, Doctor Who, AEW, Star Trek: DS9 & more!
TAFE NSW is delivering training in one of Hollywood’s premiere graphics platforms, Unreal Engine, and they are doing it from Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC), where one of only four Unreal Authorised Instructors in Australia is based. CHEC TAFE NSW Information Technology Teacher Jon McMillan works virtually with Sydney-based production company Cheeky Little, on a...
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The Times blocked a bot that had given the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine huge troves of websites.
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MAKE sure you have working smoke alarms; it’s the biggest lifesaver in structure fires. That is the message from Acting Station Officer Tim George from Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us...
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A COFFS HARBOUR resident who hails from Myanmar says a lifelong desire to join the Army motivated him to become a part time soldier. “I was born in Myanmar, Chin state,” said Private Mesak Hlawng Sang from the 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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Many American undergraduates in Economics interested in doing a Ph.D. are surprised to learn that the first year of an Econ Ph.D. feels much more like entering a Ph.D. in solving mathematical models by hand than it does with learning economics. Typically, there is very little reading or writing involved, but loads and loads of […]
A GOLD standard specialist service to benefit people living with Parkinson’s and other movement disorders launched in Coffs Harbour on Friday 8 September. “This means patients in and around Coffs Harbour now have access to the best movement disorder specialists in the world right on their doorstep,” said Mid North Coast Local Health District’s acting...
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BUILDING works have begun at Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club with sights set on being completed by the end of February 2024. The project is being carried out to upgrade the Coffs facility to receive national status. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –...
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