This is from Robert O’Brien, Trump’s former National Security adviser: There’s a little mutual defense alliance in Europe called NATO. Denmark was one of the founding members in 1949. In the modern world that’s how we are supposed to defend ourselves against threats. We aren’t supposed to just seize territory for our own purposes. But it sounds like those are now quaint ideas and we are now in the business of territorial expansion again, to hell with our allies. Is that what people voted for? I don’t remember it coming up during the presidential campaign and I was paying pretty close attention. By the way, I’m sure you’ll recall that Trump always says that we should have just taken the oil in the middle east. Well: MineralsGreenland has large reserves of minerals such as copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, rare-earth elements, titanium, zinc, iron ore, coal, and graphite. Oil and gasThe Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland estimates that Greenland’s west coast contains about 18 billion barrels of oil. The U.S.
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(Unless you’re an immigrant) The Wall St Journal went to Seymour, Indiana (the “small town” John Mellencamp is from) where they can’t wait to get rid of all the immigrants they believe are polluting their lives: [R]esidents have complained for years that a flood of unauthorized migrants under the Biden administration strained schools, hospitals and housing. Now, with President-elect Donald Trump promising to conduct mass deportations and shut down illegal border crossings, the pro-crackdown forces are feeling emboldened. They are organizing opposition to illegal immigration online and in local government meetings and pushing for new legislation and action at the state level. “Trump brought hope,” said Dana Clark, 66, who also spoke at the city council meeting. “Day one is going to see the biggest deportation ever.” Incorporated in the 1860s, Seymour sits at the intersection of two major railroads. Jobs are plentiful at large manufacturers such as auto-parts suppliers and agricultural businesses, including the country’s second-largest egg producer.
JV Last made an excellent observation about this Musk vs MAGA flap. This is from his Bluesky account. These guys are super into H1B precisely because they’re also into corporate tax cuts. They want to offload the expense of creating an educated workforce and just conjure labor out of thin air. This worldview makes sense if “efficiency” is your highest goal. You can outsource expenditures for human infrastructure to other countries and then import that fully formed human capital. It’s also a worldview in which the government’s primary function is to support corporations and all policies are downstream from that goal. Anyway, it’s absolutely impossible to reconcile “forgotten man” MAGA with the Elon/Vivek corporate ubermensch MAGA. The only thing that united them was that they hate trans people and NYT columnists. That works if you’re in the outside. But once you have power you have to make choices on how to apply it. And the zero-sum game pits the two factions against one another. Corporate MAGA is betting that the rubes won’t really know what’s going on. That’s probably right.
What a ride that was.
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SPECIAL Disability Trusts (SDT) were the subject of a workshop held in early December at the Coffs Harbour Village. Marking International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), the session was arranged by Joanne Magill from PhysAbility NSW, an NDIS support provider. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...
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UNDETERRED by superstitions around the date, Coffs Harbour Birder group spent the morning at the North Coast Botanic Garden seeking to see avian activity on Friday, 13 December. The local “birdos” always hold their end-of-year final bird outing and morning tea at the Garden and there were several very special sightings. Advertise with News of...
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SING Australia’s Coffs Harbour group wrapped up its year on a high note, celebrating with a festive, fun-filled evening on 9 December. “Our final night of singing was full of holiday cheer, with carols and some members’ choice songs,” said Isabella, co-leader with Bev, Lexie, and Ros. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s...
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SEA turtles Fred and Basil have been returned to their ocean home at North Wall Beach in a heartwarming collaboration between the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary (CCWS) and the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour. This release marked a milestone in the partnership between CCWS and Rotary, with the rescue and rehabilitation efforts sponsored by Rotary’s...
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JAMES Minson’s “The Ego Taking the Ids for a Ride” has taken out the People’s Choice Award in the Coffs Coast Art Prize 2024. Coffs Harbour Arts Council Vice Chair Ann Leonard described James as a “master of his craft” with a “great sense of humour to go with it”. Advertise with News of The...
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THE Coffs Harbour Justice of the Peace (JP) service achieved a new record for servicing the community in 2024. “Our team processed a new record of in excess of 18,000 documents during the year,” Coffs Harbour Branch NSW Justices Association spokesperson Mike Blewitt told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today....
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THE Dorrigo Support Centre welcomed the elderly and their carers to its Annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon at the Dorrigo Community Hall on Thursday, 15 December. The centre is a hub that provides services to seniors over 65 years of age and their carers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...
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SURPRISE kicked off the afternoon for the Ulong community’s Mountain Christmas Carols event on Sunday 15 December. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan both arrived at Ulong Community Hall unannounced and in a festive mood; ready to sing and celebrate with the mountain community. Advertise with News of...
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Who among us hasn’t accidentally texted the wrong person? But I don’t think any of us have accidentally posted on social media instead of texting. Then there’s Donald Trump… Trump posted a private message meant for Elon Musk on Truth Social by mistake. Trump-Musk Bromance Alive and Well? Who among us hasn’t accidentally texted the wrong person? But I don’t think any of us have accidentally posted on social media instead of texting. Then there’s Donald Trump… Trump posted a private message meant for Elon Musk on Truth Social… pic.twitter.com/lHLdeB8daZ — Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) December 28, 2024 Haha. Was he trying to make him jealous with Bill Gates? Too funny. The CNN reporter says that this suggests that Trump isn’t unhappy with Musk but who knows? If he isn’t I’d guess it’s because Trump is hoping for that rumored merger of Truth Social and X which will bring him a huge payday. But there is serious trouble in MAGA land with Elon and Vivek threatening his loyal followers like this: I doubt Trump cares at all about this visa issue. He’s happy to give Elon what he wants.
ROBERT and Margaret Chapman, long-term benefactors of Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC), have donated nine infusion pumps costing almost $15,000 to the hospital’s Emergency Department. Infusion pumps are essential medical devices capable of delivering fluids in precise amounts, ranging from nutrients and medications like insulin, antibiotics, and pain relievers, to chemotherapy drugs. Advertise with News...
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THE Bellinger RSL sub-Branch is adopting its organisation’s successful RSL NSW Sport and Recreation Program, an initiative that has been running for two years. The program began in 2022 as a pilot program in two district councils with only 14 sub-Branches. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...
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We have a major problem with the damage that Rupert Murdoch has done to newspapers in Australia, and any self-respecting government should take steps to correct that as soon as possible. A repost from January 05, 2024 I met Rupert when I was working for Gough Whitlam in Canberra. I got to know the people Continue reading »
The inclusion of anti-Israel and anti-Zionist actions and speech in the definition of antisemitism is a gross infringement on freedom of expression in this country, the group Jews Against the Occupation says in a submission to a government inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities. The full submission is below. Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Continue reading »
If it wasn’t already clear, the writing is now well and truly on the wall for the fossil car makers: Just a week after BYD launched its $US15,000 “Corolla killer” and with the world’s largest EV battery maker recently announcing it’s on track to cut battery costs in half this year, new research suggests the decline in Continue reading »
How reassuring it is to be a mining magnate in Australia. Far more significant than royalty, such figures are the unelected captains of industry who know that governments will do whatever they can to accommodate their wishes and whims. True, the rhetoric might sometimes be sharp and seemingly at odds, especially when it comes to Continue reading »
Only in Australia could such an edgy political satire be put on stage. Sharp and witty, Donald’s Inferno, written and directed by Jon-Claire Lee, was launched in Sydney this month to a modest but discerning audience. Buried in its wacky story, the comedy pulled no punches in its description of current tensions between the Chinese Continue reading »
I’ve had a hard day’s night watching an excruciating, made-for-Fox-TV showdown between political scientist Norman Finkelstein and the former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum. It’s white knuckled viewing, no doubt about that. It’s designed to be. Piers Morgan, an infotainment stalwart, presides over these so-called “debates” (which are anything but) by extolling his own Continue reading »
Are you: a better coach for having played the game at highest level; a superior baron of a media corporation if you started as a desk journalist; a smarter tech billionaire for having cut code; an out-performing venture capitalist if once a failed entrepreneur; a far-sighted head of NASA if you journeyed as an astronaut; Continue reading »
In October 2024, four key Southeast Asian countries became partners of BRICS, making the organisation much closer to home for Australians. So why have Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam put themselves on a path to membership? What is BRICS? BRICS was established in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa and is viewed Continue reading »
When we hear of so many incidents in which Israeli soldiers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank detain Palestinians and gratuitously ransack their homes (if not completely destroy their homes), one tries to understand what role humiliation plays in the way in which the soldiers orient themselves to Continue reading »
It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch Make America Grouse Again (Axios): This will not end well: Meanwhile, Trump supporters are engaged in as much wishcasting about whose benefits Trump sill slash (not theirs, just those low-caste Irresponsibles) as lefties who believed after the Berlin Wall fell that the “peace dividend” would be a boone for social safety net programs.