“Shanda fur die goyim”—a shame before the nations—was once a quiet warning among Jews: do not let our failings and actions, even sins of omission, which are often the greatest sins, become fuel for hatred from non-Jews. Yet today, the disgrace does not hide itself; instead, it broadcasts in high definition.

Benjamin Netanyahu: “Shanda fur die Goyim”— Shame on Jews, Shame on Me!

Henry Kamens

France’s top general, Fabien Mandon, is facing backlash after saying the country must be ready to “lose children” in a potential conflict with Russia. Moscow has dismissed Western speculation that it has any plans to attack the EU or NATO as “nonsense.”

Mandon, who was appointed chief of staff in September, made the remarks at an annual gathering of mayors in Paris this week. He urged officials to prepare citizens “to accept suffering in order to protect who we are.”

The general, who previously suggested that France could be at war with Russia by 2028, argued that the country has the economic and demographic power to “deter” Moscow, but lacks the “strength of spirit.”

Private capital will not build Australia a world-class science system. Only the public sector can do that. And it must do so at a scale that matches the challenges ahead.

The looming loss of hundreds of CSIRO scientists has been greeted with the usual talk of “budget pressures” and managerial decisions. But this framing obscures the real story. What is happening to CSIRO is not a sudden failure of governance. It is the culmination of much deeper, longer-term failures — failures that reach back through the entire history of Australian capitalism.

Stewart Sweeney

Japan and China both have legitimate security concerns. But an informed debate needs major media outlets to stop systematically erasing the historical context that shapes how the region understands current events.

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament that a Chinese military move against Taiwan could constitute a 存立危機事態 (sonritsu kiki jitai, “survival-threatening situation”) for Japan, some big Western media outlets uniformly framed China’s furious response as irrational overreaction.

Fred Zhang

It's a tradition for German heads of government to at least briefly attend United Nations climate conferences. Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his predecessor Angela Merkel did so, and current Chancellor Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union(CDU) was no exception.

Don Reynolds is a name forgotten to history, though he appears to hold a key to understanding who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

On November 22, 1963, the morning that Kennedy was killed, Reynolds was testifying in a closed-door session of the Senate Rules Committee about a kickback scheme he was involved in on behalf of Lyndon B. Johnson

Reynolds’ testimony was going to lead to Johnson being dropped from the 1964 Democratic ticket and potentially going to jail.

Obscure Insurance Agent From Silver Springs Maryland May Very Well Hold Clue to JFK Assassination

By Jeremy Kuzmarov

Two of the EU’s most powerful and controversial officials, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, are struggling for control of the EU’s diplomacy and intelligence services in a confrontation “worthy of ‘Game of Thrones’,” the French newspaper Le Monde has reported, citing sources.

Von der Leyen killing Kallas in EU ‘Game of Thrones’ – Le Monde
The two top officials are reportedly struggling for control over the bloc’s diplomatic and intelligence services

If you've ever walked past a newsstand, if you subscribe to Libération, if you listen to the radio, or if you have a TV, you know that in 2020, China employed 500,000 slaves in the cotton fields of Xinjiang (1).

The only proof lay in the sheer repetition of the information.

Perhaps you've seen, because the news is entertaining, that the Chinese are manufacturing humanoid robots capable of performing somersaults.

But here's the scoop that may have escaped the media sledgehammer in our country: "They" are also manufacturing robot tractors that plow, analyze soils, sow, and harvest.

       Théophraste R., author of the forthcoming pamphlet: "Xinjiang, 500,000 Uyghurs Reduced to Unemployment."

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete control over our destiny and have no need to evolve. Even though lots of people believe this, it’s not true. 

If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving

BY Michael A. Little

Danny [Daniel Davis] explains that after years of stalled efforts, there are now real signs that the Russia-Ukraine war might be moving toward a negotiated settlement. A secret 28-point U.S.–Russia peace proposal is reportedly being drafted, inspired by Trump’s earlier ceasefire framework used in the Israel–Hamas conflict. The plan reportedly covers four broad categories:

ending the war,

security guarantees for both sides,

a new European security structure, and

future U.S.–Russia and U.S.–Ukraine relations.

The reason for cautious optimism, he says, is that Russian officials—for the first time—indicate the U.S. may be seriously acknowledging Russia’s position, which has not happened in previous years.

This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide. 

Rather, that system has allowed the British establishment to be complicit in one of the worst horrors of our time — Israel’s two-year offensive against Palestinians, complete with ethnic cleansing, systematic attacks on schools and hospitals, and crimes against humanity.

GAZA REVEALS HOW BRITAIN IS RUN, AND WHY WE MUST CHANGE IT
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky could fire his influential chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, as a full-scale “riot”unfolds within parliament over a vast corruption scandal that allegedly links Yermak to a roughly $100 million kick-back scheme in the country’s energy sector, according to several media reports and lawmakers.

Top Zelensky aide facing imminent firing – media
Andrey Yermak is suspected of having knowledge of a major graft scheme in Ukraine, with numerous MPs reportedly demanding his resignation

Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities alleged earlier this month that Timur Mindich – a former business partner of Zelensky – and several other officials pressured contractors working with the state nuclear operator, Energoatom, to hand over 10-15% of their contract value as kickbacks.

Taking a fun look back at 2025 are The Cheap Seats hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. Joining in on the action are Mel Tracina, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and special guest Nevaeh-Lea Benton...

The Cheap Seats - S5 Ep. 30
M | Comedy
Air Date: Tue 18 Nov 2025

ALL WAS GOING GREAT, UNTIL AFTER THE LAST COMMERCIAL BREAK, AS THE CHEAP SEAT WRAP UP WAS SUPPOSED TO COME, THE SCREEN DISPLAYED A TECHNICIAN PANEL OF WHAT TO PLAY, THEN THE AMERICAN FBI TRASH SHOW (WELL-MADE BUT FORMULATED TRASH) CAME ON — THUS PANIC AT CHANNEL 10, SYDNEY... THE SCREEN WENT BLACK FOR A MINUTE WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR IN TV-LAND... UNTIL THE "CHEAP SEAT" CAME BACK ON.... WOHOO! SAVED BY THE BELLE AND THE WITTY...

Hunkered down in Canberra after 11 November with the ‘caretaker’ conditions imposed by the Governor-General on Malcolm Fraser, there was a sense of unreality and nagging doubt about the future. The political and social fabric of trust had been torn. Would it keep tearing?

John Menadue