Thursday 3rd of April 2025

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the old bait & switch con ....

the old bait & switch con ....

from Crikey ….

You better be careful blowing the whistle - new laws have holes.

fantasyman ....

fantasyman ....

Tony Abbott's latest speech confirms fact-checking in federal politics remains a faraway fantasy.

At a time when good faith would seem pretty important, the man who would be Australia's leader frequently makes statements contradicted by the evidence.

from the top of the pile ....

from the top of the pile .....

 

The companies robbing the world, and why it finally matters.

It is more truly global than the “global war on terrorism”, more quixotic than the global war on the drug trade, and vastly more costly than either of these.

operation sovereign borders ....

operation sovereign borders ....

 

She was capering for the TV cameras outside Buckingham Palace. Mid-forties at a guess, loyally smothered in Union Jacks, grinning through a mouthful of those National Health teeth that suggest a picket fence hit by a car.

long dead labor ....

long dead labor ....

I have known my postman for more than 20 years. Conscientious and good-humored, he is the embodiment of public service at its best. The other day, I asked him, “Why are you standing in front of each door like a soldier on parade?”

another dope scandal ....

a dope scandal ....

 

from politicoz ....

killing the dream ....

killing the dream ....

In his Farewell Address in 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower issued a stark warning that must have shocked Americans at that time. He said that the vast U.S. “military-industrial complex” constituted a grave threat to their democratic processes.

stop the dopes ....

stop the dopes ....

from Crikey ….

Military reshuffle: Abbott's 'Operation Sovereign Borders'

The Coalition has today responded to Kevin Rudd's PNG agreement on asylum seekers with its own announcement of "Operation Sovereign Borders".

pedalling to perdition ....

  

pedalling to perdition ....

Australians might view Detroit's decline with only passing curiosity but it offers an object lesson in the need to nurture economic competitiveness, writes Julie Novak.

making money ....

making money ...

Shocking Things Wall Street Financiers Say Off the Record About Their Bloated, Corrupt Industry

A new survey shows how brazenly immoral Wall Street is.

we was just followin' orders ....

we was just followin' orders ....

An ex-CIA officer convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a terror suspect in 2003 has been detained in Panama.

emotional contrition with caveat...

contrition

News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch says he was "frustrated" and "overly emotional" when he was secretly recorded describing the police investigation into alleged wrongdoings at his publications as incompetent.

a short cut to the pearly gates...

twitter heaven

Security forces in Brazil have banned masks at Pope Francis's opening Mass at the Roman Catholic World Youth Day festival in Rio de Janeiro next week.

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