It is about being subjects rather than citizens. It is about ancient oaths of loyalty and fealty. It is about pomp and ceremony paid for by the state.

The coronation of King Charles III is a further step towards an Australian Republic. That may seem counter-intuitive because a coronation is an unrivalled opportunity for any monarchy to show itself off to its subjects. It is an opportunity to reinforce its brand in a display of expensive and ancient pomp and ceremony. It is its best chance to introduce the new king.

By John Warhurst

Police officers arrested a number of anti-monarchy demonstrators and seized protest placards ahead of the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. The protesters say they want to be able to choose their head of state.

London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday morning that “a significant police operation” was underway in central London. Shortly afterwards, the force announced that it had arrested four people “on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance,” and another three “on suspicion of possessing articles to cause criminal damage.” The first group were found in possession of “lock-on devices,” police said.

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Vice Media was once the hip, fresh upstart across the visual media landscape, taking viewers on exciting journeys, uncovering incredible stories and generally showing the old guard establishment outlets how the new kids on the block do it. But those days are long over as Vice years ago gave up its hipster cred in favor of taking big money investors and pushing establishment, imperialist dross. Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss some of the cringe-worthy empire-pushing content Vice has produced in recent years.

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This week, a self-described media watchdog began posting a series of behind-the-scenes clips of the fired Fox News host using salty language in back-and-forth banter with producers, makeup artists and other staff. The leaks come as rumors continue to swirl over what caused the number one-rated US cable news host to lose his job.

Fox has sent Media Matters for America a cease-and-desist letter demanding the Washington-headquartered company halt the publication of a series of leaked clips dubbed the ‘Tucker Carlson Tapes.’

The letter, sent to Media Matters’ President Angelo Carusone by an attorney on behalf of Fox Corporation, warned the footage was obtained "without Fox’s authorization," and that it is "confidential intellectual property" belonging to the network.

W.H.O. Ends Global Health Emergency Designation for Covid

The decision has little practical effect but is a significant moment in the struggle against a virus that has killed millions and upended lives throughout the world.

The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it was ending the emergency it declared for Covid-19 more than three years ago, a milestone in the fitful emergence from a pandemic that has killed millions of people around the world and upended daily life in previously unimaginable ways.

“It is with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency,” said the W.H.O. director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The Chinese ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, in a long and wide-ranging interview with a journalist on the French television news channel LCI, about world and Chinese affairs, stated, in response to a question as to whether or not Crimea was a part of Ukraine, that ‘it depended on how one looks at the history of the situation,” and that Crimea was Russian for a long time and only given to Ukraine during the Soviet era.”

He then added,

“Even these ex-Soviet countries don’t have an effective status in international law because there was no international agreement to materialize their status as sovereign countries.”

Both these statements caused an angry reaction in the West, especially the Baltic countries and Ukraine, and drew statements condemning what he said and calls for his removal from his post.

The weather is mid-season, when old men start wearing overcoats 

And young women are still in shorts that are still too tight 

To show off their perfect legs, with bare arms and breasts alight 

The aluminium statue of “dog” — famous for being eviscerated 

With exposed tripes like a car engine — does not attract the pigeons frustrated

because dog has been shafted by well-meaning rainbow leaning council votes

And replaced with a coloured boxes stack of super-woke diversity. 

Nothing new beyond the same adorable mess of lonely people in pain

Happy couples and families walking their dogs while others dismount their bicycle

At the Hub reincarnated from a porno house into a Saturday junk-sale remains

The Orange washing-van washes the clothes of the homeless plus dry cycle

zeleno

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NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

EASY.

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

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The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing—and yet you are somehow happy.

When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s predictions for 2030 was “You will own nothing, and be happy,” she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything.

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The United Nations has urged warring factions in Sudan to open a humanitarian corridor for aid to be transported, after reports that food supplies were looted in parts of the country.

Martin Griffiths, UN chief for humanitarian affairs, said on Wednesday that six trucks belonging to the World Food Program were looted in Sudan's western region of Darfur, despite assurances of safety and security.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden thanked some of his top donors Friday night as he launches a reelection campaign that is expected to need to raise well over $1 billion to secure his second term. 

“It’s because of you, I’m standing here,” Biden said in the ballroom of a Washington hotel. “And it’s because of you, we’re going to win this time around.”

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Back in the heat of the pandemic, vaccine manufacturer Pfizer was secretly funding a variety of groups, many of them non-profits, to promote vaccine mandates. This according to records unearthed by investigative journalist Lee Fang.

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There isn’t a strong chance for Assange’s pardon, given that both Republicans and Democrats prefer to keep mum on his release, Lucy Komisar, an investigative journalist based in New York, told Sputnik.

Washington­-based supporters of Julian Assange will hold a rally later on Wednesday to demand the release of the WikiLeaks founder from the UK’s Belmarsh prison.

The action coincides with the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, which is annually commemorated on May 3.

Australian troops deployed to the United Kingdom have met King Charles as they farewell the first cohort of Ukrainian recruits they've helped train in basic combat skills for the war against Russia.

In an exclusive interview with Independent Australia, Russell Targ, American physicist, parapsychologist and author of nine books dealing with the scientific investigation of psychic abilities, discusses the unlimited potential of 'remote viewing'.

Remote viewing (RV) is the focus of Russell Targ's latest books, The Reality of ESP: A Physicist’s Proof Of Psychic Abilities and Third Eye Spies: Learning Remote Viewing From the Masters.

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