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adverse critique of israhell shall be stopped.....Having just read journalist John Lyons’ book Balcony Over Jerusalem, I’m acutely aware of the ways in which the pro-Israeli Lobby in Australia exerts its influence on the media here to disparage journalists and their work and to even try to have them removed from their positions, if this lobby deems there is adverse critique of Israel. ABC – Ignorant, fearful or biased journalism? By Judy Attwood
Is that why Patricia Karvelas and Steve Kinnane on the ABC Radio National AM program choose words of clarification that either suspend or diminish acknowledgement that genocide is happening in Gaza? Do they want to avoid a complaint by the Zionist Federation of Australia?
a changing political landscape: kennedys vs kennedys....Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he would back Republican candidate Donald Trump and end his independent run for president, but only in swing US states. The son of Senator Robert Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy first tried to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination last April. Faced with obstruction within the party, he announced a third-party bid last October. “Many months ago I promised the American people I would withdraw from the race if I became a spoiler,” Kennedy said on Friday afternoon. “In my heart, I no longer believe I have a realistic path to electoral victory.”
controlling the narrative.....Declaration: In publishing this article, Croakey Health Media acknowledges that our future is at stake in these discussions, and also that our analysis comes from a particular standpoint of viewing public interest journalism as an important upstream determinant of health, while corporate media often undermine the determinants of health. In the interests of transparency, our positions on key media reform questions are publicly declared in our submissions to various inquiries.
freedom never was allowed.....
What you smell is the stench of a dying republic. Our dying republic. We are trapped in a political matrix intended to sustain the illusion that we are citizens of a constitutional republic. In reality, we are caught somewhere between a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves) and a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American citizens).
wars — woke — woman — more deficit — big laughs — genocide...... at the old men's club.....Regrettably, I have no spiritual enlightenment to share this Sunday. Perhaps, the message of “don’t vote, stop pretending this election is real” is a bit spiritually uplifting, as if you embrace the position that “voting is consent,” and then back that up with “it doesn’t matter anyway because it’s fake,” you will have a burden lifted from your soul.
For four years, I’ve watched people talk about voting as if it was real. People saw Joe Biden get the 81 million, and said “this is completely fake,” then said “well, we just have to vote harder next time.”
and people will vote for the mongrel warmongering democrats.....CHICAGO (Sputnik) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to make concessions to Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine, Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told RIA Novosti on the margins of the Democratic National Convention. "Undoubtedly he will," Raskin said on Wednesday when asked if he expects Trump to make concessions to Russia to end the Ukraine conflict. Raskin pointed out that Trump's running mate Sen. JD Vance has said that he wants to cut off US funding to Ukraine, "and he speaks for the whole ticket." The 2024 US presidential race between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will be a competitive and serious fight, Raskin added. "I think it’s gonna be competitive. It could be a serious fight," Raskin said on Wednesday. Raskin currently serves as the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
as the present and the future become history....The collective noun for a group of historians is an “argumentation,” and for good reason. At the very dawn of historical inquiry in the West, historians were already wrestling over the past, attacking each other, debating the purposes and uses of historical knowledge, choosing different subjects to pursue, and arguing about how to pursue them.
All History Is Revisionist History Ever since Thucydides dismissed Herodotus, historians have differed about the past James M. Banner Jr.
your lords and masters own your thoughts and set the prices....US Big Tech corporations have essentially colonized the world. In almost every country on Earth, the digital infrastructure upon which the modern economy was built is owned and controlled by a small handful of monopolies, based largely in Silicon Valley. This system is looking more and more like neo-feudalism. Just as the feudal lords of medieval Europe owned all of the land and turned almost everyone else into serfs, who broke their backs producing food for their masters, the US Big Tech monopolies of the 21st century act as corporate feudal lords, controlling all of the digital land upon which the digital economy is based.
the old fascist empire is in decline....At present, international relations are in the process of restructuring: the weight and influence of the Western powers led by the United States is really falling and the positions of those who are usually referred to as the countries of the Global South are strengthening. It is quite remarkable that, despite the obviousness of these phenomena, they are gradually beginning to be accepted by states that had previously resisted recognizing these processes.
BY Vladimir MASHIN
hope, abortions and laughter can help voters forget forever wars, the price of bread, huge deficits and pain....
Kamala Harris may well win the White House Within just a month of becoming the Democratic Party nominee for president, Kamala Harris has forged ahead in the race for the American presidency. How has this remarkable transformation of American politics come about? BY Graham Hryce
The answer lies in the departure of the senile and unelectable Joe Biden; Harris’ unexpected effectiveness and dynamism as a campaigner that has re-energized the Democratic Party; and the apparent (post assassination attempt) tiredness, negativity, and ineptitude that now characterizes Donald Trump’s faltering election campaign.
bayesianic sad case....Wife of missing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch who is now 'recovering from injuries in a wheelchair' whilst waiting for updates on her husband and daughter reveals the first sign of waterspout that sank yacht was a 'slight tilt' which woke her up The wife of missing British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is now reportedly recovering from her injuries in a wheelchair whilst she is waiting for updates on her husband and 18-year-old daughter after Mr Lynch's superyacht sunk. Angela Bacares, 57, has revealed that the first sign of the freak waterspout that sunk the luxury sailboat Bayesian just before 5am this morning was a 'slight tilt' that woke her up.
I dream a dream....“Everything begins with a dream” – Rumi This dream stays with me as we observe more days this week in which the decisions of various leaderships, who seem never to meet each other, kill other people and their children; destroying homes and communities. Through the UN Secretary General there is to be a UN Summit of the Future in late September. It is a precious opportunity, as others like Alison Brionowski have conveyed.
yuckraine kursk offensive stopped by the russians...Ukrainian Forces Stopped Across All of Kursk Region, Main Forces Destroyed: Akhmat Commander Ukraine's NATO-backed military began a large-scale surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region in early August, sending crack troops, mercenaries, PMC fighters and an array of Western equipment into the border region amid an accelerating Russian advance through the Donbass and flagging Western support. Ukraine's NATO-backed military began a large-scale surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region in early August, sending crack troops, mercenaries, PMC fighters and an array of Western equipment into the border region amid an accelerating Russian advance through the Donbass and flagging Western support.
veni, vidi, vici....US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of being unfit for the role of commander-in-chief, claiming he ‘bows down to dictators’. The outgoing president spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday to urge voters to support the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election. Last month, he was pressured by party heavyweights to drop out of the race after a disastrous debate against Trump. Biden brought up the story about Trump allegedly calling World War I soldiers buried in Europe “suckers and losers” to attack the former president, saying someone like this cannot lead the US military.
brilliantly planning to negotiate cynicism with plastic duckies....In a significant reversal, the Biden administration announced during two closed-door meetings this week that U.S. negotiators will support limits on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty. The news was first reported by Reuters and confirmed to Grist on Thursday by the State Department. It represents a major shift for the United States, which had previously rejected production limits in favor of an approach focused on boosting the recycling rate and cleaning up plastic litter.
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