In 2013 Tom Engelhardt wrote, referring to the United States presence in Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen, where at eight United States air strikes had killed almost 300 wedding guests: “we have become a nation of wedding crashers, the uninvited guests who arrived under false pretenses, tore up the place, offered nary and apology, and refused to go home.”

“There's been a lot of talk this week about whose side people are on in this building.

The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuela have not just weakened the country’s economy but have deprived millions of viewpoints questioning the US policies, as Abby Martin’s show on TeleSUR shut down citing financial woes.

Why bother voting when the system's a con
When leaders are milked for charisma, then gone
replaced by a power hungry lackey who grins?
It's always the sneakiest bastard who wins,

(Sung to the Dylan song) 

Trouble double triple poodle muddle oodle noodle — god was a fantasist...

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What this brochure does not tell you is that 90 per cent of these refugees have been created by the intervention of the USA in the affairs of a sovereign country. Bombs and gunfire have been the responsibility of the USA supporting "moderate" rebels, who at best were terrorists of Al Qaeda and at worst were terrorists of ISIS...

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Call it fatigue, call it frustration, but some of the best brains in the country are fed up.

Relations between the US and its European allies have been strained since Washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe and withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

et tu, duttonus

Senior ministers stand by Turnbull as Dutton plotters sharpen knives

Two of Malcolm Turnbull's most senior colleagues have publicly backed him in a show of support as he tries to fend off another move from his rival Peter Dutton.

Between the NBN, the NDIS, the ABC and the NEG, it's hard to pick which of the worse crap goes on in Malcolm's brain. All his outcomes and solutions are more problematic than the original parameters which included burning the planet down — all to save $3.64 on voters power bills, so they can reinvest the cash in the pokies.