Most government cockups happen when politics interferes with good administration, resulting in stupid decisions. Conspiracy, which requires careful thought, is rarely present.

3 May 2016

Former federal Labor opposition leader turned media commentator Mark Latham has announced he will join the Liberal Democrats Party, headed by David Leyonhjelm.

Mr Latham revealed his decision in a post on his Facebook page, saying he was returning to politics to "play a role in fighting for our national values".

Has Mossad infiltrated the CIA? The answer could be an overstatement. But is Israel controlling the US government? The answer is complex and not a question of “control” but that of persuasion. When the magician tells you you’re a chicken, you’re a chicken. You believe you’re a chicken. 

Sanity has prevailed... extremism has been defeated. The soft-centred Macron wins the day by more than 65 per cent of the votes while 25 per cent could not be bothered and 12 per cent voted for the General de Gaulle... 

Macron announces he is going to make sure there will be no need for extremism in the country. And all is well that finishes well says Monsieur Voltaire...

It is increasingly evident how pernicious the privatisation myth is. Two recent examples have underlined it: the failings in Australia’s privatised energy grid and the usurious pricing in airport car parks. Both examples demonstrated that it is folly to expect a public benefit to inevitably emerge from private profit seeking.  

A new poll shows that more than half of Germans support the idea of introducing a “dominant culture” as recently presented by the country’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. His proposals ignited debate in political circles and on social media.

Satire is mortally wounded. The future is dead. The smiling idiots are winning. 

No, I’m not depressed. It’s the natural progression in a world where cockroaches are next in line to become more intelligent than humans. You can spray your place with Killbug but the kritters know the only safe place for them is inside your computers and electronics. Here they learn Quantum mechanics in five minutes, better than you can do in a lifetime.

At the Press Freedom Dinner, the main speech by Sky News Political editor, David Speers, concentrated on “fake news”. It was a bit lame in the sense that it became an expose of how fake news can change the course of history (but not that much). He did not mention that fake news has been with us since humans developed language and communication skills using a stick to draw something in the sand. He mostly harped on the way fake news (from Macedonia) was used to sway the US Presidential elections.