Backlash past being a fringe dwelling one-term councillor on Wagga Wagga Council? He just can’t stop displaying his ignorance, which is a handy distraction from the evils his government does. Amnesty International said of his comments on the riots at Capitol Hill: ‘To call the Black Lives Matter movement ‘race riots’ proves that the acting Prime Minister ignored the incredibly important message that it shared’.
The most dangerous time of all is when you’re trying to get an abuser out of the house. The US is almost there, and in the process, flipped all three pillars of legislative power from Republican to Democrat. That’s the house, senate and the presidency. America is slightly less than great again! Q Q Q Q
Denmark financial institutions are offering homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed interest rate of zero! According to www.bloomberg.com, Denmark has ‘the longest history of negative central bank rates’, and is ‘home to the world’s biggest mortgage-backed coveredbond market’. It appears the result of a protectionist policy after the euro was adopted in 2012. Q Q Q Q
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Julian Assange remains in a UK jail, despite winning an appeal against extradition to the US. The judge’s reasoning was more a reflection of the broken US mass incarceration system, and was certainly not an endorsement of either Wikileaks, or the function of journalism. Q Q Q Q
According to investigative reporter Michael West, ‘The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has funded almost 60 per cent of government borrowings since June. That’s modern monetary theory (MMT) – the Reserve Bank creating money, giving new money to the banks, which they then give to Josh to fund his deficit’. Q Q Q Q
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UK news satirist Jonathan Pie points out that Twitter banning the 45th US president this week was at the worst possible time, given he finally lost the presidency. It will embolden him and his supporters, with further division ahead. Who wins from a deeply divided Western society? Perhaps the Chinese and Russians? Sun Tzu’s The Art of War describes how sowing internal chaos is a great tactical strategy. Q Q Q Q
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A reminder from the PM: It’s not his job to provide a running commentary on the rise of fascism within the borders of our biggest ally, or the unhinged conspiracies from within his own party. The promo PM is on holidays until January 18, yet it’s still unclear what he actually does, apart from marketing. See page 8.
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The doctrine of terra nullius was used by the Brits to claim Australia, on the basis that it was unoccupied at the time. Not that further evidence is required to the contrary, but www.smithsonianmag.com reports this week that ‘New DNA analysis shows Aboriginal Australians are the world’s oldest society’.
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