For years Andrew Bolt carried on calling right-wing extremists “patriots” and anti-fascists who opposed them ANTIFA that dark underground disorganized group, terrorists. He even declared his admiration for the strength of conviction held by the Barcelona bombers, and ashamed young white Christian Australians for not fighting back as they did.

However, when the Christchurch killer came to life declaring he was fighting back, Bolt went to ground. That Australian mass murderer of 51 people declared that those that had inspired him were  Bolt’s very own patriots who were given the space and platform to preach their hate and call to action on his show.

As the saying goes “The apple never falls far from the tree” and Bolt’s own family origins were from the Dutch town of Aalsmeer..  What a coincidence Aalsmeer is noted today as the Netherlands’ most infamous pro-Nazi, Jew-hating town during WW2. A very small town whose democratically elected mayor was hung for war crimes. That town Bolt loved so much was indelibly stamped with the stench of its Nazi past. Bolt has never raised the history of that town he annually visited and still admires so much. The town to which he still has close family ties. Yet his idea of patriotism sounds very similar and echoes strong sentiments about who he clearly declares are “them” and his particular notion of “us”. His is not a celebration of the pluralistic Australia we live in, in any sense.

If not for the anti-fascists who gathered at Parliament House in Melbourne last week, a group of neo-Nazis would have succeeded with their anti-immigration racist rant, writes Tom Tanuki.

Source: ‘Power of the people’ derails Melbourne’s neo-Nazis

Lobbyist for the world’s arms manufacturers, so predictable. Was he promised the deal before or after he doublecrossed the French?

” over 25% of major-party federal MPs who served in executive government had moved across to peak bodies, lobbying firms or directly into big business in their political afterlife.” See More

The Sydney Morning Herald this week quoted a confidant of Mr Morrison’s saying that the former prime minister was preparing to join a defence company.

Source: Scott Morrison: His next move revealed

With control of 65% of print media in Australia Murdoch’s hope was to turn Sky News into Fox News here. However since the 1990’s it’s been a major fail and disappointment. He simply couldn’t rid us no matter how much he tried of the ABC. Australia’s Democratic strength and revival depend on the restoration and revival of the ABC that Murdoch insisted the LNP destroy in doing so they destroyed not only themselves but weakened our 2- party Parliamentary Democracy and fragmented the nation.

But the Liberal Party is not for changing and hasn’t understood that opposition for the sake of opposition doesn’t work anymore. And with a change in demographics and voting patterns, they might be out of office for a long time. This change isn’t good news for the Labor Party either, and there are suggestions that this could be the last majority government – from either side of government – and the future will be based around coalitions of common political interests.

Source: National Times – New Politics Australia Murdoch’s end, wasteful… | Facebook

Murdoch’s Fox has paid before and will keep paying to keep damning evidence under wraps and to keep its profits soaring. Expect the record payout in the Dominion case to be broken in the Smartmatic case. But of course those living in such a divided society pay the heaviest price for Fox’s business practices.

Source: Hush Money: Fox’s Dominion | The Smirking Chimp

Lachlan Murdoch’s reputation in Australia is that of a “loser” who throws Xmas parties for other losers he employs. Onetel,& Ch 10, saw him lose millions and had him run to daddy in the US. Appointed CEO of Fox Corp he has cost billion plus but nevertheless bought a $100mill house to throw parties in LA no doubt. Now, this Goliath of a wannabe alpha-male has backed down from his threat to Crikey the David in a legal battle and will not only be liable for the majority of the costs but for further actions against the company. Lawyers love the schmuck does anyone else?

Matthew Collins KC, a barrister specialising in media law and a former Australian Bar Association president, said Murdoch was liable for most of the costs. “While every case is different, the costs that are recoverable by a party following a discontinuance of proceedings are typically in the range of two-thirds to three-quarters of the actual costs of the party,” he said.

Source: National Times – The mouse that roared: how a little Australian… | Facebook

Searching for the Facts not the Spin. However , Murdoch’s media business model will reverse that.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his political career, now faces a new level of scrutiny: a trial in a lawsuit accusing him of rape.

Source: Rape Lawsuit Trial Puts Trump’s History With Women Under Microscope | HuffPost Latest News

Many countries of the Global South are now seeing more value in creating structures that take their interests into account — not just as pawns of the United States, writes Roger McKenzie.

Source: The Global South will not wait for the UN to solve humanity’s challenges

Peter Dutton is vying to be the worst racist Opposition Leader how on earth does for a moment think Australia let alone the LNP will accept him as their leader. The fact that he currently is reflects how far the LNP has fallen in the eyes of Australians.

“The claims of ‘rampant’ abuse fly in the face of evidence. Data from Territory Families show there has been no escalation in investigations of sexual abuse or exploitation.

Source: MEDIA RELEASE: Statement from SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle in response to comment by Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Alice Springs yesterday – SNAICC

How elite corruption operates “everyone does it ” so Trump shouldn’t be charged is his and the Republicans’ Defense cry.

But it’s not just Clarence Thomas on the wrong side of the law. According to tax law, those trips, flights and vacations could be gifts subject to gift tax. They were supposed to be reported by Harlan Crow to the IRS at the time they were given. IRS rules state that “The gift tax is a tax on the transfer of property by one individual to another while receiving nothing, or less than full value, in return. The tax applies whether or not the donor intends the transfer to be a gift.”

Source: Clarence And Ginni Thomas Have Given Harlan Crow A Huge Tax Headache | Crooks and Liars

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announces the Liberals’ formal opposition to the federal government’s model for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, after a party room meeting in Canberra.

Source: Liberal Party confirms it will oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament – ABC News

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Al Capone went down as a result of a very simple law Tax Evasion

There is perhaps poetic justice in the possibility that the man who bet on being the ultimate outsider breaking all conventions may have his comeuppance as a result of a very old-fashioned scandal.

Source: What does Donald Trump’s indictment say about US democracy? | Jan-Werner Müller | The Guardian

Racism is White and not only do Chinese know and experience it. Asians, Africans, Indians, Middle Easterners, Jews and our Indigenous First Nation People all have felt it. It’s not just an inevitable part of a multicultural society. It’s rooted in our history and is systemic. It has has been built into our very white-biased institutions and social fabric over generations. It can only be changed by admitting it, teaching it and criticizing it. By introducing it into our very primary education systems.

Mind you it has had positive outcomes as well driving those who are seen as different into self-employed businesses and striving for better-than-average educational qualifications on the negative side into crime for survival..

“These days, it doesn’t take too much to provoke a racist. All it takes is seeing someone who looks Chinese.”

Source: ‘The media normalises war-mongering’: how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstream media – Pearls and Irritations

While America accuses China of spying on the world with Tik Tok, America goes ahead and does it with Google and silences whistleblowers. Snowden didn’t want to go to Russia.

Lawmakers’ push to ban app comes as they mull extending powers that force tech firms to enable mass snooping for the US.

Source: US says China can spy with TikTok. It spies on world with Google | Social Media | Al Jazeera

Following Saturday’s NSW election, News Corp broadsheet The Australian has updated its political map of the country, noting that mainland Australia is now entirely Coalition-led. -Advertisement-

“Only the small island above Tasmania now has a Labor government, meaning its wall-to-wall blue everywhere else,” the paper’s editorial read.

Source: The Australian has released an updated political map of nation | The Shovel

Capitalism is about the creation of debt and enslavement and is dependent on LOW-Interest rates. Reality reveals itself when interest rates are high. The ongoing wealth and income gaps increase and are easily seen. Any regulation merely attempts to keep that uglier of truths masked.

Only a few years ago, Buy Now Pay Later was hailed as the ultimate in consumer credit innovation. The current reality is massive losses for the providers while cost-of-living pressures escalate and the most vulnerable consumers suffer most. Welfare groups are demanding regulation, David Gilchrist reports.

Source: Government dragging its feet regulating Buy Now Pay Later sector, causing more grief for the vulnerable – Michael West

Dutton and the LNB would always support cuts to the NDIS to pay for any Nuclear Toy. Families can pay for their own disabled it’s not a Government responsibility. The LNP decided it had the perfect algorithm to decide who needed to pay back the money they decided was undeserved dating back years.

Mr Dutton told ABC 7.30 he was willing to work with the government to make tough budgetary decisions, such as measures to keep the National Disability and Insurance Scheme sustainable.

Source: Dutton flags cut to NDIS to fund subs deal

Moldovan police say they have foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed actors who were specially trained to cause mass unrest during a protest in the capital against the country’s new, pro-Western government.

Source: Moldova police say they foiled Russia-backed unrest plot timed for protests in capital – ABC News

LNP in Australia under the Abbott/Morrison government preferred private investment into Science and Technology. Yes, they preferred the American Model of high-risk quick gain Venture Capitalism being fully backed with less regulated citizens’ money. “Come in suckers and take a punt on this Perpetual Motion Machine”.  The suckers, were in this case, the banks lending low-risk money they collected on high-risk stakes just as they did for Trump and his Atlantic City Casinos

Is it any wonder China is now outstripping us and the US in science and technology today? It’s government-sponsored and regulated. Our CSIRO was once a world leader, Royal Parade Melb globally known and highly regarded. Abbott cut their government grants, handed them the beggar’s bowl and told them to be “more entrepreneurial and less boffins”

The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 sparked a worldwide credit crunch that contributed to the global financial crisis.

“Half of US venture capital firms are backed by this company — it has very deep tentacles into existing start-up companies across the US,” she said.