My thought for the day I found it impossible to imagine that the 2016Australian people could be so gullible as to elect for a third term a government that has performed so miserably in the first two. And it has has amongst its members some of the most devious, suspicious and chillingly corrupt men and women but they did. (John Lord )
![The report details how former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian intelligence officer [File: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/8/18/c0221ae53c79461fad5acb5162b22471_18.jpg "Russia worked to help Trump in 2016 election: Senate panel")
The report details how former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian intelligence officer [File: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]
Russia worked to help Trump in 2016 election: Senate panel | USA News | Al Jazeera
Washington: Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort, the WikiLeaks website and others to try to influence the 2016 US presidential election to help now-US President Donald Trump’s campaign, a Senate intelligence panel report said on Tuesday.
WikiLeaks played a key role in Russia’s effort to assist Republican Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton and likely knew it was helping Russian intelligence, said the report, which is likely to be the most definitive public account of the 2016 election controversy.
Putin ordered Democratic hack to boost Trump in 2016, Senate committee finds
Barack Obama once described it as “either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the world”. That was in 2009. The building was Ugland House in George Town on the Caribbean island of Gran Cayman.
Ugland House was then home to 18,857 corporations. And Ugland House is soon to be home to another one, along with the profits of 43 Australian hospitals, unless Treasurer Josh Frydenberg blocks the deal on grounds of national interest.
No sooner had the Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney been built at a cost of $2 billion to taxpayers, its operator Healthscope opted to sell it, along with another 42 Australian hospitals also subsidised by taxpayers, to a shadowy group which has a large presence in tax havens.
You may have noticed it’s been a bit hot lately. In fact, if you were born after 1985, you have never experienced a cooler than average month. Let’s just read that again so it really sinks in – if you were born after 1985, you have never experienced a cooler than average month. The UK…
Source: Climate change, power and coal – » The Australian Independent Media Network
The so-called chief purveyors of information hide, cover-up, ignore, and turn against important news they see as hostile to their agenda.
Source: 16 Huge Stories the Mainstream Media Didn’t Want You to Know in 2016
CC: Donald J. Trump.
Source: ‘Earth On The Edge’: EU Agency Confirms 2016 As Hottest Year On Record | The Huffington Post
Bureau of Meteorology’s annual climate statement cites unprecedented bushfires in regions that don’t usually burn and worst coral bleaching on record
The cast and writers of “SNL” made us laugh and cry in its coverage of the 2016 presidential election
Source: Best of 2016: 10 times “Saturday Night Live” nailed this year’s election insanity – Salon.com
I’ve often wondered what it would be like to spend an hour or two inside Tony Abbott’s head. What’s going on up there? What does the world look like? What textures, meanings, memories and emotions flavour the broth of his experience? How did he feel when his daughter called him a “lame, gay churchy loser”? Why did he eat that onion?
Yes, the election results were generally awful. But the untold story of 2016 is that grassroots activists, bold campaigners, and the movements they embraced frequently prevailed—and their successes showed progressives how to press forward even in the most frustrating and difficult of times.
Putin, Xi, Modi, Assad – welcome to the world of the strongmen as western will to act begins to crumble
Source: Themes of 2016: across continents, autocrats take control | Ian Buruma | Opinion | The Guardian
“White America may be shocked by the election of Donald Trump, but black and brown America smelt it coming.”
Source: The foul stench of fascism in the US – News from Al Jazeera
As Election Day draws close, it is worth simply reiterating the evidence in front of our nose that this republic is in serious danger.
Zionism today is the fence that encircles the Jewish people, granting it supremacy over the other people of this land. By Noam Rotem The State of Israel is a Zionist state. All of us, graduates of the Israeli educational system, knows this. Our first prime minister said it, Ehud Barak said it, even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it. This declaration can be found in our educational curriculums, and even in the IDF’s educational curriculum. That is all good and well, but nowhere have I been able to find a formal definition put forth by the Israeli government for the…
Source: It’s 2016 — let’s say goodbye to Zionism once and for all | +972 Magazine
Most people agree that if Malcolm Turnbull is returned with a reduced majority, he will be under threat from the right wing of his party. He turns 62 this year and is wealthy enough to never have to worry about money even without his very generous parliamentary retirement allowances. Julie Bishop will turn 60 shortly. …
Source: The New Ministry – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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urnbull will be involved in a lot of foreign policy announcement this year — and none of it will be any good for him, writes Bob Ellis.
Source: Turnbull’s dilemma
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