We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel, writes Jonathan Cook. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin.
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“Once again, the safety and security of Australian communities is forced to take a back seat to the voracious profit motives of the gas mining sector.
If all goes well for investors the Australian public will end up breaking the corporate code of ‘markets rule’ by keeping unprofitable business functioning and jobs going. That’s the cost of being ‘Made in Australia’.
The moral of this tale? Boards and lenders should treat government predictions as scribble pads and do their own deep-down, on-ground research.
Source: Future Made in Australia? China and Indonesia are listening, nickel and dime – Michael West
Remember when the ALP saved us from the GFC and Wayne Swan was voted globally “the world’s best treasurer”. Tony Abbott and the Murdoch media were screaming “recession” and that the sky was falling in. Remember their first budget and what happened to ” wanna be PM” Joe Hockey, all those broken promises and their ‘fix’. The rich got richer and the poor poorer, and now we have the working poor. People with jobs need their wages supplemented with welfare while more luxury vehicles than ever are seen on our roads. The wealth and income gaps are expanding, while the middle classes and the hopes of Australia’s children shrinking. Small business has vacated our shopping strips and malls and it didn’t happen because the ALP are now in government Mr Dutton
ABS Data reflects yesterday’s efforts, not today’s, and aint that the truth
Estimated GDP data released by the Bureau of Statistics has resulted in the mainstream media pouncing on warnings of a ‘per capita recession’, writes Dr Abul Rizvi.
Sixty one. That’s the additional number of days women currently have to work in a financial year to earn as much as their male counterparts. And when it comes to superannuation, the gender gap gets worse, writes Harry Chemay.
Source: The Nouveau Poor – gender pay gap, super inequality stretched in pandemic – Michael West Media
In the meantime, parts of the US are embracing psychedelics. In 2019, the city of Denver decriminalised magic mushrooms, or psilocybin, after a referendum. In 2020, Oregon became the first US state to vote to legalise psilocybin for therapeutic use. Garcia-Romeu is wary about people believing that psychedelics might offer a “magic pill that will solve all their problems. “I always say, ‘This is not going to pay your bills, it’s not going to wash your dishes, or fix your relationship with your estranged family members.’ “You don’t just take a pill, and all of a sudden you’re in fantastic shape.”
Source: Can psilocybin and MDMA treat mental health problems?
There is, of course, no evidence of voters cheating in Georgia elections, or that the new law — which imposes onerous restrictions on voting, makes it easier to challenge the eligibility of voters, and opens the door to GOP takeovers of election boards — in any way addresses fraud. The law does ban handing out water to people waiting in line to vote, however. Of course, that’s not about preventing cheating but making sure voters are physically unable to handle the long lines in certain neighborhoods that were created by previous assaults on voting access. “Cheating” — like “fraud” — is one of those Trumpian code words to smear Black voters and imply there’s something inherently illegitimate about people of color having the franchise.
Republicans openly embrace their racism in Trump’s absence | Salon.com
The New York Times reports the oil industry and the rest of the Koch octopus is behind the plan to allow the old pollution standards for new cars. The last thing they want is fuel efficiency.
via Oil Industry Pushing Hard For Trump’s Pollution-Friendly Car Standards | Crooks and Liars
If economists do one day possess an Arnold Schwarzenegger-style Terminator, capable of travelling back in time to alter the future, Australia Day 2017 is shaping up as a pretty good day to pick.
Source: Trump’s trade war would wind clock back to Great Depression era
Fox News host Sean Hannity, in the aftermath of an apparent terrorist attack that killed at least 77 in Nice, France, claimed that “no-go zones actually do exist in France,” where only Muslims are allowed and the government has no control.In January 2015, after Steve Emerson claimed on Fox News that there are parts of France and England “
Source: Hannity Uses Attack In France To Push Muslim “No-Go Zones” Myth That Fox Previously Apologized For
The government and their business backers are constantly telling us that we must support and promote entrepreneurs. Both our Prime Minister and his deputy have handed over government funds to very dubious entrepreneurs in their ministerial capacities – Malcolm as Environment Minister with his rain-making scheme and Julie as Science Minister with her magic little…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his views on joining the 21st Century haven’t changed.
“I think it is inevitable that Australia will one day join the current century. But my views on this matter are well known. And as I’ve said many times before, it’s not something I’m entirely comfortable with, and it’s certainly not going to be something I lead”.
He said there was no need to rush. “Why charge into this unfamiliar era, when we can stay here in the comfort of the 1950s a little longer?”
A spokesperson for the Government said it was important not to make rash decisions. “We certainly wouldn’t want to just charge in and blindly follow what America does”.
‘It’s almost like the Thought Police’: Grandmother, 60, CHARGED by Australian police after she allegedly placed THIS tiny G20 sticker on a pole in Cairns
- Cairns grandma Myra Gold charged over allegedly placing a sticker on a pole
- Four police officers raided Ms Gold’s home over the sticker
- She was charged with wilful damage to public property
- Sticker protested G20 meeting in Cairns at the weekend
- The sticker said ‘G20 benefits the 1%’
- ‘It’s almost like the Thought Police’, Ms Gold said
A Cairns grandmother was charged with wilful damage to property after she allegedly placed a sticker on a pole.
Four police officers raided the home of Myra Gold, 60, on August 24.
The sticker, which was found by police on a pole at Raintree Shopping Centre, said ‘G20 benefits the 1%’.
Ms Gold told Daily Mail Australia the raid was an attack on freedom of speech.
‘It’s almost like the Thought Police,’ she said.
Myra Gold (left), pictured with a climate change poster, and the G20 stickers she was charged over.
As many as 800 extra police are being sent to Cairns to guard the G20 finance ministers’ meeting, held on September 20 and 21 at the city’s Convention Centre.
The finance ministers of the G20 – an influential international body – will hold a meeting in Cairns at the weekend.
As many as 800 extra police are set to arrive in Cairns early this week.
‘Over in Europe when they have things like this, they have thousands of people turn up to protest,’ she said.
‘They’re allowed to protest. They understand people have a different different view.’
Ms Gold said she has no memory of placing the sticker on the pole.
She said she never expected this could happen to her.
‘(It) was quite stunning,’ she said.
Ms Gold is scheduled to appear in court on October 1.
A spokeswoman for Queensland police refused to comment further because the matter is before a court.
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