Capitalist West: we believe in taking personal responsibility.
China: So when you poison food to make it look tasty, you'll pay the price, go to prison, not shift blame to a limited liability company?
Capitalist West: No, not like that.
bbc.com/news/articles/cqe9lx…
It's a coin toss whether or not I agree with Lambie's policy positions.
But I reckon she at least tries to play with a straight bat far more often than not.
If Lambie said "sorry", I'd wager it'd be "Sorry I did the wrong thing".
But Pauline? It'd only be "Sorry I got caught".
Trump is not siding with Putin.
Trump is trying to get Russia's advance to stop before the West loses control of all of Left Bank Ukraine and Novorossiya, so the West retains land and forces to use for another try at Russia by 2030 after the West rearms.
Galaxy Quest and The Court Jester are both perfect. I find it hard to separate them.
theguardian.com/film/2026/oc…
What was done to Helen Haines was awful.
What WILL be done in her name will also be awful.
This will be used as a pretext for exactly the excessive police powers (detention, coercive powers, etc) she has voted against, ramming laws through without review, which she didn't like.
There may be talk of a 140-year old historic building in France being destroyed, but the plutocrats and their pet political elites have broken the even more historic social contract, going back to the 1830s and 1840s, when the people claimed rights at the barricades.
Official "Voyager 1 Light Day Countdown Timer"
science.nasa.gov/mission/voy…
for when the first human-made object makes it a light day away (prob 2026-11-18 21:16:07 Melbourne time).
Maybe organize a real or virtual party to count down and go "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,cheers voyager!"
Shade from umbrellas might help avoid the worst effects of coral bleaching from thermal stress.
frontiersin.org/journals/mar…
The motets don't get enough love.
Bach's passions, the masses, the cantatas - everyone knows them. But the motets? Barely known standalone gems.
All small, some tiny. No waste, full of taste, musical entrees.
youtube.com/watch?v=kUIwlujG…
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Here's @boganintel.
"Labor governments are embracing fascistic policing to protect the baby-killing machine"
theshot.net.au/uncategorized…
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EVERY drone that Israel uses to kill Palestinians comes out of the research labs of the Weizmann Institute of Science,Tel Aviv
The Elbit drone that killed those journalist was created in Weizmann labs.
Never forget that Jillian Segal sits on the Board of the Weizmann Institute.
If you thought you were seeing less right wing propaganda on social media, and agreed with Zelensky's claim that he was responsible, you need to review BOTH your perceptions and your processing. And not just for that story.
motherjones.com/politics/202…
We've all seen the Amadeus Cafe meme, with the non-Mozart score snippet, over the years ... well, someone (inevitably) decided to show us what would happen if Mozart DID flesh out those few bars.
youtube.com/watch?v=PLe6krHb…
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The “I’m not Jewish and I’m a Zionist” trend is conclusive evidence that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism
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1. Cat got your tongue @SenatorWong?
"US allies including Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom and several European nations criticised the sanctions"
Australia - missing in action
abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/u…
Vale Margaret Hamilton - Apollo software engineer.
And do read about how her 4 year old daughter crashed the simulator and alerted her mum to a critical bug in a situation that managers thought could never happen ... but did the next mission.
news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
