Before Turnbull isn’t useless
or Hanson isn’t a racist cow
But despite all that it will be a cold day in hell before we still can’t have a laugh,drink or food with friends and family and strive to have a happy and caring life despite what all that is going on.
Don’t get down in the dumps the world is still a great place
Saidi Arabian prince at the battlefront:
The Hate-monger is determined to make Senate estimates all about Muslims. Yesterday it was misinformed rubbish about halal slaughter of cattle, plus other rubbish about indigenous people only pretending to be indigenous and accusations the ABC was out to get ON.
Today it’s Muslim terrorists posing as refugees and wearing burquas.
For that nonsense she received a big slap-down from the head of ASIO.
What an unmitigated, ignorant dill this woman is!
Reachtel polled Queensland last night.
One Nation’s polling is in rapid decline.
A majority of Queenslanders are against any funding, state or federal, for Adani, 37% were ‘Strongly opposed’.
Labor’s 2PP vote was down, most likely because of the Adani issue. If Premier Stacia keeps doggedly pushing ahead with support for this project she WILL lose the next election – that’s my opinion, not the poll’s.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkman/down-down-one-nation-is-down?utm_term=.ycX3mzK3Z#.vhY4oxL48
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/05/24/jeffrey-epstein-sex-abuse-lawsuit-238793
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-anti-intervention-middle-east-manchester-attack-libya-foreign-policy-a7752706.html
https://blackagendareport.com/hillary_clinton%27s_syria_revenge
It will create more American jobs on the backs of dead Yemen civilians:
There’s Less than Meets the Eye in Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal
It takes a lot of existing offers and future promises to add up to $110 billion.
Donald J. Trump may be unpredictable, but there is one common theme that runs throughout his presidency: a penchant for exaggerating his achievements. From his insistence that the crowd at his inauguration numbered over one million people to his claim to have rebuilt the military before his first budget was even announced, the president is perfectly comfortable claiming credit for things that have not, in fact, occurred.
So it may be with the new arms deal with Saudi Arabia, pegged by the Trump administration as worth up to $110 billion. Many of the items mentioned as part of the package had already been offered to Riyadh during the Obama administration, including a Patriot missile defense system, Multi-mission Surface Combatants, attack and transport helicopters, and artillery systems. The value of these offers runs into the tens of billions of dollars.
One item in the Trump package that is clearly new is the offer of a Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system, a deal that could run into the billions depending on how many missiles are included and what kind of support systems are involved. But that leaves the administration a far distance from its $110 billion in claimed sales.
The State Department fact sheet on the deal listed weapons and gear that might be offered to Saudi Arabia, from aircraft to armored vehicles to border defense systems. No such deals have been formally announced to Congress as yet. And they will purportedly be rolled out over a decade — beyond the four years of Trump’s first term, or even a second one
http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/05/theres-less-meets-eye-trumps-saudi-arms-deal/138055/
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazil-Mainstream-Media-Admits-Spreading-Fake-News-About-Lula-20170523-0025.html
I’ve been uncomfortable about Palaszczuk’s government for a while now, namely since Rob Pyne left Labor.
Queensland threw out Newman after 1 term in an unprecedented landslide because he rushed ahead and did things the electorate didn’t like. Queensland Labor needs to realize that it is in fact a minority government, and they will have to win votes if they want to stay in power. So they should do things that the electorate likes, and charging forward with Adani is not one of them.
Yes they might be reassured that they’ll get more from preferences now that preferences are compulsory, but that is not an assurance of victory. The next election is less than a year away, and the one after that probably won’t happen for another 4 years since terms have been increased as far as I know.
More privatisation.
Private firms seek role in Medicare system
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/05/23/private-firms-seek-role-medicare-system
And in NSW –
Private Information And Data Being Privatised
http://soniahornery.com.au/private-information-and-data-being-privatised/
I am sure the Independent could have worded this headline a little better.
“All the fatalities confirmed dead”?
Do MSM journos understand basic English? “New scientific theory discovers life on Mars.” etc.
A good read from Robert Fisk and a look at a very interesting but forgotten character in the middle east and our current flucking it up .
“Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair of Colt pistols…An American town was named after him – Elkader in Clayton County, Iowa, and it’s still there, He was supported by Victor Hugo and ……
……………..As long as we bomb the Middle East instead of seeking justice there, we too will be attacked. But what we must concentrate upon, according to the monstrous Trump, is terror, terror, terror, terror, terror. And fear. And security. Which we will not have while we are promoting death in the Muslim world and selling weapons to its dictators. Believe in “terror” and Isis wins. Believe in justice and Isis is defeated.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/manchester-attack-muslim-islam-true-meaning-a7754901.html
I just found out my friend has 4 to 6 months left before the lung cancer kills her, unless she is lucky. i hate cigarettes and the drug pushing companies that make them.
Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope she doesn’t suffer too badly.
They should be strung up with the climate deniers – but I doubt it’ll ever happen.
Modern cigarette filters increase the risk of lung cancer, study finds
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/modern-cigarette-filters-increase-the-risk-of-lung-cancer-study-finds-20170525-gwcpbv.html
So much for the “royalty holiday” fake news; GOOD!
Adani to pay full royalties for central Queensland Carmichael coal mine, Government decides
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-26/adani-carmichael-coal-mine-to-pay-full-royalties-queensland-gov/8564412
Hunter is home. Pancreatitis. Total fat free diet. After the initial joyful greeting, he has done nothing but sleep.
The Beatles: Remember what Sgt Pepper is really about amid 50th anniversary
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-26/sgt-peppers-50th-anniversary-talk-misses-beatles-point/8562446
I’ll go with the unpopular choice, and suggest “good music”.
Nice sonng
Another nice song with ukeles
Well played. 🙂
O-Shimabukuro is totally brilliant.
Very classy, Donald, very classy
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/donald-trump-shoves-nato-leader-montenegro-prime-minister-duko-markovic/news-story/aadb7af43c19cf5d90e28e2e24e2efa9
Gravel,
Schnuggles from moi to Hunter, and tell him to STICK to that diet!
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