At the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, there was an incident where British artillery had the opportunity to fire directly at Napoleon Bonaparte, but the action was stopped by the…
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The American Empire is not going to be defeated on the battlefield. It is going to be defeated by the spreadsheet. It is going to drown in the compounding interest of its own military addiction. And when the history books are written, they will note that the richest country in the history of the world could not afford to feed its children, could not afford to treat its sick, could not afford to house its poor... but could always, ALWAYS, find another few trillion dollars to blow something up on the other side of the planet. That is not strength. That is a sickness.
In a previous article, I detailed part of drive to Sydney in our then relatively new EV, the main part of that article was about battery developments in China1. However,…
FIFA and UEFA suspended Russia 4 days after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. It has now been 716 days since what Amnesty International described as genocide began and Israel is still allowed to compete. Why are there double standards? FIFA and UEFA should suspend Israel. Clubs and active players around the world should refuse to play against Israeli teams.
Some time ago, I wrote a piece about the batshit idiocy of Christian zionists1, which I summarise here. Christian Zionism is theological and political movement that supports the return of…
When I was a small child in Tumut, I suffered badly from what was later diagnosed as asthma to the extent that my local doctor suggested I should go to…
I only recently discovered that, like Cory Bernardi in early 20171, Gerard Rennick had been dumped from a winnable seat in the Senate, and had got the hump and attempted, also…