This journal article is the only analysis I've seen that gives a convincing account of why poor Americans shifted their voting patterns from Democrat to Republican over the last couple of decades that doesn't rely on a base assumption of "cos they're stupid". www.nber.org/system/files...

Ho Ho Ho to all and sundry...

another copy of the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, seeing as they seem to be getting pulled down as quickly as they are going up. archive.org/details/60mi...

Please America - just make it stop! We can't take any more of this crazy. love, The Rest of the World

Latest headline: "Trump's approval rating on the economy hits record low 31%" America... you've got a problem. 31% of your people still think Trump is doing a good job on the economy. Maybe shutting down the Department of Education wasn't such a great idea.

The hero of Bondi: Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner from Sutherland. He grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists shooting at Jews during a Hanukkah celebration. Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.

George F. Will from the Washington Post wins the 'Oscar Wilde Award for Understated Snark in Journalism' with this gem of an opener: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." wapo.st/4pg1HJa

This prophetic little earworm by Denis Leary, from back in 1993, highlights just how long the seeds of MAGA have been festering in the American psyche. We should revive it for protests - imagine the crowd outside the Whitehouse singing "A, S, S, H, O, L, E! " www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urgp...

The biggest scam of capitalism is making us forget that corporations are something that we just made up, and that they have no rights, powers, or even existence, other than that which we give them.

And this, my friends, is why capitalism is never going to solve the environmental crisis.

TLDR: Big Pharma wants to make ALL the money. Upstart little country makes rules to stop B.P making so much money that lots of their people die. B.P calls their bestie, Trump, to fix the problem. Upstart country now has squillions of dollars of tariffs on it's exports to the USA. ebx.sh/S41QeQ

Because my sense of humour is permanently stuck at age 13, there is an extremely NSFW Trump meme in the comments. The text is "Bubba says Quiet Piggy! You have been warned... 🤣

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

America is the richest country on the planet! Why the fuck are there 22 million Americans who need food stamps anyway??? You'd think companies could cope with a little less 'maximising shareholder value' so people could afford to eat the food in their own country without government subsidies.

ICE ads??? Spotify can just fuck off!

Canada's ad had the real Ronald Reagan bagging the idea of tariffs back in 1987. Trump's petulant, mad-king response: “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.” Just waiting for him to respond to some new affront with: "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"

Dear Anonymous, It looks like the government is never going to release the Epstein Files. So... do you reckon you'd be able to get them for us? We'd really appreciate it. Love, Everyone

I hadn't realised that the strategy of "flood the zone with shit" was meant to be taken quite so literally...

Comedy Gold! All kudos to the sign-maker.

Go America! NO KINGS! Love, from Australia. (repurposed graphic from our own anti-monarchy battles)

Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. That's right Ladies: NO TYLENOL FOR YOU!

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Jeezus America! The hypocrisy and gaslighting... MAKE IT STOP!

If you know people who seem like they might be sipping the kool-aid along with the glowing obituaries for Charlie Kirk, maybe gently point them at this convenient summary of his legacy... www.splcenter.org/.../turning-...

Lets all take a moment to reflect on Charlie Kirk's legacy... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

You cannot understand politics in the United States in 2025 without understanding Gamergate. It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.

Even the left overestimates how much violence is attributable to the left! This is not a 'civil war', this is a decade-long right-wing terrorism campaign.

🤣🤣🤣 www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...

Just to cheer up your day - meet the latest member of the Abyssal Snailfish family to make it's debut - the Bumpy Snailfish. A genuine Creature of the Deep, it lives 3000 - 4000 metres below the sunlit surface in the Stygian trenches of the Pacific ocean. And yes, it's a real fish, not a plushie! 💙

This is the real issue underlying the entire tragic MAGA saga isn't it? How did America end up with a 3rd of its population thinking that laughing at rape victims is at least acceptable, if not outright hilarious? What went wrong? How did such a huge number of people turn out to be so fucking nasty?

Powerful words. Powerful analysis. And an awesome illustration! Do Not Anger the Aunties! (reposting with pic 'cos FB is fking with the redirect) www.facebook.com/share/16wpeQ...

Powerful words. Powerful analysis. And an awesome illustration! Do Not Anger the Aunties! www.facebook.com/share/1C2QUm...

"As a result of recently announced changes to import tariffs for postal items... Australia Post will temporarily suspend postal services to the United States and Puerto Rico, effective 26 August 2025 until further notice." Won't be sending any Christmas presents to you lot this year!

This is not a 'WTF?' moment, he's just being completely transparent about what he believes - that women, children, and the 'lesser races' only exist to be used by Rich, Powerful Men, and anyone who objects should just get over themselves and move on. The only surprise is that he said it out loud.

What is it called when government owns the means of production again?

America - why have you got so many people who are really nasty? I mean really, really nasty - cruel, vicious, spiteful, vindictive, vengeful, sadistic, and just plain mean. You really do seem to have a big problem. Maybe you could all go back to teaching your kids it's better not to be assholes?

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I personally think that politics-by-meme being a real thing is a sad indictment of the state of democracy - however, you've got to hand it to Governor Newsom, he's got some seriously major trolling virtuosity going on there. Kudos!

Are petitions to Congress really a good idea right now? I question the wisdom of handing this regime a list of names of all the ordinary people who oppose Trump's policies. I don't think I'm being overly paranoid. If it's not used as a hit list right now, it will be in a few months.

If Trump came for their guns they’d lay them down for him.

Quolls glow under UV light! www.beakerstreet.com.au/photography_...

Jeezus! How low can they go? Letting that silicon-faced puppy-killer invade Mexico's airtime, sleaze her way into their living rooms through a gap lubricated with money, shoving her bigoted vileness in their faces while a whole nation of ordinary Mexicans are just trying to relax and watch TV! Ugh!

Hey Anonymous! Did you do this? Did you get the Epstein Files yet? www.politico.com/news/2025/08...