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The current Venezuelan government, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, has declared a national emergency and called on citizens to mobilise against the U.S. presence, framing it as an "imperialist attack" aimed at seizing the nation's oil and natural resources. Here we go again.

The Acting President of Venezuela has vowed that the country will resist American occupation. This war has only just begun, and America will expect Australia to honour our military alliance with them. We are about to get dragged into another Iraq.

Can anybody tell me exactly when Venzuelan oil reserves and the Venezuelan land they are in stopped belonging to Venezuelan citizens and became the property of US oil companies?

MAGA maniacs across America have applauded Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela, but to date there have been no reports of any of them signing up to go and fight in what will be a years' long and bloody war. Perhaps they all have heel spurs?

Sussan Ley's great dilemma at the moment is the struggle to decide whether to put another "s" in her name.

No doubt Trump will try to personally claim the $50 million reward for Maduro's capture.

The people calling for a Royal Commission don't seem to realise that the coalition want one to legitimise Zionism and show support for the criminal Israeli government.

I'm surprised Sussan Ley hasn't blamed Albanese for Australia's loss at the 4th Ashes test in Melbourne.

Why don't the media clarify that "120 Zionist business leaders have called for a Royal Commission?"

When major sports figures make announcements condemning the coalition, the Murdoch media dismisses them as irrelevant. Suddenly, however, it is major news when 60 lesser known sports figures support the LNP's call for a Royal Commission.

The Chinese tariffs on Australian beef only applies to supply that exceeds the agreed upon quotas, not to all our beef exports. For many years, Australian exporters have been exceeding that quota, so it seems reasonable that China takes steps to address that. The tariffs also apply to US and Brazil.

The problem with Royal Commissions is that the outcomes are always predetermined by the terms of reference, and the opposition will only agree to terms of reference that give them the outcome they want.

There are only two rules in the LNP ideology: Rule 1: We are always right. Rule 2: Refer to Rule 1.

Whoopy-fucking-doo. 120 business "leaders" signed a letter. According to the ABS, there are 5,322 businesses in Australia that each employ 200 or more people, meaning more than 5,000 such leaders DIDN'T sign it.

Sussan Ley started her working life as a shearers' cook and a stock musterer. Perhaps she should return to that, as she really sucks at politics.

So today I am putting the finishing touches on my fourteenth book, about my 3.5 years working in 23 Chinese cities as a corporate trainer, teacher, businessman and journalist. It should be published by the end of this month.

If I've offended anybody in 2025, please try to improve yourself this year so I don't have to offend you again.

Happy New Year everybody.

There's a saying "Be careful what you wish for." If there were to be a Royal Commission, the coalition would be near the top of the list for creating antisemitism through their constant preaching of hate and division.

As a prison officer, I had to escort a prisoner to hospital for surgery. As he was waking from anaesthetic, he asked for Bernie (his cell mate who'd escaped 3 weeks earlier). I asked him where Bernie was, so we could bring him to visit. He gave me the address in Sydney, where police picked him up.

LOL. So Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed got Sharri Markson (Sky News) to agree to a heap of ridiculous demands, without ever having any intention of doing an interview with her, then just didn't turn up. This makes him more of a hero in my eyes.

Everything’s a crisis for the coalition - until they’re asked for an alternative.

Nobody knows what the coalition's platform is, but their complaints department is world-class.

One of the highlights of my life was singing on stage at the Sydney Opera House. I was doing OK until the security guard threatened to have me charged for trespassing and escorted me from the building.

Government: announces a policy. Opposition: "We haven't read the policy, but we oppose the announcement, the font it was written in, and the general vibe."

RWNJs don’t want better decisions: they want louder and more threatening objections.

LMAO. Apparently the Kennedy Centre have adopted a new strategy of suing performers who refuse to perform there. Welcome to Trump's America.

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Woo hoo. 65 years old today.

So after renaming it to "The Trump Kennedy Center", the board tried to set up a website. Unfortunately for them, a comedy writer had already acquired the domain name months ago, and is planning on posting shit about Trump on it. www.trumpkennedycenter.org/

My wife keeps reminding me that the first time she met my mother, my mother told us she likes Fatemeh better than me. Oh well, such is life.

Between them, the US and Israel have bombed more foreign countries during 2025 than all the other countries in the world put together.

Less than a year after returning to power on a "no more wars" platform, Trump has bombed Yemen, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria and Venezuelan fishing boats. He has also threatened to invade Iran, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Nigeria, Canada and Greenland. Another FIFA Peace Prize coming up.

So it seems that hackers have found a way to unredact all the Epstein files that the US government tried to cover up by blacking them out, and are publishing the unredacted versions online. Not sure where, but apparently Trump is having a meltdown.

Unconfirmed reports are that Trump has threatened sanctions on the Pope and all the Cardinals unless they rewrite the Bible to make Mary, Joseph and Jesus white Europeans instead of Middle Eastern refugees.

Merry Christmas everybody.

If Anthony Albanese discovered a cure for cancer, Sussan Ley would be screaming outrage because he is putting doctors out of work.

So the younger shooter, in a video submitted to the court, claims the shooting was aimed at the Zionist policies of Israel as a state. This is distinct from being an attack against Jewish people as a group. Once again the pro-Zionist coalition and right wing media jumped the gun and got it wrong.

Trump has reportedly told struggling Americans that there is no problem with the economy, as he, personally, has made billions since becoming president.

Fatemeh and I celebrating Iranian Yalda a day early last night.

There is barely a mention of Trump in the Epstein files just released, even though they were close friends for decades. However, they have been heavily redacted - probably including removing his name. Hopefully somebody will leak the unedited version.

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The US Institute of Peace has been officially renamed by the President to the Trump Institute of Peace. This man is pathetic on so many levels.

I reckon this is Trump's plan: start a heap of wars in South America, then give himself credit for ending them. Then FIFA can give him another Peace Prize.

So many acts of bravery by people who gave and risked their lives to save others. This is the Australian spirit we should be celebrating, not listening to coalition hatemongers who are trying to use the tragedy to score cheap political points.

Would anybody be surprised if Trump declared himself Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas? Idi Amin did it, and Trump is just as batshit crazy.