Yes, this is the precipice upon which the United States totters. A Rubicon to cross, if you like.

And to think John Howard and Peter Costello sold most of our reserve off for about $300 an ounce.

America, the world is watching you - David Rowe -Australian Financial Review.

Ha, joke's on her because there are none. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

Righto buckle in, rant incoming. Controversial if you're a pedant, not so much if you have the capacity to think outside of the society we're stuck with. It's about 'the date'. So with no further ado, here's my two cents:

British police have killed fewer people in the last 100 years than American police kill in an average month. Policing in America is an ongoing tragedy.

You drive a hard bargain, Mr. President, but I accept your terms.

Oh, the path to success on LinkedIn is simple. First you must suffer a stroke, and then only retain the memory for phrases such as 'growth mindset', 'circling back', 'vibe coding', and 'building a better future by leveraging new pathways'.

This is also an excellent national response to a mass shooting.

Take note, America. It took one day to act to meaningfully address this. We even skipped 'thoughts and prayers'.

To be fair, given that Britain is some 17,000kms from Bondi, they were facing somewhat of an uphill battle to prevent it from happening.

You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters

Louis XVI type shit.

The Christo-fascists running America don't understand 'bottom up' cultural dynamics and like anyone who doesn't understand how the world works they subscribe to conspiracy theories which fit their limited worldview.

Good example of how question phrasing influences your outcome. If, say, you replaced the raw numbers of net migrants and permanent intake with their proportion of Australia's total population, which are 1.14% and 0.67%, I promise you the support for reducing migration would not be this high

this exists it is called thinking

Ah yes, the well-known “too high a percentage of stories” exception to First Amendment protection.

"one of the most absurd" The entire regime is a theatre of the absurd 🎭

Now Robert Redford will see me when I'm 'in flagrante delicto' - this is worse than when a grandma dies.

Yep.....100% uquiz.com/quiz/64v0cF/...

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

Eating at a Chinese restaurant in Sydney (I assume pre-protest)🤦🏻‍♂️

Yes, this is literally eugenics - the very core of Nazi ideology.

Fine whisky and Star Trek SNW makes a superb pairing

The elites in Germany in the 1930s fell in line rather quickly too, those that did not were persecuted (or outright eliminated). That is the lesson the Dems and corporate leaders have decided to heed. They are all terrified.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Decimus Junius Juvenalis [Who will watch the watchmen??]

What the thing that all these states (bar Virginia) have in common? They voted for Trump in 2024. They are Red states. Where will they be occupying? Blue states and cities. This is a civil war, broken down along party lines. Make no mistake about it.

The Romans knew that the *absolute* priority was ensuring the legions were paid well, and on time - it was precisely when they weren't that things began to fall apart (quickly) and the Empire hurtled towards collapse.

This is a occupation - and it is not hyperbolic to describe it as a civil war at all. I have always said this was where the US was headed, to the point of stating that it wouldn't be north and south this time - but red vs. blue.

"16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name."

Revelation 13:16-17 … just saying

Regions sending their militaries to capitals is civil war. Not "leads to," it is the opening volley. This news should not be regarded in any other way.

"Our republican robe is soiled, and trailed in the dust."

"Papers please".

Capital and fascism go hand in hand - indeed, capital has historically preferred fascism to democracy. Corporations are not our friends; they will not fight with us in the trenches of this civil war.

Besides, the Romans had a rudimentary steam engine - the Aeolipile. Given enough time and they would've got there. The amount of human knowledge lost when the empire collapsed is unfathomable, and set us back literal centuries.

if andrew cuomo hates socialism so much why did he choose to be publicly owned

Well, I guess we'd use them under water.

Yep, this checks out.

This can only have been written by and for Americans. Most of the rest of us have this thing called annual leave (not to mention labour laws and basic human rights), and it’s most definitely more than 1-2 weeks a year.

JFC..... 'Bread and circuses'....without the bread.

It's really the third item in this list that is the most damning www.bbc.com/news/article...

Apropos of nothing, Australia forces its judges to retire at 70.