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Kardashian vs Turkey

We have to temporarily suspend our strict anti-celebrity guideline, to recognise Kim’s strategic influence on world diplomacy.  Not Jong-Un of … More

Armenian genocide, Kim Kardashian, US Senate Turkey resolution

Blade Runner 2019

An apocalyptic description and harrowing experience of the Harbour City aka Sydney during the dark, smoke-covered days of recent weeks … More

Blade Runner, Mark Mordue, Sydney smoke-covered

Pisa Poor & Paris Pettifogging

Be patient, this may look like another pathetic postulate, and peculiar plethora of alliteration, but the latter is an important … More

climate talks, global emissions, Kyoto, Madrid, Paris, Paris pettifogging, PISA

Snowden Tells All

‘Permanent Record’ is Edward Snowden’s recent autobiography, and a fascinating insight into US government internet surveillance. The preface opening sets … More

CIA, deep state, Edward Snowden, internet surveillance, NSA, spying

Scotty, beam us up?

Hmm, we may have found a diagnosis for the apparently wilful ignorance (‘denialism’ is resting today) of Our PM in … More

pentecostal christians, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, scotosis

‘Hungary is Lost’

Subtitled:  Hungry in Hungary! Fleeting impressions from a recent visit to Budapest are confirmed in this eye-opening analysis of the … More

Hungary, Viktor Orban

‘Banking Bad’

Guest commentator Matt Caine has prepared this review of a recent book by Adele Ferguson, whose journalistic investigations were instrumental in … More

Adele Ferguson, Banking Bad, Banking Royal Commission

Ljubljana Love

Who put love in Slovenia, a pocket-sized country squeezed between Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia? While roaming central Europe, your … More

architecture, Jose Plecnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Go Aussie Gunboats

As predicted, ScoMo has rushed to sign us up for a US mission in the Strait of Hormuz, by assigning … More

Anzac myth making, Boer War, gunboat diplomacy, Henry Reynolds, persian gulf, strait of hormuz, Unnecessary Wars

Ten Years of News & Views!

Well, probably more views, but time has flown in a decade of strutting and fretting on the meejah stage, to … More

10th anniversary

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