"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy

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Please remain a shadow Patto #auspol

Morals can be culturally specific but ethics are universal. The ethics of reciprocity, or the Golden Rule is universal. Kidnapping & torture of Greta & others, people seeking to help a displaced and starving population, is immediately identifiable as repugnant, universally.

Spot on. . .

Portland never stops being Portland.

Grand Theft Accounting I am shocked—shocked, I tell you—to discover in this year’s corporate tax report that Optus paid no tax on $8.2 billion of income.

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There is power in a Union, right Sally? The voice of Australian unions has been missing from the public call to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza, contrasting with global efforts abroad.

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Quantico’s verdict: The silence that stripped Trump bare Donald Trump has always measured power by applause. Rallies, ratings, and ovations have been his fuel, the noise that kept the illusion of command alive. But at Quantico, facing the nation’s military ...

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The idea that ‘the market’ produces quality in service is the rubbish we’ve been sold by neoliberalism

As soon as profit is the driver, which is every time a service is privatised, the ‘service’ aspect is diminished in favour of the shareholders

All services should be in public hands not private

Australia's F-35 fighter jet export details 'quietly' disappeared Department of Defence emails show that a website dedicated to Australia's role in the global F-35 supply chain used by Israel to maintain its jet fighters was removed at the start of the war in Gaza.

Read in full here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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Come on in Melissa, the water's fine

Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning. Image: Hastie & Abbott

Andrew Hastie is on the Board of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship 🤡 with Tony Abbott & John Howard. You can’t afford to miss the dangerous implications of that international networking for climate, freedom & rights, militarism, Islamophobia. #auspol

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🤣🤣🤣 ridiculously expected response from the IDF

And now he's taking over Hastie's portfolio 🤣 See Barrel, scraping bottom of
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Simpletons usually are esp when they're egomaniacs as well

an act of war in international waters

fascism under trump will NOT STOP at USA borders

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This "balancing" thing is getting tricky

Another organisation silenced by the Zios

"Janus" Albanese #auspol

"if she is indeed employed there.”
I won't check first before I potentially ruin someone's life and destroy a charity that helps lots of people.
Babet calling someone unhinged... pot, kettle 😠

Melbourne charity receives hate mail after senator and others post contact details in wake of Charlie Kirk killing Ralph Babet posts charity’s contact details in response to comments about Kirk by a former worker – who is no longer employed there – and urges sacking

“Babet” - Oz slang for “bumbling buffoon” #auspol

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Welcome to the 60s

🤣🤣🤣 what a muppet. Inability to read the room a prerequisite for LNP membership

Trumpian in it's execution, definitely doesn't pass the pub test 😕

"The state government strongly rejects Professor Baddeley's views."
Of course they do, but who would you believe, the government, or the person who actually did the study?

New government data confirms gas exporters continue to pay no tax

“It beggars belief that a company like Santos can spend a decade selling almost $50 billion worth of gas and not pay a cent of tax on it," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social. #auspol

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