Geoff Hammond

That takes an awful lot if hope.

Ah yes, the discipline of the free market.

'We've temporarily stopped slaughtering people, well done us'

After two years of seeing children shredded, buried under rubble, and starved, our establishment newspapers' front pages finally have something to care about: Israeli hostages.

If only they had been this worked up about the dead, mutilated and malnourished children of Gaza.

It has notes of the Citroen DS.

Single frame. Parliament House Canberra by night - with bright neon signs saying “AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPORTS CLUB” “PLAY TO WIN - ACCESS” “TRY YOUR LUCK” “PAY TO PLAY” “‘RESPONSIBLE’ LOBBYING AUSTRALIA”

The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Trump’s sham peace plan There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

#Israel has carried out murderous assaults on #Gaza for decades, cynically calling the bombardment “mowing the lawn”. No peace accord or ceasefire agreement has ever gotten in the way. This one will be no exception. @chrislynnhedges #auspol #PeacePlan #Palestine

Also need to point out that this could have happen at the end of Biden’s term but Netanyahu rejected his peace plan to get more of what he wanted under Trump. It was he who extended the agony of the hostages.

The Biden laptop! I had quite forgotten it.

+ nhasnatsenzai 3h "Most moral army" in #american backed action © dropsitenews dropsitenews.com/p/ isr... @jeremyscahill jeremy scahill • @jeremyscahill • 4h Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement In videos, occupation soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their "final touches." Report from @ytirawi &@yanivcogan | @DropSiteNews Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Se...

whoever called them frat boys on here nailed it. evil frat boys

So it goes (from ProPublica):

That might offend the gambling 'industry'.

Dr Assal Rad—

"This is how you do a front page story."

And after a 'cease fire' that would have been implemented long ago if Israel/US had wanted it.

All hope lies with the children.

Fact check: he was prime minister but he never led the country.

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
― William B. Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Last stanza.
#Poetry

But the NYT says Israel still has things to do:

The NYT's view of Israel's obligation:

That poor bastard.

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

Written by Chris Hedges

“How is it possible that a peace proposal ignores the ICJ’s July 2024 Advisory Opinion, which reiterated that Israel’s occupation is illegal and must end?

How can it fail to mention Palestinian’s right to self-determination?”
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chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-sha...

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

This Is Fascism

It never fails.

The high ground

Read earlier today that checks for the military ordered by trump.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Fustiliarian Friday: Trump/Kennedy/GOP use the shutdown as an excuse to destroy the CDC’s elite field epidemiology team and one of the most important epidemiology journals in the world.

Gift link.

This really captures the nexus of cruelty and corruption at the core of MAGA:

"... a call to arms ...". Who writes this crap?