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Retired,grew up from Menzies to Whitlam, still maintaining the rage comrade, grew up in Canberra but escaped to Melbourne. 40 years working in technical publications

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I've long felt that 'Wayne' as a middle name is a cursed name (e.g. 'John Wayne Gacy'). That McMullin doesn't even take a breath or pause between 'Mark' and the rest of it? Not a good sign.

Should we be asking about his browser history and the crawlspaces under his home?

05.03.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders call for Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales to end reelection bid after he admitted to affair with aide.

05.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 589    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 16

It’s just like the regime in Iran! You remove one awful official, and another one pops up!!!! Trump’s administration is a multi headed hydra 😱

05.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYou’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someoneπŸ‘‡πŸ½

This should go great

05.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2646    πŸ” 1065    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 171

If it’s good enough for a Jedi…

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05.03.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 10809    πŸ” 4407    πŸ’¬ 501    πŸ“Œ 263
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Commanders Accused of Framing Iran War as Biblical Mandate, Jesus' 'Return' More than 100 complaints were made by military officers between Monday and Tuesday, totaling over 200 in total across every installation.

One theologically obsessed regime fighting another…..πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ www.military.com/daily-news/2...

05.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Dumber than a box of hammers

05.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Huge numbers of homes in Israel have been destroyed in the war, leaving distraught Israelis wondering whose homes they can steal next, given they've already destroyed every home in Gaza 😭😭😭

05.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
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Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

05.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7445    πŸ” 1842    πŸ’¬ 493    πŸ“Œ 174
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Pedophile Trump fired Noem and hired the β€œman” who tried to beat up an 80yo man at the SOTU last week but who cowered like a child when the January 6th β€œtourists” wanted to see him.

05.03.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Pauline Hanson’s excited announcement about Karl Stefanovic prompts swift clarification | Weekly Beast Today show plays down link with One Nation. Plus: media dines out on Kyle and Jackie O bust-up

Nine tries to distance itself from ONP. Karl Stefanovic is the event after the Pauline Hanson fundraiser. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

05.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

05.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18040    πŸ” 4390    πŸ’¬ 748    πŸ“Œ 168
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Tony Abbot takes on Mark Carney in an intellectual fight … oblivious to the fact that he’s completely out-gunned.

All this painful read shows is that Abbott places sycophancy towards the US far ahead of sovereign conduct. He espouses easy & wrong instead of hard & right. #auspol

05.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

Tony’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer is he , what about the oath of allegiance he swore to crown? We fought all wars up till Korea’s an ally of GB, Korea was a UN operation, the wars we have fought in at the behest of the US have been unmitigated disasters

05.03.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zelensky has done everything he possibly can to satisfy this admin while he fights a war of survival for his people. And the Trump admin has done nothing but repeatedly treat him with disrespect, scorn & ridicule. 2 days ago, Trump called him β€œPT Barnum.” This is how Z responds.

05.03.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3163    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 53

it's certainly a joy and a pleasure to see Noem get fired but there's one direction these fuckers go, and it isn't "better"

05.03.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 2

Andrew Tate has been detained in Saudi Arabia.

I've heard they are pretty strict there.

05.03.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16

oh

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05.03.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27620    πŸ” 7363    πŸ’¬ 1124    πŸ“Œ 662

Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

05.03.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2488    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 15

Hate to break it to you guys, but Kristi Noem was not *fired.*

Instead, they β€œtransferred” her a β€œspecial new role” as β€œspecial envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” which is totally a β€œreal position” with β€œimportant responsibilities.”

It’s 100% not a made up nepo baby job πŸ˜‰

05.03.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 482    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 6

Andrew Neil lives in a mansion in France that he moved to using EU rules where he doesn't pay any tax in the UK.

And he spends his time moaning about the EU he chooses to live in and the poor state of the UK, which is due to tax dodgers like him.

05.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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😁

05.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This quote is widely misattributed to Orwell - he never wrote it. In Notes on Nationalism (1945) he said: β€œThose who β€˜abjure’ violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.” Orwell wasn’t praising violence - he was exposing the moral tension societies often ignore.

05.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œWinston Churchill once said,
β€˜Ah boy, I’m just tired of all these Star Wars.’”

05.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

The White House wants an extra $50 billion to fund Trump’s illegal war.

That’s on top of the Pentagon’s $1T budget β€” which Trump is trying to boost to $1.5T.

Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private corporations and the Pentagon has failed eight financial audits in a row.

05.03.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 857    πŸ” 377    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 14
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11 Incredibly Disturbing And Dystopian Moments From Republicans' Latest Conference I need to know why Elon was waving a chainsaw.

Reminder: in a fortnight, far right Steve Baxter (Shark Tank investor) is sending 20 Aussie β€œkids” to US CPAC to β€œinvest” in culture wars. (Reporting from last year.) He is also β€œinvesting” in foreign content creators to trickle back into our thought space. #Auspol
www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza...

05.03.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

CYPRUS UPDATE:

* "Shahed-type" drone, not "Shahed"
* Confirmed fired from Lebanon, not Iran
* Hit secret US storage space Hezbollah almost certainly wouldn't know about, but allies would
* Hit location where chance of casualties was near zero
* "Looped" around to hit benign area

05.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

05.03.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3