Once the Nazis were done, quite a few people started scratching their heads. Obviously one thing to baffle any sane observer was the sheer enormity of their crimes, accomplished, moreover, with frenetic, really start-upish drive and ambition in a mere 12 years: World War? Check. Genocides? Check. Bad hairstyle? Check.

Mein AI – Palantir’s Alex Karp wants us to know he has big plans

The surveillance giant is not even hiding its truly evil plans for humanity anymore, and its only downfall might be its hubris

BY Tarik Cyril Amar

Public Opinion sets the scene for the ensuing drama: Eurydice is dissatisfied. Her husband, Orpheus, is obsessed with music, and she wishes to have a more attentive admirer. In fact, she has already taken a new lover, the shepherd Aristaeus (the mortal disguise of the god Pluto, ruler of the Underworld). When she is mortally wounded, Pluto reveals himself, and the two go happily off to the Underworld. Orpheus is pleased with the outcome. Unfortunately for him, Public Opinion declares that decency requires the reluctant Orpheus to retrieve his wife.

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are heading to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran on Saturday morning, the White House has said.

"The Iranians want to talk," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, adding that US Vice-President JD Vance was "on standby" to travel if the talks proved successful.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said he and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had arrived in Islamabad early on Saturday, and Araghchi would be meeting "Pakistani high-level officials".

He added that: "No meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the US. Iran's observations would be conveyed to Pakistan."

Wouldn’t it be ironic if Donald Trump made us see sense.

In a foreign-policy way.

It has been said before – but it seems we need to say it again – Australia is in desperate need of a Foreign Policy Rethink. But perhaps now, with our closest ally in the grip of a chaotic and corrupt regime, we will be forced to step up to the plate and actually do it. So maybe Trump can be put to good use after all?

Catriona Jackson

In American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. After President Warren G. Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome (Wyoming) reserves on April 7th, 1922. He granted similar rights to Edward L. Doheny of Pan American Petroleum Company for the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills reserves in California. In return for the leases, Fall received large cash gifts and no-interest “loans.”

Trump: "They came to us and they said, 'We will agree to open the strait.' And all my people were happy, except me. I said, 'Wait a minute, if we open the strait, that means they're gonna make $500 million a day.' I don't want them to make $500 million a day until they settle this thing. So I'm the one who kept it closed."

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Is this just another incident at sea — or the start of something much bigger?

In this video, we break down the shocking developments in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has demonstrated its ability to seize vessels in one of the most critical oil routes in the world.

This isn’t just about ships.
This is about power, pressure, and global consequences.

New Delhi has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s controversial social media repost of a commentary that called India and China “hellholes.”

The US president on Thursday reposted a letter from American conservative political commentator and radio host Michael Savage describing immigrants from India as “gangsters with laptops.”

In a response posted on X, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal termed the remarks as “obviously uninformed, inappropriate, and in poor taste.” 

“They certainly do not reflect the reality of the India-US relationship, which has long been based on mutual respect and shared interests,” Jaiswal posted.

As Anzac Day approaches, the history of Gallipoli offers a warning about the risks of uncritical loyalty to powerful allies and the consequences of decisions made elsewhere.

The world is shifting from the ‘rules-based order’ to a ‘fools-based order’. We’ve seen this before. It happened in 1914-15. What happens to us in such a new order when we cling uncritically to our perceived protector?

This week we commemorate the Gallipoli landings of 25 April 1915. Consider the events leading up to that day.

Douglas Newton

Born out of the need for safety, Israel today finds itself navigating a reality defined by recurring conflict and persistent insecurity. As another Independence Day has passed, for West Jerusalem the sense of permanence it was meant to symbolize remains elusive. Military strength has grown, yet lasting security continues to slip out of reach.

War without end? How Israel became trapped in its own security doctrine

As West Jerusalem moves past another Independence Day, the promise of lasting security looks increasingly uncertain

By Elizaveta Naumova

"Between us, you've never been able to properly execute a good punch-up..."

THIS ILLUSTRATION FROM "L'ASSIETTE AU BEURRE" [1904] IS DESCRIBING WHAT WE UNFORTUNATELY STILL FACE IN 2026...

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has defended the actions of police at a rally against Isaac Herzog’s visit, after video footage emerged showing officers repeatedly punching a number of protesters.

The premier on Tuesday rejected suggestions his own anti-protest restrictions had created what he deemed to be an “impossible situation” for police dealing with thousands of protesters outside Sydney’s Town Hall.

Rally organisers, Labor backbenchers and Green MPs accused Minns and police of creating an “unsafe situation” for attendees.

As people worldwide celebrate Earth Day, Pittsburgh residents are going outside to connect with nature and coming together to advocate for a better planet.

Imagine arriving at a hotel that claims to have infinitely many rooms: room 1, room 2, room 3, and so on forever. You walk to the front desk and say, “I need a room.” The manager looks up from her ledger and says, “Every room is taken—but don’t worry, I can make space.” She phones every guest and says,

“Please move to the room with the next highest number.”

So the guest in room 1 goes to room 2, the guest in room 2 goes to room 3, and so on.

Since there is no “last” room, everyone shifts to the room with the next highest number, which frees up room 1 for you. This scenario—the Infinite Hotel Paradox, also called Hilbert’s Paradox of the Grand Hotel—illustrates a mathematical paradox showing how infinity behaves: A system can be completely full and yet make space for more.

The saga of TACO Trump (i.e., Trump Always Chickens Out) continues to add new chapters… A few hours before the end of the two week ceasefire with Iran, Trump unilaterally announced an indefinite extension of the ceasefire (see image above), but also kept the blockade in place. After threatening to end Iran as a civilization, Trump backed down… And thank God he did.

Trump Does TACO Tuesday, But Still Sabotages Exit Ramp… JCPOA 2

by Larry C. Johnson

In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking Americans. He has divined great truths about the nature of our country while stumbling across beaches asking oblivious college students basic political questions and while stumbling out of Air Force One with the President.

How I Saved the World

Jesse Watters