On the planet of the elevated ape

An old monkey like me dear

Can only admire Willy Shakespeare

Who could in six words state

The essence of my tragedy

                                   To be or not to be

with a question asked in fear

that small sapiens can hear

to applaud someone like Albert

Hiding our reality of relative might

Behind the mass of not much to the speed of light

By the square of itself not obviously why

Thus energy becomes impossible to fight

As we slip-on our rainbow tainted shirt

The unfortunate disease of unintelligentisis

Infects all our delinquent leading elders

Dumb as bricks elected like fish feathers

They never reach compos mentis 

Says a self-indulgent fired apprentice

The Farrer by-election could reveal whether Coalition voters are shifting towards One Nation or prefer independents, with implications for future political strategy.

The Farrer by-election offers the Liberal and National parties a unique opportunity to discover what their supporters truly think about how closely they should align themselves with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party.

David Solomon

Here is the non-news news flash up front — The alleged ceasefire between the United States and Iran is kaput. While there has been no official announcement stipulating that it is over, trust me, it is over. The copium in the Trump administration in particular, and in Washington, DC in general, is ridiculous…

Proclamations of a great military victory over Iran, without one shred of evidence that the US achieved any strategic objectives other than inspiring Iran to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and place the world economy in a supply-chain chokehold.

There was never any doubt in Donald Trump's mind that a wounded US airman trapped in Iran after his
fighter jet was shot down had to be rescued.
Even despite some US military leaders vehemently opposing the mission, fearing hundreds of Amencan troop deaths in any attempt to reach him.
The airman, known as "Dude Bravo 44," had only a pistol to defend himself as enemy fighters closed in.
He was bleeding "profusely", hiding in a crevice in a mountainous area described as "teeming with terrorists" with an emergency radio beacon and a futurstic tool to track his position.

INJURED US AIRMAN HID FOR TWO DAYS AS HUNDREDS OF TROOPS, 155 AIRCRAFT AND NEVER PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED TECHNOLOGY WERE USED TO EXTRACT HIM FROM IRAN - WITH NO LIVES LOST

After threatening to destroy Iran’s civilization ‘for now and ever’, Trump announced a tentative ceasefire with Iran and temporary ceasefire of mutual hostilities for another two weeks. In the interim the parties—US and Iran (Israel notably excluded)—will reportedly attempt to negotiate a permanent agreement in negotiations to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire: US Offramp or Just Another Deception?

BY JACK RASMUS

This was always about Civilization.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” History will register it with a gaze as pitiless as the Sun. An astonishing barbarian imprimatur, courtesy of the President of the United States, via a social media post.

Barbaria strategically surrenders. Civilization wins. For now

BY Pepe ESCOBAR

In a nutshell, this was a trashy “civilization” that gave the world the Big Mac threatening to wipe out an ancient civilization that gave the world algebra; influenced art, science, governance in unparalleled ways; produced stars from Cyrus the Great to Avicenna, from Omar Khayyam to poet supreme Jalaladdin Rumi; developed serial, sublime gardens, carpets, architectural wonders and philosophical and ethical frameworks.

Prior to the expiration of Washington's "ultimatum" on Wednesday, the US and Iran announced a two-week interim ceasefire; delegations from both sides are scheduled to hold negotiations in Pakistan on Friday. Israel has also expressed its support for the US-Iran ceasefire.

Is it the dawn of a new age of truth in mainstream media? Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian has identified itself as The Israelian. What’s the scam?

“I think most thinking Australians are a bit sick of and immune to the bias The Israelian newspaper engages in favour of the genocidal ethnostate of Israel,” said a letter from politician Shaoquett Moselmane (screenshot below).

Murdoch’s The Australian finally identifies at The Israelian

by Michael West

What next … are there no 40 beheaded babies?

Iran has declared it achieved a decisive outcome in the recent confrontation, stating the US has accepted a 10-point plan proposed by Tehran, according to the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, cited by Tasnim News Agency.

The Council said the enemy suffered an “undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat,” adding that Iran secured “a great victory.”

Iran has outlined a 10-point plan proposed by Tehran and accepted in principle by Washington, according to the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

According to the Council, the US has agreed to the following Iranian conditions:

Commitment to non-aggression

Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz

Acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment

Lifting of all primary sanctions

Lifting of all secondary sanctions

The war on Iran reflects a convergence of unchecked power, psychological pathology and religious delusion – placing the world at extreme risk.

Here is Donald Trump’s  Easter message to the world:

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Jeffrey D. Sachs

US President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has been driven by a “council of one” style of decision-making and could have serious repercussions for the United States, his former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has warned. 

The US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic, now in its sixth week, has already inflicted widespread destruction across the region, with mass displacement and mounting economic strain. Civilian casualties continue to rise both in Iran and across the region as strikes intensify. Trump has claimed Washington is “in deep negotiations” with Tehran, while warning he will “blow up everything”if no deal is reached. Iran has denied any talks and dismissed claims it is seeking a ceasefire. 

There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Andrew Brown on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, fourth in a series.

When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet.

When the hospitals were destroyed, when the aid was blocked, when children were pulled from rubble in pieces, when the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, and humanitarian organisations with decades of credibility in conflict zones used words like genocide, ethnic cleansing and collective punishment, Australia was quiet.

Not uniformly. Not entirely. There were protests in every major city, sustained over months, of a size and seriousness this country has not seen since the Iraq War.

The US has struck more than 50 military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, including bunkers, radar systems, and ammunition depots, according to Iranian and Western media reports.

Explosions were reported at the island’s oil terminal – a critical hub for Iran’s exports – with no immediate confirmation of casualties or damage. The strikes come hours before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump over the Strait of Hormuz, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned of broader retaliation, saying any crossing of Tehran’s “red lines”would trigger a response “beyond the region,” adding that it would target infrastructure “to deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years.”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (April 6, 2026) called and congratulated the Artemis astronauts circling the Moon for making “history,” telling them they’ve “made all America really proud, incredibly proud.”

“You really are modern-day pioneers — all of you,” Mr. Trump said, before launching into a friendly interview of sorts with the three Americans and one Canadian who are on a historic 10-day mission around Earth’s natural satellite.

“You’ve got a lot of courage doing what you’re doing,” Mr. Trump said, lavishing praise on NASA’s first lunar flyby in more than 50 years.