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Gus Leonisky's blogwe were the best panic buyers...Australia outperformed the world dealing with the coronavirus pandemic - and the nation's consumers out-shopped their international counterparts when it came to panic buying.
paying for it...Free child care has been a godsend for Dee Behan, who balances running two businesses with bringing up a two-year-old son — but she fears yesterday's announcement it is coming to an end will send her "back to square one".
of conspiratorial sheep...In Shawn the Sheep, kids (and adults) often learn about conspiracies… Thus conspiracies must exist (don’t they?).
a joke? unfortunately not... turdy gets a gong...Tony Abbott is among several high-profile people recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours this year.
going to funerals...cormann Protesters rallied in Canberra on Friday, ahead of more than 60,000 Australians taking part in rallies in the nation's three biggest cities, with Brisbane attracting the largest crowd of about 30,000 people.
The former vice president said that 10 to 15 percent of Americans “are just not very good people”...They passed the USA PATRIOT Act – and I did nothing because I am a patriot. They passed the USA Freedom Act – and I believe in freedom. They nominated Hillary Clinton – and I voted for the lesser evil. They declared medical martial law – and I didn’t want to kill grandma. They said to wear a facemask – and I passively obeyed. I believe Joe Biden – because I am a liberal. Ode to a Liberal – DWP
in the heat of battle, gathering the news is dangerous...
dying in custody...Anger over the death of George Floyd has spread to Australia, with Black Lives Matter protests being held across the country.
If a door isn’t bolted, is it properly shut? ...Is being a sceptic — a questioner — being a conspiracy theorist?
the new BLOCK-head, junior trump, appeals to colorbond-roofed bogans...Scott Morrison’s attempt to cut Labor’s grass almost ended in tears on Thursday morning. The Prime Minister made an early morning visit to the Queanbeyan growth suburb of Googong to spruik $25,000 cash grants for residential construction.
has the coronavirus panic subsided and is the new catch phrase "I can't breathe"?...New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.
simplified opinions, stupid politics, complex history, fooled journalists and the free media...Why Were So Many Journalists Murdered in 2018? To date, 34 of them were killed in retaliation for their work, nearly doubling last year's number.
the russian conundrum...Perestroika (Перестройка) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and is widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform. The literal meaning of perestroika is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.
Perestroika is sometimes argued to be a significant cause of the revolutions of 1989 (referred to as counter-revolutions by the USSR's defenders, and colour revolutions) and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which marked the end of the Cold War.
the chinese again...Australia's currency has risen sharply in recent days.
the world erupts as trump use divisive language...The US President Donald Trump has been rushed to an underground safety bunker as violent protests raged outside the White House.
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