In 1960, Sir Linton Andrews wrote a long article about “The Conscience of the Press”. This article is nowhere to be found on the internet and information about Linton Andrews is quite sparse. He had been a journalist and one of the president of the Press Council after a Royal Commission — to inquire into the finances, control, management and ownership of the press — had been voted upon by the British Attlee government in 1946…

   The death of General Qassem Soleimani at the American hand was a cowardly political murder for the sole purpose of blowing up the table and plunging the Middle East into a chaos from which only the United States and their few regional allies, Israel in the first place, can emerge winners.

This latest act of US aggression should jolt everyone to recall the words of retired 4-star US General, Wesley Clark, who was at the helm as the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in 1999 when the West chose to obliterate Yugoslavia under the auspices of humanitarian aims which now stands exposed as a flag of deceit and convenience.

It has been suggested by one lonely astute reader that I should tone down my "insults" aimed at various people — from the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison to the sensitive writers of the Murdoch media. This name calling, I have thus been told, makes me appear infantile and stupid — which I am with no regrets — but devalues my otherwise excellent arguments on whatever subject I fall into, like a pink pig falls into a deep well, by bringing me down to their low level of the gutter. Fair enough. So, from now on, I will try my best to muzzle the satirical pantomime into a more scientific psychological evaluation. Thank you...

The assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani could be a Trump's triumph of catastrophic Pyrrhic dimension, to our detriment and that of the planet...

Hundreds of people sheltering in the New South Wales coastal town of Eden are being told by police to leave the area immediately if they are not able to defend themselves.

Dozens of people had sought shelter on Eden's wharf, but police say that area is no longer safe.

'Disappointing': RFS boss says he heard of defence deployment from media, not Scott Morrison

By David Marr

As the bushfire crisis became even more grave, the PM’s office released his promises of ships and troops to music. Yes, a jingle

Welcome to hell on earth...

Penrith is currently the hottest place on earth and is sweltering through the hottest ever day recorded in Greater Sydney.

Venus was the bearer of fake ideals for the human species. The dream still continues beyond the invention. The age of porkies had began, in Greek and in Latin together alike.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/03/scott-morrison-brushes-off-angry-bushfire-reception-personally

The NSW bushfire death toll has risen to 16 — including eight since Monday — after police found the body of a man at Belowra, in the state's south, yesterday.

The year 2019 was the hottest on record for Australia with the temperature reaching 1.52C above the long-term average, data from the Bureau of Meteorology confirms.

The year that delivered crippling drought, heatwaves, temperature records and devastating bushfires was 0.19C hotter than 2013, the previous record holder.

   The challenge posed by the nation’s bushfire crisis will remain into the new year, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison says everyone can take comfort in the “amazing spirit of Australians”.

"Marriages don’t last the way they used to.” we are often told by old women. Theirs lasted nearly 60 years of love, trials, boredom, six children, anger and deception, until the old man’s brain vanished into dementia and died with no memory of his own existence.