voltaire

The French were stunned to learn that their government considers a public order measure, a curfew, to be effective in preventing an epidemic. Everyone, having understood that no virus breaks according to schedules set by decree, and given the many previous mistakes, asks the question: who is angry about a curfew for what?

Covid: a curfew for what?

by Thierry Meyssan

An energy transition is underway but it is too slow to avert a climate catastrophe and it ignores many other environmental and social challenges that need tackling now. Capitalism has got us into this mess but doesn’t have the tools to get us out of it. Perhaps ecosocialism and Extinction Rebellion provide some answers.

Does anyone really believe we are going to avert a climate catastrophe?

By PETER SAINSBURY | On 29 October 2020

familiar

Passing by a coughing stranger on a sidewalk during a global pandemic or having coffee with a work friend — for most people, one of those two scenarios will sound considerably safer than the other. 

A former NSW auditor-general has warned that the shredding of documents related to $250 million in council grants was likely to be unlawful and should end Gladys Berejiklian's leadership.

London: Malcolm Turnbull has endorsed Emmanuel Macron's plans to confront Islamic extremism in France and says accusations the French President is veering to the right for political gain are misguided.

biden/kamala

Hello… Cleveland?

As Christine Holgate went through four hours of ritualistic flogging of officials and executives known as Senate Estimates, the website of a Parisian luxury brand might have started to buckle under the surge in online traffic.

a couple of sick story… The first one is a story coming from The Playboy Book of Satire…

The prime minister’s leadership in the wake of the bushfire crisis was widely regarded as reactive, evasive and inept.