We need more than polemics. We need revolutions. Revolutions without violence nor weapons. Actually we need to bypass the ready-made comforts that are drip-fed to us by Big Corp — to recreate management of our own needs, at grass root level. Simple. Well... it's simply said... Harder to realise. We won't. But we will need to eventually do it, while taking care of the planet BECAUSE, surprise, BIG CORP IS NOT GOING TO.

The Panama Papers broke, yesterday. Dozens of MSM outlets joined together in echoing this startling piece of investigative journalism: Rich people avoid paying their taxes. I know, I was shocked too.

Greece hasn't been saved just yet - and the conflict between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Europe is sharpening. Greece's former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis expects a showdown between IMF and Germany.

 bob, we will miss you...

Legendary Australian writer, journalist, playwright and auteur Bob Ellis died today, 3 April 2016.

You know the joke: your point the finger at someone's shirt and you say "Oh" as if there was something your interlocutor had to look down at and then you raise your finger and hit his/her nose? Got ya...

Meanwhile Moscow has to deal with US aggression and ingratitude... 

Loony Park... Picture by Gus at Luna Park, Sydney, modified by Gus

The prime minister says defeat of his income tax plan is a wake-up call for state premiers to start living within their means.