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the aussie government goes swimming with sharks....The Government has just announced a spend of $1.7B on new ‘Ghost Shark’ underwater drones. But there appears to be more stealth in the budget than there is in the capability. Former submariner Rex Patrick reports. Pete Quinn must be pretty happy.
Ghost Shark drones – “music to Trump’s ears” by Rex Patrick
While he was in that role, Anduril Industries (Anduril) were successful in two limited tenders; one awarded in 2021 for $4.9M and the other awarded in 2022 for $77.5M.
a far more threatening situation...
Several days after its absurd endorsement of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War and calling for a more aggressive posture against Russia’s war with Ukraine, the Washington Post stated that signing a follow-on to the New START Treaty was “reckless.” New START is actually the last remaining nuclear arms-control treaty between the United State and Russia and it is due to expire in February 2026.
Washington Post Targets Disarmament in Its March to the Right MELVIN GOODMAN
New START is the only stepping stone to pursuing deeper cuts in the U.S. and Russian strategic arsenals as well as to pursuing serious arms control negotiations with China, which is currently growing its strategy arsenal at a record pace.
the politics of extermination.......In 1895, Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, asserted: **“**We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country … expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly.” The politics of extermination
2024 was the warmest on record.....We’ll look back on 2024 as the year we sailed passed 1.5. Marine heatwaves in 2024 and 2025 seriously damaged the Great Barrier Reef, again. Insufficient land and money to create enough new forests to offset carbon emissions. Iceland sends a letter to the future. We’re getting hotter faster and are already past 1.5oC Environment: Earth is getting hotter faster thanks to human
in familiar territory....Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to Kyiv at the invitation of the Ukrainian government, saying he wants to do "everything possible" to support the recovery of thousands of servicemen seriously injured in the war. As reported by The Guardian, during his trip to the Ukrainian capital, he and the team from his Invictus Games Foundation intend to set out in detail new initiatives to support the rehabilitation of the wounded, with the ultimate aim of extending help across all regions of the country.
a success storyState lying is not an accident of politics: it is its mother tongue. Brutal dictatorship attacks the body, but insidious tyranny targets the mind and the means of survival. One can escape the blows; one does not always recover from a lifetime spent pretending to believe in them. The Empire of Lies: A Success Story
by Azzedine Kaamil Aït-Ameur
[GUSNOTE: THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS IN MORE DETAILS WHAT WE "PHILOSOPHICALLY" EXPOSED IN 2006: "The Age of Deceit"]
the opposite effect....MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius requested 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) more over the next two years for military support to Ukraine than was approved by the German government, German newspaper Bild reported on Friday. Due to this disagreement, planned contracts with the Ukrainian defense industry must now be suspended, and support measures for the Ukrainian armed forces will have to be partially canceled or reduced, the report said.
the controversy about no controversy.....The Albanese Government’s proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws will deny access to any document of the government that involves controversy. FOI guru Rex Patrick explains. Just how fearless is advice that the author fears the public will see?
No controversy, please. We are the Aussie Government! by Rex Patrick
In the current Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, parts of a document can be redacted if the contents would disclose deliberative matter; that is, advice, recommendations and consultations. It’s a catch-all exemption deployed regularly in response to document requests.
our planet in peril from patented greed.....In reshaping the world for prosperity, humanity has undermined the very foundations of progress. So warns the latest study from the World Bank Group, entitled Reboot development: the economics of a liveable planet. Can we save a 'livable Earth'?
a yuckrainian drone too many?....There is a lot of opinions about “Russia invading Poland with drones”… Some commentators are suggesting that the Russians are "invading Poland with drones" deliberately so to distract the NATO forces from what is happening at the “front” (where there are "no NATO troops"), while forcing the military in NATO territories to scramble… Trump has called it a “mistake” as if the event was accidentally done by the RUSSIANS… while he hopes the conflict will stop soon under his command... Fat luck.... From a Russian perspective, there is nothing to gain for Russia having its drones cross the Polish border. All this does is bring brickbats from most decent people around the world onto Russia… So, who benefits? The Nazi government in Kiev is the main immediate beneficiary…. We know… False flag? 90 per cent...
dirty works — ye olde divide and conquer.....Washington has dismantled its decades-long strategy of balancing competing regional powers in West Asia, opting instead to destabilize the region through its full-spectrum military, diplomatic, and intelligence backing of the Israeli occupation state. Where the post-9/11 years were defined by US-led regime change and nation-building, today's strategy is defined by state-breaking and governance erosion. This transformation is most clearly reflected in Israel’s new audacity. Biden administration official Amos Hochstein declared Tel Aviv to be “the absolute, overwhelming, dominant military hegemon of the Middle East.” In the past few days alone, Israel has bombed Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and for the first time, the US-aligned Qatar.
of democracy....
OUR DEMOCRACIES rely on voters. Voters have to make choices as to who or what ideas are going to represent these choices. Choices are made on various influences: — what’s best for me? — what’s best for the “community” — I trust an ideology — Party politics — PROPAGANDA
PROPAGANDA is a funny beast as it can be the truth being spruiked or lies being promoted as truth.
How do we find out we are not lied to? Being an old dog — a political cartoonist since 1951 — Gus hopes that he gets it right at most times. Experience tells you that roses have thorns and cupboards may have skeletons in them… Nature can tell us a lot about deception and traps or webs of deceit, in order to assure survival of a species — or the extend of territory.
coal, climate and china in the coral sea....Countries of the South Pacific have good reason to encourage China and other countries to assist them with infrastructure. And there is nothing that Australia should, or could, do about it. But climate change is far more important Climate change, not China, is the real threat in the South Pacific
a soft, caring grandpa, friend of the establishment.....Within minutes of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk being assassinated at an event in Utah on Wednesday, authorities had arrested at least one suspect – a Boomer – before releasing him and confirming that the perp remains at large. One can hardly call that profiling surprising these days.
Brainwashed Boomers are ready to kill for the Western establishment
when the US president sets the standards.....President Donald Trump has vowed to pursue not only the assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk but also those he accused of funding and fueling “radical left” political violence across the United States. In a video statement posted Wednesday night on Truth Social, Trump described Kirk, 31, as a “patriot”and a “martyr for truth and freedom,”praising him for inspiring young Americans through debates on college campuses nationwide. “Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country,” Trump said. “An assassin tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed, because together we will ensure that his voice, his message, and his legacy will live on for countless generations to come.”
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