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The Mark Carney Middle Power Speech

21 January 2026 1 week

We live in interesting times, as the old Confucian adage goes. I write this in light of the inspiring speech delivered by Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos. The Mark Carney middle power speech. His leadership at this time, provokes comparison with that of our own PM Anthony Albanese. Labor has come to power federally downunder on the back of being a small target, as political strategy. This continues to infect this government and its leadership, I find. The elephant in the room is, of course, President Donald J Trump. I wonder for how much longer will Albanese duck and weave in the face of this wrecking ball of the old international order?

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White Australia Worries About The Safety Of A Bomb Throwing Terrorist

by Clio

30 January 2026 8 hrs

White Australia Worries About The Safety Of A Bomb Throwing Terrorist

A guy throws a bomb into a crowd of thousands of people. Luckily it does not go off, but if it had, it would have killed and maimed possibly hundreds of people. His lawyer successfully argues to have the bomb thrower’s name suppressed on the grounds of protecting his safety. WTF? What kind of country do we live in? Our justice system protects the anonymity of a wilful bomb thrower who wanted to hurt and kill Aboriginal people and managed to disperse a peaceful protest. White Australia worries about the safety of a bomb throwing terrorist. This is what is wrong with our justice system. Protecting perpetrators at the expense of our right to have these scumbags named and shamed. This happened in Perth on Invasion/Australia Day. There has been very little media coverage of this bomb throwing event in the right wing media, which dominates the Australian media landscape. Strange that, perhaps if it wasn’t at a brown skinned gathering it would have been given more attention by the Murdoch press.

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You Cannot Trust What Comes Out Of The Mouth Of Racists

by Clio

28 January 2026 2 dys

You Cannot Trust What Comes Out Of The Mouth Of Racists

Let’s get one thing clear, it is those on the far right who invariably turn to violence on the back of their intolerance. In Perth, we see an individual throwing a homemade bomb into the midst of the peaceful Invasion Day march. Thankfully, this device did not go off or we would be having a very different discussion right now. On the Gold Coast a young March for Australia organiser gets into a fight and deliberately lies about the ethnic identity of his opponents. He promotes this disinformation to his online audience, fraudulently claiming that his fisticuff fight was with Middle Eastern Australians. QLD police declare this information to be false and misleading. You cannot trust what comes out of the mouth of racists.

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American Political System Is Pretty Weird

by Clio

26 January 2026 4 dys

American Political System Is Pretty Weird

The American pollical system is pretty weird. For instance, where is their Leader of the Opposition? They have 2 major political parties opposing each other at elections, but when one party is in office the other is nowhere to be seen. Right now, President Trump is doing his grandiose thing, but the recently defeated Kamala Harris is a big fat zero on the scene. How can the party not in power be the alternative government in waiting without a leader to rally around? Congress is a massive failure and has been for many years, as many of them don’t represent the people they are supposed to because they have been bought by AIPAC or some other super pac. Republican congress men and women are so much in thrall to President Trump that they have collectively lost their voice.

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Episode 20: Psychology of Strongman Leaders & More - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

This episode begins with a response to Canadian PM Mark Carney's middle power speech. Especially, in comparison to Australian PM Anthony Albanese's small target strategy to dealing with Donald Trump.Authoritarianism is in the news of late. President Donald Trump is back in the White House and 76 million Americans voted for him. So, what is the psychology behind strongman leaders.?Listen & learn folks.ICE murders Renee Good in Minneapolis. Trump's paramilitary force is designed to meet protest with an iron fist. It is designed to instill fear in Americans.Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of What Price Life?; America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump; and other titles. NOW AVAILABLE AT APPLE BOOKS & GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS. Google Play Books AUDIOBOOK

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Phillip Riley @philmupp1 ·

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Tony Abbott , a revered Minister for Women in his Govt.....lol , wants Sussan Ley to be relegated as he spruiks the credentials of Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor. It appears you can't expect a woman to do a man's job , right Tones ? That Gillard misogyny speech was on the mark!

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Doug Cameron @dougcameron51 ·

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It’s time for Labor to abandon failed reliance on “the market” to resolve the housing crisis.
Public housing has and could again play a crucial role. Labor should go back to basics, create a national public housing commission and fund it by reducing CGT and -ve gearing rip offs!

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Peter FitzSimons @peter_fitz ·

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All that obfuscation, all those denials. All that carry-on about the problems with renewables, and now . . . this!
"Average wholesale electricity prices in the country's main grid . . . halved in Dec 2025 quarter . . . driven by record renewable and storage output." 😀
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