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Donald Trump In His First Administration

by Clio

4 October 2024 0 2 weeks

If 40% of the American voting age population actually support Donald Trump and intend to vote for him in the coming presidential election what criteria are they basing that on? Donald Trump, in his first administration, fired most of those individuals he chose to work closely with.

Fresh Politics

by Clio

7 September 2024 1 mth

Imagine If They Banned Guns in The Movies

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by Clio

4 March 2024 2 8 mths

Love Is Not A Bank Loan: The Myths of Money And God

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by Clio

6 February 2024 8 mths

Looking To America Is Fraught

by Clio

21 January 2024 1 9 mths

In A Culture Of Complaint They Developed The Politics Of Grievance

by Clio

28 December 2023 10 mths

American Movies Celebrating Guns

by Clio

11 November 2023 11 mths

Domestic Terrorism By The Right

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by Clio

22 May 2023 1 yr

Australian Police: Take Their Guns Away

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by Clio

20 April 2023 1 yr

Paranoid, Racist, Gun-Toting Society Gone Mad

by Clio

29 March 2023 2 yrs

Australia Should Put America On Probation

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by Clio

9 October 2024 1 week

Sydney & The Black Swan Grand Final Event

I want to start this article by acknowledging the wonderful speech given by John Longmire at the Sydney Swan’s Club Championship dinner. That speech inspired me to write this piece. Sydney and the Black Swan Grand Final event. Hands up who knows what a black swan event is?

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by Clio

4 October 2024 2 weeks

Donald Trump In His First Administration

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by Clio

30 September 2024 3 weeks

Smashed In The Grand Final

I have a confession to make. My football team, the one I support and have done so for the last 30 years, was cruelly smashed in the Grand Final. This, unfortunately, is a repeat performance, as it happened also in 2022. Getting to a GF is no mean feat in and of itself – it is a heck of an achievement. This, paradoxically, makes the experience of seeing your team get thrashed in the ultimate game even worse. Not to make a fist of it but to be wiped off the stage so utterly is a devastating feeling, even for the fan. A gloom descends over one’s life and you feel like wearing a black arm band following such a build up and such a comprehensive defeat.

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Episode 12: The Politics of Grievance - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

America is the great democratic experiment. Although, this is getting on for some 250 years now. This nation is in the grip of the politics of grievance. Partisan politics in America is more about hating the other side than particularly loving the side you are voting for. Americans have been encouraged to focus their attention upon their grievances via decades of negative campaigning and attack ads. Demonizing ‘the other’ is the favoured political pastime in the 21C. Identity politics and social values are the main game these days. Economic issues are now seen through this ideological filter.Murdoch, Fox & Stirring Grievance In AmericaRupert Murdoch and his Fox News are merchants of toxic polarization. This network is spewing out lies and fake news 24/7. Every presentation is top heavy in anti-woke content and a right wing bias. Regular viewers are sucked into a spin cycle of libertarian anti-government GOP grievance stoking. Old white men upset at their changing worlds, where heaven forbid minorities are now getting a say. OMG the sky is going to fall in. In this partisan realm complaints about there being too many coloured faces on TV and LGBTQIA folk making too much noise are legion. Uppity women talking about sexual harassment and such like make their viewer’s blood boil – which is the whole idea for Fox. Getting their audience riled up keeps eyeballs on them and advertising rates going up for their revenue.Popularizing Poisonous Issues For Political GainThe politics of grievance is all about popularizing these causes for the benefit of candidates and the party. The party promoting these grievances doesn’t need positive policies. They just bang on about how the other side is to blame for the problem.