This came out in The Conversation, a while ago, but I didn’t get around to posting it here. I’m posting my original version, which includes a discussion of vapes
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On Saturday, the U.S. armed forces launched a series of attacks on Venezuela, which culminated in the capture of President Nicholas Maduro. As these events continue to make headlines around the globe, it’s worth exploring why this nation on the northern coast of South America matters in global affairs. Oil And It’s Geopolitical Impact First,
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YES... WHAT HAPPENED...?
OH... I SEE, TRUMP HAS GONE FROM F**KING WOMEN TO F**KING MEN WITH THICK MOUSTACHES, LIKE MADURO...
You can lead a politician to gas, but you cannot make him/her use it. After thirteen years of campaigning for a sensible gas regulation regime on Australia’s east coast, MB has again failed to secure anything of substance from Canberra. Indeed, Labour’s late-year gas reservation is barely even a joke of a policy. Why those
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China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the United States blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday following US military strikes against Venezuela.
The chairman of the Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center has said it was the right decision to reject a request from Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to deliver a speech at the institution.
How is it possible that a young man with a video camera has done more to expose exorbitant fraud and corruption in one American state than all the giant billion-dollar legacy media combined?
Antizionist Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and historian Samuel Biagetti explain why Israel is to blame for the increase in antisemitic attacks.
The segment reports that U.S. forces allegedly carried out a large overnight military operation in Venezuela, using air power and special forces to capture—not kill—President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The operation is described as a rapid “snatch and grab” that surprised Maduro before he could reach a fortified safe room, with President Trump praising its execution and claiming no American casualties.
Washington’s unprovoked aggression against Venezuela, and the likely coming ground attack, are an attempt at reimposing “proud, stable democracy” in the country, in the words of the US front surrogate, Maria Corina Machado.
Swim between the flags, the sign says… Amazingly, the flags that have been working for 100 years are now confusing if you believe the Aussie media…
Unfortunate satire by Gus Leonisky
2025 turned out to be a banner year in the great steel crash. As of the November data, Chinese output was down 4% year-to-date. With a generous extrapolation for December, Chinese steel output will have shrunk well below one billion tonnes in 2025, approaching 2018 levels. Leading CISA data confirms no late-year rebound for China.
On Friday 2 January 2026 every major media outlet in the country was running the news that 120 Australian Business leaders were calling for the Federal Government to call a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi Shootings and Anti-Semitism in Australia. Australia’s biggest industry groups demand an antisemitism royal commission – The Age Australia’s biggest