
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has been lobbying senior figures in the US to supply Australia with retiring nuclear submarines to give the nation strike power if conflict over Taiwan breaks out before its AUKUS submarines are delivered.
‘Need more firepower now’: US should give Australia retired nuclear subs, says Abbott

While the Coalition and Murdoch media ramp up their campaign against renewable energy, renewables set yet another record – more than half the grid for the first time. What’s the scam?
The scam is the Coalition campaign to blame renewables for rising electricity prices has just gone into overdrive with Murdoch mastheads splashing today on energy bill scaremongering.

China, Iran, and Russia denounce the lies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom regarding Iran’s nuclear program
by Amir Saeid Iravani , Fu Cong , Vasily Nebenzya
The current US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr) was involved in litigation against Merck over its Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, alleging marketing fraud and undisclosed side effects, and stood to earn significant referral fees from the lawsuit, which raised ethics concerns as he was considered for his current government role.

GUS: It was 100 years ago in December 1925 that Heisenberg finally formulated his UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE... HE PUBLISHED IT IN 1927....
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Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is suggesting the idea of holding elections as a ploy to secure a ceasefire, top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told RT. Moscow has insisted that Kiev would use the pause in fighting to rearm and regroup.
The Kremlin’s response comes as Zelensky, whose presidential term expired over a year ago, has demanded security guarantees from Western backers in order to hold the vote.

Swiss singer Nemo announced on Thursday that he is returning his 2024 Eurovision Song Contest trophy in protest over Israel’s continued participation in the competition.
Nemo, who won last year’s contest with the song ‘The Code’, said on Thursday that the trophy “no longer belongs on my shelf.”
Mary Kostakidis, a national TV news presenter in Australia for two decades, has asked a federal judge to throw out the Zionist Federation’s charge against her of racially vilifying Jews, reports Joe Lauria.
Albanese government doubles down on Cheaper Home Batteries, tipping new funding into the red-hot scheme and adjusting its settings to make it go further.
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International Reading: Trump Hit With His Worst-Ever Approval Rating on the Economy – Daily Beast Trump Moves to End a Major Student Loan Forgiveness Program – Time U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic – PBS Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically
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Memo to the unelected Eurobozos of the European Union’s executive branch 'responsible' for setting policy: just because you keep calling a pile of cash you’re hell-bent on handing over to Ukraine a “loan” doesn’t mean it actually is.
Asian share markets are doing quite well in the final but relatively quiet session of the trading week with the USD falling overnight on the bad but good initial jobless claims showing a soft US labour market helping supporting the risk taking. The Australian dollar has taken back its recent dip following the poor local
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