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Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: 'The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia'
Systematic partisan lying and misinformation from the media, both mainstream and social, has done enormous damage to liberal democracies, the former PM writes
Biden is leading a more traditional and rational administration. The friends and allies Trump had outraged around the world are breathing a sigh of relief. The US has rejoined the Paris agreement on climate change and Biden is seeking to lead the world with deeper, faster cuts to emissions.
But the same forces that amplified and enabled Trump are still at work in the US and here in Australia. In April the Murdoch press bullied the New South Wales government into reversing its decision to appoint me chairman of a committee to advise on the transition to a net zero emission economy. My “crime” was to not support the continued, unconstrained expansion of open-cut coalmining in the Hunter Valley. In the crazed, rightwing media echo chamber so influential with many Liberal and National party members, the primary qualification to advise on net zero emissions is, apparently, unqualified support for coalmining.
As though we hadn’t had enough demonstration of the Murdochs’ vendetta tactics, right on cue on 2 May Sky News Australia broadcast a “documentary” designed to disparage me and Rudd as being, in effect, political twins separated at birth. As a job, I am told it gave hatchets a bad name. But the message was clear to anyone inclined to hold Murdoch to account: step out of line and you will be next.
And while politicians are accountable, the Murdochs are not. Their abuse of power has been so shameful that James Murdoch has resigned from the company. His brother, Lachlan, however, is thoroughly in charge and apparently more rightwing than his father. Yet he has chosen to move back to Australia with his family, fleeing the hatreds and divisions of America that he and his father have done so much to exacerbate.
More at https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/18/malcolm-turnbul
l-on-murdoch-lies-and-the-climate-crisis-the-same-forces-that-enabled-trump-are-at-work-in-australia
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Zuckerborg bought 2020 for Democrats.
You're an idiot.
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Quote:The guy who has always been right about who wins the Presidential elections, Allan Lichtman, said that nothing on social media makes any difference. It comes down to 13 key questions with true/false answers about the two candidates. Lichtman predicted Trump would win in 2016 and lose in 2020.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol
Zuckerborg bought 2020 for Democrats.
You're an idiot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keys_to_the_White_House
It is too soon for 2024, since the 13 key questions have to be answered in 2024, but Lichtman says Joe Biden will have significant advantages if he runs again.
“With the sitting president running again, you’re not going to have a big internal party fight, that’s a major key, and you’re unlikely to have a big third-party movement.”
“It doesn’t look like the Republicans have anyone who fulfills the ‘challenge charisma key’, the once-in-a-generation inspirational candidate, like Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan,” Lichtman said, pointing to the potential for a power vacuum in the party.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/what-is-allan-licht
man-s-prediction-for-the-2024-us-presidential-election-1.1109868
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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lol
We'll see.
If I were him, I wouldn't go jeopardizing the winning streak by speaking out of turn with 3 years left to go.
Joe Biden*'s America sucks, and there's no indications that things are ever going to get better with him sleeping in the chair.
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Quote:Trump bragged about the Dow-Jones Average (but despite Trump predicting a crash without him, America carried on with him gone.)
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol
We'll see.
If I were him, I wouldn't go jeopardizing the winning streak by speaking out of turn with 3 years left to go.
Joe Biden*'s America sucks, and there's no indications that things are ever going to get better with him sleeping in the chair.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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The deep state start to turn against Sleepy President Biden...announced an investigation into the jihads of Asskcrackistan getting billion in US Weapons?
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/18/state-ig-investigations-afgha
nistan-operations-516207
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Quote:Not about weapons. Instead, The Pentagon's inspector general said its three reviews involve: an evaluation of the botched drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians instead of the Islamic State target; a review of DoD's screening process for displaced Afghans; and an audit of DoD support for the relocation of Afghan nationals.
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
The deep state start to turn against Sleepy President Biden...announced an investigation into the jihads of Asskcrackistan getting billion in US Weapons?
Lawmakers have taken a particular interest in the State Department’s SIV program, which was launched in 2009 to provide a pathway to immigrate to the U.S. for Afghan interpreters, their families and others who worked for the U.S. government throughout the 20-year war. The program has been plagued by bureaucratic challenges and delays since its inception. Before the August evacuation, there were some 18,000 applications stuck in the pipeline.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/18/state-ig-investigations-afgha
nistan-operations-516207
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As Afghanistan sinks into destitution, some sell children to survive
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/as-a
fghanistan-sinks-into-destitution-some-sell-children-to-survive/news-story/248d87ab9b632cc3b1eec93bef34e150
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Quote:I can't read this article because I'm not an Australian subscriber, but I can read for free the same article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10101305/Destitute-Afghan-fam
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
As Afghanistan sinks into destitution, some sell children to survive
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-wall-street-journal/as-a
fghanistan-sinks-into-destitution-some-sell-children-to-survive/news-story/248d87ab9b632cc3b1eec93bef34e150
ilies-selling-CHILDREN-make-ends-meet-amid-collapsing-economy.html
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, the country's economy is on the brink of collapse.
That has seen the value of its currency collapse even though hard notes are in short supply, while prices for basic goods have soared due to shortages, with the UN warning that food could run dangerously low soon.
It has led to the chief of the UN this week to warn that Afghanistan is facing a 'make-or-break moment' as he urgently appealed to countries to inject cash back into the Afghan economy, which before the Taliban takeover in August was dependent on international aid that accounted for 75% of state spending.
Afghanistan is grappling with a liquidity crisis as assets remain frozen in the U.S. and other countries, and disbursements from international organizations have been put on hold.
The effects of the economic collapse could prove lethal for the country where a third of the population survives on less than $2 per day.
For Saleha, she now must somehow find enough money to pay off her debt - or lose her three-year-old daughter. Her husband, who is much older, does not work.
Saleha and her family had been working on a farm in Badghis but were forced to flee to Herat as a result of fighting and drought. They were forced to borrow money to feed themselves.
The situation has become overwhelming - as prices for basic food items such as flour and oil have doubled since the Taliban took over.
'If life continues to be this awful, I will kill my children and myself,' Saleh told the WSJ from her small two-room home. 'I don't even know what we will eat tonight.'
'I will try to find money to save my daughter's life,' added Saleha's husband Abdul Wahab.
The lender, Khalid Ahmad, confirmed to the newspaper he had said he would write off the family's debts in exchange for their three-year-old daughter.
'I also don't have money. They haven't paid me back,' said Mr Ahmad, from Badghis. 'So there is no option but taking the daughter.'
More at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10101305/Destitute-Afghan-fam
ilies-selling-CHILDREN-make-ends-meet-amid-collapsing-economy.html
A nonchalant Taliban official said, 'We suffered for 20 years fighting jihad, we lost members of our families, we didn't have proper food, and in the end, we were rewarded with this government. If people have to struggle for a few months, so what? Popularity is not important for the Taliban.'
I'm making a prediction: the struggle will be much longer than 'a few months'.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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How long until people are selling their children in Biden*'s America to pay their bills?
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Quote:A new poll shows 94% of Republicans think the country is worse off than a year ago. Isn't this kind of crazy? A year ago we were in the middle of a massive pandemic. Thousands of people were dying every day. The economy was at a standstill. Millions of people had been laid off or furloughed. Travel was virtually shut down. Schools were shut.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
How long until people are selling their children in Biden*'s America to pay their bills?
Today, the pandemic is under control. Anyone who wants to be vaccinated has been. The economy is strong and jobs are available to anyone who wants to work. Schools are mostly back in session and airlines are flying again.
In any concrete sense, what could possibly be viewed as worse than a year ago? Beats me. The only thing I can think of is pure politics.
https://jabberwocking.com/is-the-country-worse-off-than-a-year-ago-don
t-be-ridiculous/
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