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Australia ain’t what it was
Australia voted for the non-existent Palestinian state to be accorded (almost) full membership of the UN. Even the UK didn’t go that far, abstaining, along with 24 other countries. Eight honourable countries voted with Israel to oppose the resolution – the USA, Hungary, PNG, Nauru, Micronesia, Palau, the Czech Republic and Argentina. Australia was part of…
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A Military Realist’s View of the Ukraine War Thread
Over on Youtube, JimmyThomist is presenting on his channel, Operational Art of War, a magnificent series on the Russo-Ukraine War that looks at it largely from the operational perspective. What he means by ‘operational’ are the requirements necessary for armed forces to operate effectively, where the relevant dimensions are space, supply, transportation and terrain. Update…
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Unsure what Wong’s stake in this is being from SA and in the Senate Wong and fellow Adelaidean Butler are…
ps.. As for the steel girders somehow turning to powder as they fell from the World Trade Centre. What a…
No essential service should be in private hands. We let stinking effing politicians sell them so they could waste money…
‘The West’ in Paris. What a spectacle.
Just in case you’re wondering, the plant in the painting is a Verbascum sp., or Mullein. And yes, it does…