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Here Is The Bill That Kills Free Speech In Australia By Walrus.

This can and will be used to shut down public debate in Australia because it prevents citizen journalism of any sort. The Conservatives will pass it because the media will tell them its good for business. The labor/ left will … Continue reading

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Without Comment….By Walrus.

“And were you pleased?” they asked of Helen in Hell. “Pleased?” answered she, “when all Troy’s towers fell,And dead were Priam’s sons, and lost his throne,And such a war was fought as none had known,And even the gods took part, … Continue reading

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Bear Baiting By Walrus.

Bear-baiting was very popular from the 12th until the 19th century.[4] From the 16th century, many bears were maintained for baiting. In its best-known form, arenas for this purpose were called bear-gardens, consisting of a circular high fenced area, the … Continue reading

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A New Beginning By Walrus

I apologise that my previous post was incomplete in that I had made no suggestions of how we get out of this mess that is Ukraine and Israel and a post without a suggested action is nothing but a pointless … Continue reading

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It’s Over; Pogo Was Right – By Walrus

It’s over, Ukraine is finished. The Israel project is finished. Both disasters are a direct result of decades of our own Suicidal Statecraft as Barbara Tuchman termed it. There can be no doubt as to our culpability. As Pogo observed … Continue reading

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Putins Speech

The English text of President Putins speech of 14 June is now available at the link below. This long document explains, from the Russian point of view, how we got to where we are today. It also explains Russias position … Continue reading

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Britain? Kaput! By Walrus.

kaput \kuh-PUT\ adjective. 1 : utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed. 2 : unable to function : useless. 3 : hopelessly outmoded. Britain as we understand it, is finished. Shakespeare and Churchill, Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, Magna Carta, Keats, … Continue reading

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A Note On Our Folly By Walrus

“The March Of Folly” by Barbara Tuchman, analyses the causes of historic foreign policy disasters from the seige of Troy onwards with a view to understanding the role of pure unadulterated Govermental stupidity – folly – in the decline of … Continue reading

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The Russians have Won And We Will All Be Better For It Opinion By Walrus.

Remember when this latest war started? Our esteemed leadership here and probably elsewhere told us that the Russians would lose because they were tactically backward, corrupt, led by incompetents and technically unsophisticated. They would be no match for the technically … Continue reading

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Victoria “Fuck The EU” Nuland To Retire By Walrus.

Has anyone, just for fun, computed the totals of those who have died in the wars of choice this person and her extended family have instigated and supported? We should perhaps give awards; for example the Madeleine Albright prize for … Continue reading

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