The Aboriginal Footballer Problem In The AFL
You may or may not have noticed a dearth of Indigenous footy players running around in the current crop of AFL players. Indeed, you may be aware of the absence of star players like Bobby…
Start Asking Some Hard Questions
You know there are a lot of people who just use technology without questioning its provenance. The smart phone and those apps become their new normal. Well, ‘stupid is as stupid does’, to quote a…
Billionaires Have Never Been Less Popular
Did you know that in the ancient world there were regular examples of public debt forgiveness? Yes, even in those more brutal times elites recognised the dangers of social discordance. The masses were more likely…
Billionaires Funding The Far Right
Populism of the Far Right variety is not some natural occurrence or trend happening at the moment. It is an artificially fed and funded campaign coming from the United States and billionaire money. Reform in…
LIV Golfers Took The Money
LIV golfers took the money and turned their back on the PGA Tour, make them pay to come back. All this talk about losing the stars of the game is crap. Jon Rahm and Bryson…
Why Copying America Is Bad For Australia
What can we learn from the current political situation in America? Further to that, what ramifications does that potentially have for Australians? There is no denying that Australia tends to follow the United States in…
Paper Thin Patriots Thick On The Ground Downunder
Driving through a town/suburb the other day I felt sorry for the residents in that area. Dementia and mental illness is a scourge in Australia. Imagine being so easily confused that you are forced to…
Change The System To Catch These Cheats
Companies are cheating the tax system in Australia and around the world. Corporations are taxed on the profits they generate. To minimise these profits companies are shifting their profits via IP charges on their balance…
The Monoculture Rendition Of What It Means To Be Australian
At the golf course, I all too frequently meet the monoculture rendition of what it means to be Australian. The One Nation version of it, now gaining in renewed popularity, according to some in the…
Petrol Prices Rising Thanks To Trump
Fuel costs are shooting up downunder because of the United States sending battleships into the Middle East. Petrol prices rising thanks to Trump. American and Israeli interest in attacking Iran is at the root of…
The Epstein Files Expose The Greed Of Elites
The release of the Epstein Files has exposed the rotten state of global capitalism. Jeffrey Epstein was not only a paedophile and sex trafficker, as he was a billionaire financier with his tentacles wrapped around…
Reserve Bank Of Australia Is Not A Politically Impartial Body
We, as Australians, are asked to put our trust in the independence of our central bank. However, the Reserve Bank of Australia is not a politically impartial body. For decades, the RBA has funded right…
Pay Attention To The Stories You Watch
Pay attention to the stories you watch on your screens! Our lives are directed by the stories we take to heart. It is not the thousands of facts and figures we may know but how…
Billionaire President Struggles With ‘Affordability’ Concept
Donald Trump is a billionaire who hangs out with other billionaires and elites in Washington DC. His cabinet contains more seriously rich people than ever seen before in these positions. This president just cannot get…
Why Do Australians Throw Away Billions Gambling?
Now, I have met plenty of numbskulls downunder and yes, intelligence is never guaranteed, when it comes to human beings. Still it begs the question, why do Australians throw away billions gambling? Aussies are the…
Why Does America Want Venezuela’s Oil?
Why does America want Venezuela’s oil? The US is a major producer of oil, so why would it want oil from another source? The shale oil produced by America is a light oil, but the…
A Nation Divided Downunder!
Australia is split into thirds when it comes to housing. A third of adult Aussies own their homes out right, another third are in the processing of paying off their home loans to banks, and…
Why In Millionaire Alley, Do Storms Still Wreak Havoc?
I live in a street where many of the houses are nearing a million dollar value. This is not exceptional in today’s Australia. However, I wonder why, if my suburb is worth hundreds of millions…
Why Voters Vote Against Their Own Interests?
We live in a time of the ‘culture wars’, where folk get so caught up in identity politics that they lose the plot. Why voters vote against their own interests? Stupid is as stupid does,…
Police Checks: How ‘User Pays’ Fleeces Us All
Today, many jobs require some sort of police check to ensure that the prospective applicant is not a criminal. In the past, this kind of thing was reserved for a specific type of employment and…