I Just Want To Watch The Game
Big boofy blokes on the tele, telling me loudly that they know stuff. Mansplaining their expert opinions throughout the game until I have had enough and turn the sound down to escape them. I remember…
Big boofy blokes on the tele, telling me loudly that they know stuff. Mansplaining their expert opinions throughout the game until I have had enough and turn the sound down to escape them. I remember…
Talking heads in the AFL media like to tell us that all the players are in it to win a premiership. This may have been so back in the day, when these commentators were playing…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
A whole bunch of selfish Americans elected a convicted felon and compulsive liar to the presidency for the second time. Trump is an economic vandal. This unhinged fool has started a war with the Iranians…
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…
What do I mean by that? The AI transition will be like a bad golf swing. If you are a golfer you may know what bad golf swings feel like. One of the most common…
Governments in Australia are denying the democratic right to protest. Labor leads suppression of Australian right to protest. Witness the violence of NSW police, as they punched the shit out of protesters in the Sydney…
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…
I wonder where the voice of Tiger Woods is during the Trump regime’s lawless display of state power? Lots of brown skinned Americans are being beaten, arrested and locked up. Perhaps, that stuff is not…
These words said by Martin Luther King Jnr encapsulate the age old battle between courage and fear. Pauline Hanson spreads a hateful message based upon the fear of others. Those flag wearing marchers, claiming to…
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…
You know, when dealing with a narcissist it is often hard for ordinary people to realise the depths of their ego driven behaviour. Why Trump wants Greenland? To garnish his own legacy with the largest…
Do we, as Aussies, reckon it’s OK to invade another sovereign nation and pirate their resources? Is that an Australian value? PM Anthony Albanese and his Cabinet are going to have to ask themselves this…
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…