Amongst all the noise, this prepared earlier came to mind: "Everything we take for granted is miraculous in its entirety. It is Society, all of us, that makes everything possible, including the mega-rich who seem to think it’s all their own work." thenewdaily.com.au/life/2023…

the funny thing about One Nation banning journalists is they pose as hardened battlers who've done it tough, but the second they're asked a question they don't like, they start sooking They're B-movie henchmen who mug and leer, then go down like a sack of shit with one punch.

The Great Australian Whinge is alive and well in our market and economic commentary. America is just so much better, the likely suspects regularly tell us. @MichaelPascoe01 reports. @MichaelWestBiz

The Great Australian Whinge is alive and well in our market and economic commentary. Sure we could have higher profits - if we ran a deficit 5 or 6 times larger michaelwest.com.au/america-e…

Don't listen to the 'flee Australia, it's rooned' galahs, writes @MichaelPascoe01 "American economy is hyper-juiced by unsustainable fiscal stimulus" #auspol michaelwest.com.au/america-e…

Defence Minister Marles admits he conned us. He always intended the Perth US subs base to be a PERMANENT base. “Saying US submarines would have an “enduring presence” out of WA, stressing that “has been the position of the government from the outset”.” thenightly.com.au/politics/d…

BREAKING: ''I am being silenced.'' says Politician that bans media from press conferences. #auspol

Wondering what Joe would write about this if it wasn't about Joe... Five investors back Joe Aston’s Rampart in $2.3m capital raising afr.com/companies/media-and-…

Andrew seems unaware of what is happening in the real world. Since the budget, the ASX is up 6% - an incredible rise in just 3 months (plus dividends). 10 year bond yields are down 10bps, despite the US bond market turmoil.

So, Ol’ Gutfull’s Victorian puppy dog is a global conspiracy whack job. What a surprise.🥸 abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/o…

I tried to explain to this journalist that BV stocks started to explode about 10 years ago when they were around 100k. They were a little under 400k just before covid. She didn’t want to mention that or ask Duniam about explosion of BV stocks under Dutton. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n…

Yep. Clinically insane.

“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” @Lochinvar001 on the Royal Commission into #Antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/royal-com…

Scathing take down of Albanese/Segal's Royal Commission by Andrew Brown. I haven't noticed any MSM noticing. "It will deliver the most expensive whinge in Australian history, commissioned by a government purchasing its own absolution with public money" linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=…

A decade ago, few people in Beijing would have predicted that China would challenge the U.S. anytime soon. China’s decades-long economic boom was slowing, and the government’s chokehold on free thought was sending ambitious people abroad. The Chinese establishment has abandoned that view in stages. When Brexit was approved, in 2016, the West seemed to be turning inward. The fight over COVID-19 vaccines provided a signal that the U.S. was splintering; the storming of the Capitol offered another. For China, America’s retreat comes just as years of state investment, industrial policy, and diplomatic planning are paying off. In two decades, China has gone from producing about half as much electricity as the U.S. to generating more than twice as much, at far lower prices; in 2023, it installed more solar power than America has installed in its entire history. “For a long time, China looked west for visions of the future,” Evan Osnos writes. “These days, it favors its own.” Osnos reports on China’s tech competition with the U.S.: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TC…

The new Trump Class battleship (Priority 1) places #AUKUS at priority 4 behind Columbia class nuclear missile subs & Ford class aircraft carriers. The battleship will further tie up a workforce already not making enough Virginia subs. @AlboMP will ignore this new risk. 🤦‍♂️ #auspol

Now you appear - as usual attempting to derail the discussion and get it back onto terms that nobody else agreed to You're responding to dialogue between Angela and myself about the deceptive conduct of you and your mate Tim Wilson - ugly, deceiving lies that sent people deeper into their mistrust and hatred of politicians and into the arms of divisive populists like Pauline Hanson You played a part in that You still are, lying about Simon Holmes a Court and impugning his character all to get a worthless 2 cents of brownie points for "your side" This is why people loathe politicians. It's all a big game to you. Your conduct in politics has been despicable - it still is. You started this by accusing Aaron Smith of being a "Teal shill" and that you had "humiliated him" #pfffft Apologise to Aaron for your false accusation and for god's sake, do something decent with your power and your time

Netanyahu: I need $12 billion Trump: Approved Elon Musk: SpaceX needs $4.16 billion Trump: Approved Jeff Bezos: Amazon needs $17.5 billion Trump: Approved Top 1%: We need a $1 trillion tax cut Trump: Approved Average Joe: My wife has cancer. Can we get Medicaid? Trump: Denied

“There’s absolutely zero duty of care, absolute zero care for you as a human. There’s zero care for your well-being, for your mental state. Absolutely nothing of that.” Massive respect for lived experience advocates like Luke who've bravely shared their experiences at the Senate inquiry into the government's inadequate gambling bills. Their honesty and clarity will help protect families and communities from the harms caused by the predatory gambling industry. The government must implement all recommendations of the Murphy Review, which includes an immediate ban on inducements. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

The fact that everyone is so up in arms about property price having fallen 2.0% from their peak but still being 27.9% higher over the past five years and 70.7% higher over the past decade indicates to me something is deeply wrong with us as a society. The market appears to have completely lost touch with reality and their seems to be an expectation that no matter how unaffordable it gets prices should just continue to rise.