Polish company that supplied luxury cars to Russia fined €4.7 million for violating sanctions
Authorities said the company bought cars in Western European countries in 2022 and 2023 and then shipped them to Russia through Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.
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“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated.”
—Justice Robert H. Jackson, Chief American Prosecutor, Nuremberg, 1946
Hi all, just sent out free midweek update on USA-Iran. Normally bad superlatives are used about war--the worst, the most destructive, etc. These are rarely warranted. However in this case we have one superlative, we are witnessing the most corrupt war in US history. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Arkansas public television receives three-year, $3M pledge to keep PBS in state arkansasadvocate.com/2026/04/21/a...
Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"
You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?
No you mean the NDIS FFS
"Whaaaaaa whaaaaaa whaaaaa! They did what *we* did. Only better. NOT FAIR!!!"
Election is in November, but they can still do a lot of damage in the next 6 months!
They are physically grabbing citizens and illegally detaining them in those privately run “immigration prisons”
CITIZENS !!!!!
ICE has to be dismantled
And guilty ICE personnel should be prosecuted.
Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
A poster with a colorful stack of books on the left and this text on the right: “Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
"Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.”
~ Jeff Zentner
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson
Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS
Nothing to see or everything to see
Palantir must be removed from the NHS
New Australia Institute research shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing Australian gas than the Australian Government!
"They're taxing our gas. There's no reason we can't."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Like my new sticker?
Runs on Aussie sunshine ☀️
No fuel stops. No price shocks. Just charge at home and drive.
This isn’t a drivetrain swap, it’s a system flip. From imported oil to rooftop energy.
Once the fleet scales, the economics break fast.
Cost always wins. #Bettrification
The group, “Veterans Against Fascism”, was arrested after staging a protest inside the U.S. Capitol against Trump’s & Israel’s illegal war with Iran
ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary
This is a wonderful decision for Pennsylvania! And calling abortion a fundamental right is a satisfying slap in the face to the extremists on the Supreme Court.
Is this why we went to WAR???
#Iran
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Pacific nations step up push for fossil fuel phase-out ahead of global talks
#Pacific leaders are preparing to meet in Vanuatu to agree on a unified position ahead of the first global conference on transitioning away from oil, coal, and gas later in the year.
thepoint.com.au/news/260409-...
#Santos case cld set precedent 4 offshore oil/gas clean-up responsibility!
Fed Court is considering a legal challenge by the The Wilderness Society over whether #AU’s offshore regulator failed to ensure Santos had funds to clean up its Reindeer gas field, b4 approving its environmental plan.
#auspol
Japanese climate coalition joins growing push for 25% gas export tax
Calls for Australia to impose a 25 per cent gas export tax have gained international backing, with a coalition of Japanese climate and advocacy groups urging the Albanese government to act.
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/news/260410-...
Israel's conduct in Lebanon totally unacceptable, says Belgium's foreign minister - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...
Tech journo Gil Duran:
“Put simply, #Palantir is trying to be #BigBrother from Orwell’s 1984!”
Says a lot about #Theil the psycho who’s a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, (where name Palantir, the all seeing orb is from), but not for its defining message, but rather the evil the ring inspires!
#Palantir, owned by #PsychoTechMafia ‘head of the snake’ #PeterThiel, was started with money from #InQTel, which is the venture capital arm of the #CIA!
It develops tech systems that allow govts & corps to pull together different strains of data under 1 basic tool - for enhancing surveillance power!
Israel's actions in Lebanon are "totally unacceptable," says Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot ahead of a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
🔴 More on aljazeera.com
'Just do it and stop the crap': Ken Henry's blunt response to question of gas tax
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Konrad Benjamin nails the root of the problem: to stop large industries from ripping us all off, politicians need to stop “going to work in the industries that they literally wrote the rules for”🔥
Rules that as Dr Denniss points out, see gas co’s “pay more in PR than PRRT”💥
ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to the lowest possible standard!
What it means is, they couldn't pass their bill to kill the #TreatyOfWaitangi so now they'll weaken Treaty obligations across 23 laws to undermine it!
#nzpol
www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...
