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.
I must have missed the moment when he was "Mr Nice Guy"
Dr Trump at work
Whoops. I mean
Starts yelling at a woman and threatening her, it is my business
… tight to be angry at you. It’s how I am going to get my way here.
And I think
How very now
How very
Trump
And she says thanks. And she is seemed quite tough but there are tears in her eyes
And I ask the half dozen other blokes around me if perhaps they might have a word with blokes who can’t control their tempers
And later I one of the assistants and she tells me he said to her later I have every …
And he says, lady (spits the word out) I have a right to be angry and you can butt out.
The woman in front of me tells me this happens all the time. I told her loudly that they are not here to cop this and that I can’t believe a grown man has to be told to control himself (Although I can, sadly) 3/
So of course he tells me to mind my own fucking business, to which I replied when a man next to me starts yelling at a woman In didn’t if him, it is my business buddy. 2/
A story. Was at suburban Hammerbarn when a bloke started yelling abuse at the information desk assistants next to me. Immediately hostile, nasty: this is the fifth Bunnings I’ve visited… you’re all fucking arses, etc
So I turned and said hey mate thats not her fault, calm down. Control yourself. 1/
And a cleanser.
Good night.
cc: @nytimes.com
Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu
He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli
This! A million times this!
Got me a new favourite from The Shot. 10/10, would recommend.
Not too keen on the subject matter tho
Damn straight -- it's already too late!
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A screenshot of a social media post featuring images of the far side of the moon, with sceptical commentary
Remember, if the Naomi be Klein, you're doing fine, but if the Naomi be Wolf, honey... oooof. Sometimes it is worth popping back to the hellsite for a laugh.
Working from my parents' place today. They have a popular birdbath. Right now, three young wattle birds are taking turns diving in, each time a little further away, at increased velocity... like teenagers diving from a bridge into a river, egging each other a little further, faster, each time.
This is not my screenshot, so I can't say it's true, but how lovely, anyway.
This should become part of the national psyche, alongside the Nutbush, the Farnsy Flash mob. Do it, Sydney!
Advance actively crowed about how they threw the Voice to Parliament referendum (and how much of their funders $$$ they spent doing so) in their submission to a recent Senate Inquiry.
+ 1 here too
I don't even speak Kardashian
I fear their bar for 'expert' is not set particularly high
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We can learn and say 'not in my name'
Feels like being stuck in an eddy
see also: childcare positioned as feminist rather than whole social issue
