Waves at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

It was shocking to hear the newsreader on ABC RN this morning say Trump’s latest crazy threat to Iran showed that he was “fed up” with Iran. Sane washing.

March, 19-21: God is a comedian A stiff drink is recommended

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.

I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.

This summary is just fantastic.

The US is no longer directing the war against Iran If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump's decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

• This is a war of choice, not necessity. The U.S. and Israel initiated strikes on Iran without a direct, imminent threat. That makes this a discretionary conflict, and history shows wars of choice often come with long, unpredictable tails. • Escalation is almost guaranteed. Iran has been preparing for this day since the 12-day war. Retaliation is likely to take place not just directly, but asymmetrically, potentially igniting multiple fronts at once. • Regional conflagration is a real possibility. If Hezbollah fully engages from Lebanon, if militias strike U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria, or if the Houthis escalate in the Red Sea, this stops being a bilateral conflict and becomes a region-wide war stretching across the Middle East

Global economic shockwaves are likely. Iran sits along the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Even limited disruption could spike energy prices, fuel inflation, and rattle global markets. • U.S. forces across the region are exposed. American troops and assets in Iraq, Syria, the Gulf, and at sea are within reach of Iranian missiles and drones. What starts as a targeted strike campaign could quickly put thousands of U.S. personnel at risk. Even @realDonaldTrump admitted that American blood could be spilled. • Long wars reshape politics at home. Sustained conflict risks war fatigue, domestic division, and political backlash in the U.S. and Israel — especially if casualties rise or objectives become unclear.

Senior expert on Iran at @crisisgroup.org Ali Vaez.

The President for Peace

It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened

No more protesting thanks, that's it wrap it up it's not cohesive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sending love to you and all who loved Jon.

Such sad news. Gone too soon. Vale Jon.

Morning. ☕️

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.

"Murdering a mother of a 6-year-old child, you're in the wrong place in your soul. God help you! Her son's name is Emerson; Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday!" -Minneapolis ICE protester scolds line of ICE agents ⬇️

Sarah Cooper is back. 👏

Israel's "ceasefire"
• 875 violations
• 411 Palestinians killed
• 265 incidents of shooting at civilians
• 49 raids into residential areas
• 421 cases of bombing and shelling
• 150 demolitions of civilian property
• 43 Palestinians from Gaza detained
• humanitarian aid still blocked
#FreePalestine

18 people have been killed in just over a week in Gaza, including 5 children who froze to death, as winter storms collapse tents and expose families left without shelter after Israel systematically blocked shelter supplies from entering the enclave. One survivor is 12-year-old Wessam Badran, rescued from the rubble after his family’s tent collapsed in heavy rain this week, scenes shared widely online. Wessam survived. His entire family was killed. Sahat spoke with him as shelter supplies for 1.3 million people remain deliberately stalled just outside the border by U.S. and Israeli decisions, in direct violation of the ceasefire agreement.

See new posts Conversation Sahat English 🇵🇸 @sahatenglish Videos have circulated of the child Wessam Badran during attempts to rescue him after his tent collapsed due to the rain. Wessam survived, but his family was killed. @sahatenglish spoke with Wessam about the tragedy that stole his childhood and changed his life forever. #Gaza

18 people have been killed in just over a week in Gaza, including 5 children who froze to death, as winter storms collapse tents & expose families left w/o shelter after Israel systematically blocked shelter supplies from entering the enclave. One survivor is 12-year-old Wessam Badran, rescued...

Don’t look back in anger - The Shot I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...

Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
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There is excellent, rational, calm, clear eyed, brave, contextualised journalism and commentary out there - it is just not in the mainstream or on the ABC.

Here are just some examples #auspol

The Bondi Beach massacre: exploiting tragedy The tragic massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi was followed by a rush to assign blame, inflame fear and curtail dissent.

The Bondi Beach massacre: exploiting tragedy johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12/the-bondi-b... #Auspol

The ABC needs to lift its game when interviewing traumatised people.

A Rabbi has just referred to pro-Palestinian marches as "pro-terror", "people calling for our death each week".

The ABC has a responsibility to ensure that opinion like this is not presented as fact.

#BondiShootings #AusPol

Single frame. Washed out image from photo of the two gunmen 1 walking up stairs and 2 aiming gun. Words: “Two men. Not university students, lecturers, historians; not protesters, marching for peace and an end to the killing; not artists expressing solidarity over the killing of civilians, doctors, journalists, humanitarians… Two men. Full of hatred; radicalised; blind to humanity; with training, plans and a stash of legally obtained guns.

Two men.
My @smh cartoon.

Laura Tingle says you have to look at Netanyahu’s reaction with a grain of salt after he blamed Albanese for the Bondi attack. Says he’s the only leader trying to link it with Australia’s support for a Palestinian state while still can’t explain how Oct7 occurred on his watch💥 #Abc

Heartbroken at the events in Bondi overnight. But also furious at the Israeli PM’s comments, essentially blaming the Australian government for the attack. At a time of sadness, he demonstrates yet again that there’s no tragedy he won’t twist for political gain. Disgusting.

This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.

This is deeply sick conduct.

newrepublic.com/article/2043...

Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.

As I understand it, legal gun ownership requires a licencee to demonstrate a "genuine reason" for such ownership. But a 50'ish suburban man can have 6?!!

1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence.

The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.

If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.

The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.

He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.

He had no experience with weapons of any kind.

Point 1: Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish.

Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed.

Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.