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Naarm, Wurundjeri Country | 天知地知,你知我知 | 客家人 | "Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless like water." - 李小龍 | Views are my own; reposts, hearts/likes are not endorsements
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-Comparisons of attendance at the military parade vs the No Kings rallies nationwide.
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Miss having Barrie Cassidy as host. Despite have worked for Hawke, he never came across as a shill and would entertain opposing views. The quality of the discourse went downhill when he retired.
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Honesty is not the strong suit of many in Congress and the Senate.
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They will say “one bad apple” but it all starts when actions like this are tolerated!
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So who truly benefits from the rattling of sabres? The answer is to ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY. One only has to look at the "big beautiful bill" to see the defence spending measures. And what if AU also increases our budget? Who benefits ... well, there is your answer! …/10 of 10
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And I cannot see Taiwan wanting to provoke China into taking a drastic course of action. Nor can I see China wanting to start a full scale war which will cause untold suffering in the region and significant damage to their economy. …/9 of 10
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It isn't drawing a long bow to say that the Chinese citizens (like citizens of most if not all countries) prefer peace over war. And to invade Taiwan is to invade family and I believe is on the bottom of the list. …/8 of 10
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And while the MSM often refers back to a statement around China never renouncing the right to use force over Taiwan, how is that different from saying that one never rules out any option. …/7 of 10
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Truth be told, the position of the PRC has been consistent - that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and has never been a separate country. The PRC continues to push for "One China". …/6 of 10
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Rather, if someone told me that it was a way to turn the eyes of their citizens away from the shemozzle of issues the country is dealing with, I'd be less skeptical. At least it is the more normal of circumstances. …/5 of 10
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The US marketing machine is a real master at this. I do not believe for a moment that the US intelligence administration truly believes that an invasion of Taiwan is imminent. …/4 of 10
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Australia should be wary about what our beloved ally asks for. Anyone who has sought to figure out how magicians pull it off know that the first thing they do is to ask you to look at the hand they want you to focus on and not the one doing the real work. …/3 of 10
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If we make a sweeping assumption that only Coalition voters believe that the US is a reliable ally, that means that a maximum of about 60% of Coalition feel that way. Labor, and especially Marles, should pay attention. …/2 of 10
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Not a betting person but I’d probably put good money on legislators not changing behaviours despite the current bout of remorse.
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Under Trump, the US’ ability to continue to call out corrupt dictators around the world or act as the “global police”. Has been forfeited.
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Beat me to it! That might be a motto for the Libs
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Sheridan is making excuses for the Libs. He is living in the past, quoting examples of Libs being the first to have an ethicnically Chinese person elected to the Fed parliament. It’s a classic tokenistic move. They seem to think that because of that they are entitled to the Chinese vote.