I started writing this back in August. I’ve long believed that Trump has been part of a Russian ploy, even if he knows it, or not. Tinfoil hats at the ready!
Current Affairs Wrap: Crimean escalation, student protest and Banks bailing on Libs
Current affairs this week: escalation in the Crimean peninsula, a racially motivated schoolyard assault, student protest against government climate change inaction, and further erosion for the Libs.
Analysing the two anti-Russia narratives released in time for the US-Russia summit
Just in time for the Helinski summit, a wave of anti-Russian sentiment has made it to the front pages. It’s as obvious as it is lazy.
Even more than before, we should forget war and normalise peace
A hideous aspect of endless war is the fact that we’ve got comfortable with it. I say it’s time we normalise the opposite.
Trump’s anti-Russia moves long predate his presidency
Trump’s escalations against Russia might bristle, but it’s nothing new. In fact, it long predates the man.
Current Affairs Wrap: US bombs Syria, Abdel-Magied deported, man robs bank for Tay
Well, it was a week of negatives. Trump bombed Syria and Yassmin Abdel-Magied was kicked out of the US. But, one man went to extreme lengths to exhibit his love for Taylor Swift, and that’s something, right?
Current Affairs Wrap: Cold War turns hot, Dutton dressed as lamb, one man rides train
What a week it has been. old enemies have kicked off fresh hostilities, Peter Dutton hit both a new high and a new low, and one man took a train ride he’ll never forget.
Modern liberals echo the rhetoric of 1950s conservatives
We never set out to be our parents, but whether we want to admit it or not, even the most notable of liberal minds are now dangerously close to Pa’s conservatism.
A European land war enabled by Russia? It’s far closer than you think
Despite the generally held view that a war in Europe is a thing of the past, the truth is that Russia has quietly steered us towards the next one.
Current Affairs Wrap: North Korea touches Japan, Postal survey kicks off, South Park hacks Amazon
Welcome back to another week of your life that you won’t be getting back. But don’t think about that, North Korea has launched warheads over Japan.
We are inches from a new world war, and Clintonists are to blame
As the war in Syria becomes all the more serious, it’s easy to blame Donald Trump. However, we’d be wrong in doing so.
From Russia, with Trump: The truth about his links to Putin
Donald Trump’s links to Russia make for a topic that won’t go away. However, the true source of these rumours is something else altogether.
Current Affairs Wrap: Trumble’s immunity fumble, Turnbull’s polarising week, dem April Fools
We’ve had a rat attempt to bring down the Trump administration, Turnbull lose 18C but gain Nick Xenophon and the world trying to con people on a very obvious day. What a week.
Michael Flynn gone, but how he went should not be forgotten
Yes, we all cheered when one of the Trumps handed in his resignation, but the manner of Michael Flynn’s exit speaks of a rather bleak, and easy to imagine future.
Current Affairs Wrap: Trump trumping Trump, Pauline’s headache, self-love in workplace
One week closer to Trump, and seemingly the edge of reason. The week that flew by also featured Pauline cleaning house and a radical new way to love your job. Don’t ask…
The borders of Trump’s foreign policy
Will Trump be able to build foreign relationships with his unique brand of tweetplomacy? Or will this approach lead to something darker? Or not?
Current Affairs Wrap: Centrelink on compassion, NZ on Roberts, Ley on our dime
Accidental home ownership, a village missing its idiot, Centrelink on how to deal with people in crisis and an intercontinental Presidential romance. So 2017 is off to a great start?
Putin’s new paradigm
While the west turns more nationalist, Right-wing and nativist, Putin is viewing a better seat at the table. After 20 years in the shadows, Russia once again takes center-stage, fanning the flames of a new global ideology.
Current Affairs Wrap: Should old trauma be forgotten? Welcome back to 2016!
Happy 2017! Just a quick reminder, 2016 wasn’t that far away, and despite the ‘new year, new me’ euphoria, here’s a heavy grain of salt to add to your hangover. Sorry.
Current Affairs Wrap: Berlin Christmas attacker closure, Leia’s trip to the dark side and our take on the tinsel
Merry Christmas to you and yours. For those looking for a dash of reality on the grandest day of all, here’s what happened in the week that was.
Current Affairs Wrap: The election that wouldn’t die, the end of piracy and the prank gone wrong
Enough, already! This week saw the reemergence of blame in the results in the US election, the return of a 1990’s approach to stop piracy and the promotion of idiots on YouTube.
Words of my father: The lessons of 1939 and 2016
In 2016 Australia, fear is not an emotion, but rather an idea. As my father taught me, Europe looks to the next war, as the past frequently shadows the present.
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