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How the US Govt Turned on the People
The act made bureaucrats professionals who are independent of politicians. Of course, after Covid anybody who thinks bureaucrats are omniscient angels needs a lobotomy. Covid was their dream come true: total control.
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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
PM’s Luxury Retirement Castle Raises Eyebrows
His own colleagues admit it’s ‘not a great look’.
The Perils of Lawfare
This farcical situation reveals a deeper problem, namely, a legal system that has run wildly out of control. There is too much law, and most of it is designed to resolve problems created by having too much law.
Plagiarism: Is History on Repeat?
The past and the present in a potentially campaign-killing reflection.
Do White Coats Make You More Intelligent?
The Michigan researchers are part of the new Green Movement who have moved about as far from green as you can get. As Joni Mitchell sang they plan to “pave paradise and put up a parking lot” for electric cars only.
When Israel Is Safer than Sydney
Jewish Australians aren’t about to take advice from Penny Wong.
Which One Is It?
Whether protests on hospital plans or what you can wear on a night out, are we being consistent in our approach or just doing what suits us at the time.
The Sad Story at 1News
Staff at 1News are part of the problem, but they could also be part of the solution if they presented the news in an objective, non-partisan manner. Then some viewers and advertisers might return and aid the company’s balance sheet