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Sunday Morning Mental Floss — The Forgotten People

Sunday Morning Mental Floss — The Forgotten People The problem with the Sir Robert Menzies, 1942 “Forgotten People” speech reference, when viewed through the rear vision mirror of 2020, is that we’ve over-corrected to the extent that no one is forgotten at all any...

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Random Note — China’s War Room

We can only guess that other states aren’t already in play as part of China’s long term plans on a giant world war two strategy table, being moved around with croupiers rakes and war-gamed from their fluorescent festooned, subterranean and bomb-proof Belt and Road war room.

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Random Note — Anzac Day 2020

Random Note — Anzac Day 2020

This ANZAC art reminds me of the metaphor, ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants’, the 12th century expression made popular by Isaac Newton a few centuries later.

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Mental floss and loose threads — Trump v Obama

I’d rather have Donald Trump in charge of this Coronavirus business and the extraction of any reparations from China in whatever form, than Mr big talking, Mr do nothing, smooth operator and business as usual, Obama. Mr big talking ‘red line’, in Syria, Obama. Mr...

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Random Notes and Mental Floss — Political Autobiographies

What is it with the Lear Jet elites and their self serving book titles designed to frame theIr morally vain authors as deep, noble, contemplative and above the fray as they try and retcon or rewrite and airbrush their history? This week it’s the unflushable, Turnbull...

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