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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsRandom Note — A day of rage or another dress rehearsal for 24
I suspect the Hamas supporters taking to the streets in the US are to the 2024 election year, what BLM and Antifa were to the George Floyd, street riots vandalism and violence during the 2020 election year.
Random Note — Decolonisation. Careful what you wish for.
So, what does decolonisation look like in this context of the most recent Hamas, Palestinian uprising?
Random Note —Whitewashing history
“No such thing as Israel (Judea), huh?” It’s an amazing but a time honoured tactic, how you can change, whitewash and delete history by simply changing the name. The Romans under emperor Hadrian knew and understood the long term benefit of this when he changed the...
Random Note — Are we Paying Attention Yet.
“…Decades of multiculturalism combined with decades of tolerance and diversity, combined with decades of dismantling of internal borders, combined with a dumbed down populace with absolutely no sense of even the most recent history, combined with a narcissistic,...
Random Note — Domestic Terrorism
Notice how they switch out and characterise ordinary political difference of their opposition for the divisive language of “𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲” and the provocative language of “𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” whilst at the same time they are the actual ones, presenting as a threat to democracy.
Random Note — Biden speech
The two most dangerous practices and concepts of the last several years are gaslighting and projection and Joe Biden’s speech in Arizona yesterday was a turbocharged, toxic and volatile mix of both.
Random Note — Nuclear And Starting From Scratch
Within the context of the energy debate, up until about twenty minutes ago, we didn’t have a solar or windmill energy industry either and we were “starting from scratch”. In 1788, the entire Australian project started from scratch!!!
Random Note — The Voice and Racism (the other “Last Refuge Of The Scoundrel”)
In the 18th century, when English writer Samuel Johnson remarked that “𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐥”, he could just as easily have been talking about the voice and these shrieks of racism being the last roll of the dice, the last refuge of a...
Random Note — The Voice
To gain an understanding of where the voice is headed within a few years, there’s no better place to start than with a look at the stoush going on in America between Elon Musk and the ADL (The Anti Defamation League) Since 1913, the ADL has done good works concerning...
Random Note — Climate
Since the late 1980s, the left have been using climate change to take control of every aspect of our lives. It is the gift that keeps on giving. It’s the ultimate political magic pudding that never diminishes and like the weather and the climate itself, the politics...