Category Archives: Defence and national security

For The Love of Mike

Posted on 25 May, 2023 by C.L.

EVERY time ASIO boss Mike Burgess is questioned in Senate Estimates, the same senators ask the same questions and the same journalists file the same story. You surely know the one I mean: the ‘Growing Threat of Neo-Nazis.’ Primed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Fake news, Politics | 14 Comments

Four More Years

Posted on 22 May, 2023 by C.L.

I’ve spoken at length with President Loon of South Korea.” – Joe Biden was actually speaking to President Yoon Suk Yeol

Posted in Defence and national security, Foreign policy | 7 Comments

Slava ***

Posted on 29 April, 2023 by C.L.
Posted in Defence and national security, Ethics and morality | 6 Comments

Push to replace “exceptionalism” with new focus on “humility”

Posted on 11 April, 2023 by C.L.

Culture of special forces to be regularly reviewed in wake of Brereton inquiry, report reveals.

Posted in Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 8 Comments

Prime Minister stares down naughty kittens and noodle recipes

Posted on 5 April, 2023 by C.L.

Profiles in Courage by Greg Sheridan: Anthony Albanese passes character test in TikTok ban.

Posted in Defence and national security, Fake news | 8 Comments

Just who was working for a foreign power contrary to law?

Posted on 27 March, 2023 by C.L.

OVER the past fortnight or so I’ve made two or three disparaging references to the arrest of former Marine Corp fighter pilot Daniel Duggan and his incarceration in a terrorist’s cell in the maximum security Lithgow prison. Duggan, 54, hasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Rule of law | 5 Comments

Don’t worry, it’s just military doctors eager to mutilate children

Posted on 23 March, 2023 by C.L.

Pentagon doctors claim 7-year-olds can decide to be injected with hormones, puberty blockers.

Posted in Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 13 Comments

Not Much of A Mannix

Posted on 16 March, 2023 by C.L.

IN 1965, Queen Elizabeth appointed Robert Menzies Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, an ancient and prestigious ceremonial office whose obsolete jurisdictional function, from the 1100s, centered on provisioning ships for coastal defence, well before the founding of the Royal … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, History, Media | 33 Comments

A lever and fulcrum didn’t cost $368 billion in Archimedes’ day

Posted on 15 March, 2023 by C.L.

Ten years ago the old cartoons from Punch were seen as deplorable. Now they’re back on trend.

Posted in Defence and national security, History | 4 Comments

The Godwin Protocol

Posted on 14 March, 2023 by C.L.

A brief history of the rise, purpose and institutionalisation of phony “right-wing extremism” THE stories that aren’t afforded a news cycle are now the ones that matter most. If you follow their faint trail, what you find is usually far … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Rule of law | 11 Comments

Australians Told

Posted on 13 March, 2023 by C.L.

US Congressman Joe Courtney dismisses concerns over risks to sovereignty in AUKUS deal.

Posted in Defence and national security, Freedom | 7 Comments

In 2023, the US will spend $1 trillion on defence and intelligence

Posted on 17 February, 2023 by C.L.

All those minds and agencies just took down the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade. I tried contacting our military and the FBI to try to enlighten them on what a lot of these things probably are but I just got … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Fake news | 6 Comments

Bad news for Putin as Tories raise new army of midget lesbians

Posted on 15 February, 2023 by C.L.

■ Defence chiefs blasted after spending £1million on diversity jobs drive. ■ British Army would run out of ammunition ‘in days’ if forced to fight.

Posted in Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 11 Comments

The Phew

Posted on 10 February, 2023 by C.L.

THERE were no Celestial plenipotentiaries in top hats and tails on a vast starboard veranda deck or instruments of surrender laid out for signatures in a poky country courthouse. Yet the Battle for the USA has been won. It must … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, US politics | 39 Comments

Nation that organised Ukrainian coup is outraged by a balloon

Posted on 4 February, 2023 by C.L.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken postpones China trip over ‘unacceptable’ Chinese spy balloon.

Posted in Defence and national security, Hypocrisy of the left | 21 Comments

Reflections On Jim Molan and Absent Panegyrics

Posted on 19 January, 2023 by C.L.

HAD Jim Molan been an American seeking elected office, serious conversations in the Republican Party would inevitably have taken place about his suitability for what Captain Willard called “a top slot in the corporation.” Not the Presidency itself – he … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Federal politics | 10 Comments

Stretched to breaking point by neo-con war of choice in Europe

Posted on 7 January, 2023 by C.L.

Yanks flag ScoMo manoeuvre: Leaked letter reveals US concerns over AUKUS submarine deal.

Posted in Defence and national security, Foreign policy | 17 Comments

Top Gun in a supermax, bottom feeder in her lounge room

Posted on 6 January, 2023 by C.L.

■ Former US marine pilot unfairly classified ‘high-risk’ in Australian prison, lawyer says. ■ ISIS wife who returned to Australia granted bail after being charged with terror offence. Mr Miralis said it was unprecedented to have an Australian citizen with … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and national security, Legal affairs, Rule of law | 7 Comments