Category Archives: Defence and national security

For Gorsake, Stop Laughing, This Was Serious

SO the Politician X story conked out as a mere kerfuffle, never to become the scandal Peter Dutton and many commentators wanted it to be. Mike Burgess caused embarrassed indignation in ex-pols like Joe Hockey who sell their insider’s smarts … Continue reading

Posted in Defence and national security, Media, Rule of law | 32 Comments

Phantom conspirators are less dangerous than corporeal ones

Senator Pocock calls on government to restore funding to UN agency in Gaza ‘immediately’.

Posted in Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 14 Comments

Mistrust, But Verify

NOTHING personal, but in a democracy an ASIO Director-General’s claim that several years ago a former politician was drafted by a spy ring and “sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests” of a foreign regime … Continue reading

Posted in Defence and national security, Rule of law | 70 Comments

Napoleon sans-génie demands that NATO marches on Moscow

Yes, Longwood House is vacant: NATO allies reject Emmanuel Macron idea of troops to Ukraine. The phony invasion from the east is narrative cover for the EU-run Islamic invasion from the west.

Posted in Defence and national security, Fake news, International | 15 Comments

With apologies to the great Paul Scofield: ‘Why Aaron, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Gaza’

US airman dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli Embassy in Israel-Hamas war protest.

Posted in Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 23 Comments

Marauding Muslims continue their Monopoly board manoeuvres

Protesters shut down Tower Bridge as Mid-East conflict takes centre stage in British politics.

Posted in Culture and society, Defence and national security, Rule of law | 31 Comments

Capitol Hill’s solution has the Fall of Rome chiselled all over it

Intensifying indeed: 2024 is on track to be the U.S. military’s worst recruiting year since WWII.

Posted in Culture and society, Defence and national security, History | 15 Comments

Sheesh In Our Time

He makes paying their own bills sound like a revolutionary idea. That’s because for them it is: I don’t know yet where we’ll find the money but we need it. We can discuss spending for social issues, for education, for … Continue reading

Posted in Defence and national security, International, US politics | 9 Comments

What happened to “God Is Great”?

Posted in Defence and national security, War and peace | 16 Comments

Analysts said Russia’s ‘red line’ in Ukraine was totally irrational

As China ramps up its presence in Antarctica, analysts say Australia is ‘asleep at the wheel’. When China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica this month, analysts sounded alarm bells about potential security threats on Australia’s southern doorstep. If … Continue reading

Posted in Defence and national security, Ethics and morality | 5 Comments

Flushed With Success

‘A gay plumber? What a tall tale’: the film showing changing attitudes to LGBTQ+ rights in Ukraine.

Posted in Culture and society, Defence and national security, Left-wing extremism | 4 Comments

Liberals vote en bloc against the rule of law and press freedom

Bravo: Federal MPs pass motion urging US and UK to allow Julian Assange’s return to Australia. I can’t think of a reason Adelaide’s Maxwell Smart isn’t the genuine traitor in Daniel Duggan’s cell.

Posted in Defence and national security, Ethics and morality, Legal affairs | 10 Comments

Madman method was blunt but the results speak for themselves

■  Scholz slams Trump NATO stance as ‘irresponsible, dangerous.’ ■  Germany’s Scholz pledges to meet 2% NATO spending target.

Posted in Defence and national security, Foreign affairs and diplomacy | 12 Comments

Scammer Damsels in Dubious Distress

Donald Trump could have phrased this more carefully but his point about delinquents is axiomatic. Ditto for Taiwan. On the same subject, Douglas Murray makes a posh but ridiculous Dick Cheney.

Posted in Defence and national security, Ethics and morality | 38 Comments

Another proud moment for the Rules-Based International Order

🇺🇸 Nothing to see here: Sweden ends Nord Stream investigation without identifying culprit. 🇺🇸

Posted in Defence and national security, Fake news, Rule of law | 12 Comments

Chile sent an all-women team to world SWAT derby in the UAE

If you and your loved ones are ever being held hostage by terrorists in Santiago, best of luck.

Posted in Defence and national security, Sport | 7 Comments

Safely assume that many of the 860 Gazan ‘temps’ are Hamas

■  Penny Wong confirms ‘appropriate security checks’ for Palestinians given temporary visas. ■  Australia pauses UN agency funding after staff accused of involvement in 7 October attack.

Posted in Defence and national security, Politics and governance | 23 Comments

British Army ad touts field worship of Allah to lure new recruits

While British Christians praying on British streets are arrested. And if the ad isn’t vomitous enough: Lunatic Johnson’s only known combat experience was manfully dispatching his own unborn child.

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