The Brown Note

Robodebt And The Culpability Of The Australian News Media

There's no doubt the Australian Liberal Party's cruelest ideological attack on the poor - Scott Morrison's vicious Robodebt scheme - was wildly illegal, incompetent and corrupt, costing billions of tax pay dollars and resulting in arguably two-thousand suicides, but it was also gleefully supported and enabled by Australia's awful right wing media.

Ukraine: Vladimir Putin And The Second Amendment

Did Putin not learn anything from America's famed Second Amendment - as much as it has been usurped in recent times - originally intended to protect governments from standing armies in their midst. So what was a savvy operator like Putin doing with a fifty-thousand strong private army called Wagner Group, who would inevitably one day turn. Also Ukrainian leader Zelensky cerebrates sending the widely banned, humanitarian disaster that are cluster bombs into his own country.

Trump’s Treason Pales Into Insignificance

Though the figurehead of an attempted insurrection, and de-facto leader of America's full blown fascist republicans being in possession of state secrets is terrifying - I suspect it maybe ultimately down to arrogance and stupidity - hallmarks of Trump's entire life. The crimes committed by his predecessors Bush Jr, Clinton and Obama are, on impact, far worse but completely unpunished, and never will be - because they were working for the right people.

The Australian News Media And The Disgrace Of Brittany Higgins

The Australian mainstream news media is run by a right wing old boys club, and never has that been more apparent than the disgraceful recent run of attack stories towards alleged rape victim survivor, Brittany Higgins. It may well be the foulest stench to have ever emerged from this motley crew of enablers. It seems they hold grudges and want payback for Ms Higgins and instead of doing their job, investigating the real story, who in the Liberal government knew what and when in the likelihood of a high level cover-up, they went after the alleged victim and the Labor party... Well it didn't turn out well, blowing up in their faces, as yet again, another male Liberal party politician became embroiled in an abuse of women scandal. It isn't just the Liberal party of Australia who have a problem with women - it's the right wing news media.

The Australian Rental Crisis

The Western world has, particularly in places like Sydney and London, destroyed a large part of our way of life, through the worship of property developers and owners above all others, to such an extent it has removed a large reason to even work. The larger part of the population no longer has any disposable income either, killing many other businesses, as we handover ever larger portions of our pay to fund other peoples mortgages, handing our life's wages to other peoples children. Nothing will change until we treat them like the enemy and make them suffer like we have.

Fox News: Rupert Murdoch Vs Tucker Carlson

As funny as Fox News being fined $780 million for lying and gurning man-baby Tucker Carlson being sacked out of the blue, it just continues a truism Rupert Murdoch has shown his entire life - there isn't anyone, no matter how important or seemingly close to him, he won't screw over, abandon or throw under a bus, in a heartbeat and never look back - even if he is married to them. For Tucker, no matter the bluster of his fan base, this is the beginning of the end - he will never have the prominence or reach Fox News gave him again. For Fox News, other than being more careful, it's impossible this will all lead to any change in direction, as they are completely trapped by a paradigm and audience they created.

America: Gun Control? What About Media Control And Personal Control?

After another school shooting puts America on course to outstrip it's average of 600 mass shootings per year, a teen knocks at the wrong house, by accident, to pick up his brothers from a play date and is shot and killed by a scared old white man, whilst a young woman pulls into the wrong drive, by accident, and is shot and killed by a scared old white man. A look at how easy access to guns is only one part of a problem, that includes a media that has instilled fear into the populace and a populace too ready to pull the trigger.

BRIC Nations Rising - Brazil And Ukraine

On the back of the recent, historic, diplomatic meetings between Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia - brokered by China - the influence of the BRIC nations continues to grow bolder, with Lula - the president of Brazil - weighing in on American militarism in Ukraine.

America Is Sleepwalking Into Fascism

After the extremist Republican party made it common to reject one of the cornerstones of US democracy - the result of democratic elections, they've upped their game again. Now they seek to overturn another sacrosanct right - to a trail by a jury of your peers - a cornerstone of US justice, at the behest of Fox News no less. America is sleepwalking into fascism and the Republican party is already there.

Why Peter Dutton Just Saved The Voice

I always said, the up-coming Australian referendum on indigenous Australian rights, called "The Voice" was a very dangerous game, but maybe Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese really is a political operator of super-natural abilities and foresight. Opposition leader Peter Dutton hasn't just walked into a trap by opposing the voice, he's built a 10 meter diving board above the trap and swan-dived into it.