The Brown Note

The Crucifixion Of Lidia Thorpe

God I would love and Australia where the news media held right wing politicians even ten percent as accountable as the left, who are hounded out of office for any transgression immediately, or where even men in office fell on their swords half as much as women. Make no bones about it, they were gunning for Greens party Senator, Lidia Thorpe from day one - because she is independent, loud, brown, unapologetic and a woman. Meanwhile the behavior accepted from the right of politics is astonishing.

Climate Change: We’re All Gonna Die#2

A delightfully happy follow up to the previous piece a couple of months back, about how we are way past being able to stop the severe impacts of climate change - which are well under way - and that the most extreme forecasting barely covers how bad the next decade will be. Just checking in to see if things have gotten better. Oh dear.

Liz Truss - Crumbmaiden Of The Apocalypse

The UK has decided to out do even Australia and go for a fourth division right wing stupid leader - and Liz Truss must be stopped, she's already in the space of weeks proving to be a hugely dangerous and brainless ideologue (even up against her predecessors) capable of anything. Her economic plan was pure comic book evil, where a Tory says the quiet part very loudly. Actually preaching trickle down economic neoliberalism 30 years after Margaret Thatcher destroyed the UK is quite something, but doing it during a massive economic crisis is insanity. Also how I was wrong - it's not Australia but the UK that has the worst and most damaging news media in the world. And how the inevitable win of Labour at the next election will be promoted as a victory of 'moderate' Tony Blair like Labour - and repudiation of Jeremy Corbyn's actual Labour - for decades to come, even though Labour leader Kier starmer was being annihilated until crisis after crisis made the Conservatives un-electable - exactly like in Australia.

Ukraine: Infinity War Or Endgame?

With the Russian call up of hundreds of thousands of troops and the likely annexation of the Russia leaning enclaves in Ukraine, it's likely Putin's objectives have shifted. An overview of the entire sh$t show framed around the latest developments and a brilliant piece by Scott Ritter (below) that you wont hear anything of in most Western media coverage. Plus the stifling of dissent and how Western 'support' of the war in Ukraine is now leading to the election of right wing governments in the West. And is the Ukrainian government acting in the best interests of the Ukrainian people? Once again, as a left wing socialist I'm not pro totalitarian dictators like Putin, but dissent, ya know....

 

https://consortiumnews.com/2022/09/22/scott-ritter-reaping-the-whirlwind/

Anthony Albanese And The Curse Of The Fedral ICAC

Having deprived me being able to vote to remove franking credits, negative gearing and tax cuts for the rich (all essential Labor policies the new Australian prime minister abandoned for zero votes...) I had one solid, rolled gold policy to vote on - a federal ICAC, with teeth and retrospective powers, to tear down arguably the western world's most corrupt governance. This promise has now been punted down the road, due to the Queen's death and Albanese has so far a history of avoiding strong or controversial policies. You had better not let us down even 1%, the federal ICAC is your legacy.

Meghan Markle Vs Piers Morgan Vs The World

Is Meghan Markle the most hated woman alive? No, she's the most bullied woman alive. Ironically mega-stans like Piers Morgan, himself trapped inside a desire to ride on her coat tails and having the world's biggest chip on his shoulder, are doing more to make the public like her than anyone else. And people like Piers are doing more to prove her point about racism, sexism and bullying by an entitled media cabal, that can't stand anyone daring to survive their abuse, than anyone else. Her heinous crime is being a strong, independent, unapologetic black woman above her station.

The Queen, Empire And King Charles

An overview of the passing of the most famous person on earth, Queen Elizabeth II - as the media haven't been covering it enough. But also a look at the reaction of the public, the distortion of this reaction by the press, the British empire and the behavior of empires throughout history. Plus the future of the world's most well spoke Kardashian clan and its new lead character, King Charles III, in an era obsessed with celebrity.

 

*Without internet I referred to the Queen being 22 when she took the throne, obviously she was 26

Joe Biden’s Genius Power Play

Two months ago the Democrats were in a world of pain. With supporting endless war in Ukraine killing their economy and nothing to stand for or unite them without Trump, they were heading for defeat in the midterm elections, handing massive power to an increasingly fascist wing of the American right. Now everything is different, the Supreme Court's massive overreach on abortion and the specter of what they will do next, has combined with the raid on Mar a Lago putting Trump back front and centre, and has turned the MAGA hoards and brand Trump toxic with voters. Biden has picked now, exactly the right time, to go after them by name.

Australia STILL Has The Worst News Media In The Western World

After starting a you tube channel out of disgust at the mainstream Australian news media, I posted "Australia Has The Worst News Media In The Western World", the bias, their lack of interest in holding one side of politics to account over absolutely anything, no matter how egregious, whilst hammering the left over a spilled tea cup, the cronyism of the white male conservative boys club, the lack of diversity in ownership and the devastating and distortive impact that was having on the country. Well two years later and despite the left winning government, the situation is still the same, happily, the public are rejecting it. With major scandals like the Governor General's secret charity and the attempted takeover of the Victorian Liberal party by Pentacostals, being ignored by our mainstream media, we are beholden to our magnificent independent journalists - like Ronni Salt, friendlyjordies, Michael Pascoe,Michael West etc - to once again, Keep The Bastards Honest.

 

the orginal

https://youtu.be/CaGfMsoGwAE

John Barilaro - The Royal Commission We Need To Have

Like a mob boss who, not realising his living room was bugged, just gave up the whole gang, John Barilaro's recklessness has shone a light on the whole Liberal party gravy train. We need a royal commision into every aspect of it. Every ex-politician who wound up on half a million dollars a year as an ambassador to somewhere, the ex-staff that fell on their swords for people like Scott Morrision, where did they wash up, how were they rewarded for their loyalty? Every trade envoy - what specifically are they doing for our country, whats the cost benifit analysis of their $600k plus salaries versus the money they bring in? What of the staff that facilitate this whole corrupt scam? Lets find out everything and dismantle the whole system.