The Brown Note

Israel V Palestine: Part Three - Is Israel A Democracy?

Part 3 in a four part series on the current Israel Palestine conflict. It is frequently mentioned that Israel is the only democracy in the middle east, the dog whistle being that they are much more like the West than either Arabs or Muslims - yet their version of democracy is actually far closer to to Saudi Arabian theocracy than they would be comfortable with.

Israel V Palestine: Part Two - Israel's Right To Defend Itself

The second of four pieces on the current Israel Palestine conflict - this looking at the oft touted right of Israel to defend itself no matter what.

Israel V Palestine: Part One - Why The Current Conflict?

The first of four pieces on the latest conflagration between Israel and Palestine, why the current conflict exploded. Basically the onerous Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to let Palestinians and Israelis die in order to stop himself going to jail over corruption charge - a flat out war crime that should see him in the Hague.

Israel Vs Palestine: Apartheid?

After a relatively quiet few years, the Israel/Palestine conflict has flared to catastrophic levels. A look at two major recent events, the Israeli high court weighing whether to forcibly eject Palestinian residents from their homes in Jerusalem and simply give them to Israeli settlers, leading to the current riots and pitched battles and the recent Human Rights Watch condemnation of Israeli apartheid, which was studiously ignored by Western news media.

 

A situation the has gotten much worse in the twelve ours since this was broadcast.

Are England And Australia Finished?

A lament for the two countries I've spent most of my life in and in whom life has got continually worse, yet whose populations keep electing those responsible like they are trapped in some nightmarish Stockholm syndrome. Meanwhile our fellow English speaking Western nations, NZ, Canada and the USA leave us for dust and progressive futures. Oh, the humanity.

See What You Made Me Do - Domestic Violence

Ahead of SBS's landmark TV documentary investigation into Australia's epidemic of domestic violence against women called, See What You Made Me Do, an overview of one of the shames of the nation. From the vile scourge of Men's Rights Activism to a new wave of online-fueled sexism, it seems it's not just our right wing politicians but an awful lot of men who have a massive problem with women.

Desserts Are Killing Masterchef

A rant and look at the new season of Australian Masterchef and how desserts are coming to dominate and ruin the program.

The Australian Government Playing The Race Card Again

With nothing going for them in their obsessive chase of the 24 hour news cycle and public opinion, Scott Morrison's Liberal Party go for their time honored tactic of courting jingoism and xenophobia. Once again showing reckless disregard for Australia in the face of their own personal vanity, they've gone after an imaginary war with China and an already massive failure of a covid repatriation scandal with India. Don't underestimate their stupidity or trademark appalling judgement.

Save Us Kristina Keneally! You're Our Only Hope!

Even in a run of the worst political scandals in modern Australian history, Labor leader Anthony Albanese is STILL missing in action, still unable to cut through and Scott Morrison is impossibly still likely to win again. Labor need both a new leader and a female leader - one that can show the worst of Morrison. Kristina Keneally has it all, she is Australia's answer to Jacinda Ardern - she has that same natural empathy devoid of the political insincerity or baggage that dogs most politicians. Kristina, please find a way to leave the senate and lead federal Labor - the country needs you and I guarantee you will win.

The Dangerous Religiosity of Scott Morrison

We got a window into the secretive Pentacostal world of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a gold coast convention. It's a far more extreme world than most Australian's would be comfortable with, if they knew. And with it's belief in the prosperity gospel, dominion theory and the seven mountains mandate - an obscene inversion of Christianity, seeking money, power and dominion over the world as a god given right.