Saturday 20 July 2019

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 Trump, Now the Lyncher-in-Chief | The Smirking Chimp


Thus did the president of the United States openly commit both an incitement to riot and promote the malicious exile or other elimination of — the "blowing away of" — four members of the U.S. Congress. That bears repeating. The president of the United States is now publicly advocating — at an unsubtle minimum, "suggesting" — the forced removal, through banishment or murder, of four American citizens; members of Congress, no lees.
 Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens “Back”
 



It takes a genuinely special breed of awful to surprise me these days, but when it happens, it often arrives by way of Donald Trump riding herd over the lurid claptrappers at Fox News. The combination is akin to tossing a chunk of raw magnesium into a bucket of water: the resulting explosion being equally energetic and hard on the eyes. This week was no exception.
By now, sentient flecks of stardust riding the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet have heard about Trump’s tactical racism on Twitter this past Sunday, along with the double-downs and triple-downs which followed, so I am going to assume you have, as well.
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Ross Gittins

Change is inevitable. If we embrace it we win; resist it, we lose 

A new report identifies six main challenges Australia faces between now and 2060. First is the rise of Asia.

 The challenges, choices and likely consequence we face are spelt out in the report, Australian National Outlook 2019, produced by the CSIRO in consultation with 50 leaders from companies, universities and non-profits. The group was chaired by Dr Ken Henry, former Treasury secretary, and David Thodey, former boss of Telstra. 
 Trouble is, a public that’s willing to re-elect the reactionary Morrison government seems more likely to settle for the low-road than strive for the best we could be.


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