Here is the English translation of the truly remarkable speech Germany's President Steinmeier gave today in Berlin, commemorating May 8th 1945. If you have an interest in the future of the EU, please read this: bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Red
Mike
Seccombe: ' It sounds like a marketing slogan, almost a cliché: in
times of national crisis, Australians turn to the national broadcaster.
But over the past six months or so, it has proved profoundly true.
First came the bushfire crisis, when the ABC’s network of regional reporters distinguished themselves not just in reporting the disaster as it unfolded but also warning those in harm’s way.
Then came the current coronavirus crisis.
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First came the bushfire crisis, when the ABC’s network of regional reporters distinguished themselves not just in reporting the disaster as it unfolded but also warning those in harm’s way.
Then came the current coronavirus crisis.
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Take the Nielsen Digital Content Ratings, which measure online interaction. In December last year, on the back of its bushfire coverage, the broadcaster surged into second place with a “unique audience” of more than 10 million – passing Nine and just behind
news.com.au, which both fell.
By January, the ABC was No. 1 in the country, with an audience of 11.2 million, well ahead of the Murdoch news site. The most recent figures, for March, showed its audience up to 15.2 million, a 53 per cent gain in a single month, and almost three million ahead of its closest rival.
In one sense, this is unsurprising. Innumerable surveys over the decades have shown the ABC to be the most trusted media outlet, and one of the most trusted institutions in the country.
On another level, though, it is remarkable that the ABC has done so well during these particular crises – given that it has been working while grievously wounded. Since the current government came to power in 2014, the broadcaster has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and about 1000 jobs.
After all, masks are not primarily meant to protect the mask-wearer, but to protect others, since there's clear evidence that people who are infected but have no symptoms can spread the coronavirus. Trump is regularly exposed to the virus, in fact — one of his personal valets just tested positive — and is a prime candidate to be such a carrier.
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FAKE NEWS
By January, the ABC was No. 1 in the country, with an audience of 11.2 million, well ahead of the Murdoch news site. The most recent figures, for March, showed its audience up to 15.2 million, a 53 per cent gain in a single month, and almost three million ahead of its closest rival.
In one sense, this is unsurprising. Innumerable surveys over the decades have shown the ABC to be the most trusted media outlet, and one of the most trusted institutions in the country.
On another level, though, it is remarkable that the ABC has done so well during these particular crises – given that it has been working while grievously wounded. Since the current government came to power in 2014, the broadcaster has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and about 1000 jobs.
A pandemic in an era of U.S.-China rivalry and neoliberalism
I’m not advocating a socialist overthrow of our whole system here. I’m not even advocating that we stay like this permanently. I’m simply saying that now that so many of us have taken a step off the hamster wheel, it’s worth realising that the faster we ran, the faster the wheel went and maybe we could move a little bit more slowly when we do get back on.
Today's Sermon From Saint Scotty Of Marketing - » The Australian Independent Media Network
Oops, They Did It Again: Trump's Refusal to Wear a Mask as a Signal to Fascism
Despite knowing full well the furor that Vice President Mike Pence raised by not wearing a mask during a Mayo Clinic visit in late April, Donald Trump refused to wear a mask when visiting Honeywell factory in Arizona earlier this week — a factory that makes masks. This wasn't just a symbolic nose-thumbing at people's reasonable desire to be safe. Trump and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows were putting the lives of Honeywell employees in danger.After all, masks are not primarily meant to protect the mask-wearer, but to protect others, since there's clear evidence that people who are infected but have no symptoms can spread the coronavirus. Trump is regularly exposed to the virus, in fact — one of his personal valets just tested positive — and is a prime candidate to be such a carrier.
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Our
national anthem might greet "those who've come across the sea" — our
society and economy does too — but we're in a cycle of kvetching about
who should come, where they should live, what they should do and how
they're changing our lives, writes business reporter Daniel Ziffer.
abc.net.au
VIRUS-MADDENED AUSTRALIA: MUM ARRESTED FOR JUST STANDING THERE
Politicians are just eking out this panic, and now have
their police arrest a mother for just standing there -and grab her child
from her arms. Watch.
Motherless Andrew Bolt was a lead protester today at the Social Distancing Protests. He wanted to show he acts on what he preaches. Those that didn't see him are simply spreading Fake News. Pity all photos of his leadership actions were lost.
WE COULD HAVE EASED THESE BANS WEEKS AGO
We have had this very low level of new coronavirus infections for four weeks. So why have states such as NSW waited until only now to say it's safe to ease these crippling stay-home laws? Why is
Victoria waiting until tomorrow to say anything? And, no, I am not being wise after the event.
Why was Bolt social distancing instead of protesting the bans?
MARIAM MARGOLYES, COMPASSIONATE LEFTIST: I WANTED BORIS JOHNSON TO DIE
The Guardian praises Miriam Margolyes: "her empathy,
warmth." Margolyes praises herself: "I’m honourable, kind, friendly,
warm..." Margolyes on Boris Johnson's battle with coronavirus: "I wanted
him to die." A perfect symbol of the Left: preaching compassion, practising savagery.
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