Fighting Fake News with REAL 4/7/21; Cartoons, Scott Morrison Master of Confusion, Peter Dutton back in Boomgate, Wealth protection past the grave

 

 

 

 

Opinion

United in confusion: It’s tough for 30-somethings to assess vaccine risk

The PM and his Deputy

Within a week of the coup that reminded Australia he still exists, much to the country’s chagrin, Joyce has told Melbourne he “couldn’t really give a shit” about its pandemic challenges. And that “you can almost smell the burning flesh from here”.

That last bit could be a sign he is having a stroke, and he should probably get checked by a GP.

Further evidence of this questionable behaviour can be found in Darren Chester’s description of a phone conversation he had with Joyce as “incoherent”.

Expanding his views on the coronavirus, the new-old deputy PM said, “It’s like saying I want zero cases of measles, mumps. We’re going to shut the borders for that? It’s just not possible.” This is news to smallpox, which was actually declared eradicated in 1980. Thus eradication is indeed possible.

Joyce then put the taxpayers’ money where his mouth is and walked into a petrol station without a face mask, for which he was fined $200.

Given all he’s accomplished in the week since becoming deputy prime minister again, his greatest achievement so far is in making Australians yearn for the return of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

 

Minister of Defence Peter Boomgate Dutton

But while the propaganda machine assaults us with nightmarish ideas about the looming threat of Beijing – aiming to inspire the same fear it did in regard to Islamic terrorists – it doesn’t have to worry too much about gaining popular support, as the public has no say in war decision-making. In this country, the National Security of Committee of Cabinet makes the decision on whether our nation goes into battle – that’s unless, as Bolt is concerned, China pre-empts a war with the US by turning its guns on us. The National Security Committee is currently made up of Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg, Marise Payne, Peter Dutton, Simon Birmingham, Karen Andrews, Michaelia Cash, and quiet probably as of this week, Barnaby Joyce. From here, it’s just a waiting game to see if the war remains cold, as it did with Russia, or it heats up like our successful ventures into the Middle East.

Source: Dutton Asserts China Is Now the Enemy, Not Islamic Terrorism

 

Coalition protects wealthy retirees’ investments under cover of Covid-19 pandemic

The Coalition moved to protect the superannuation of Australia’s wealthiest retirees at the same time it was encouraging the nation’s poorest to raid their retirement accounts. And they continue to protect the wealthiest even though the Australian share market is back at record highs. Elizabeth Minter reports.