Local council elections put cookers in the mix
Our third tier of government, rife with political wannabes, contains a collection of nuts worth keeping a wary eye on.
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Hypocrisy all around as Hunter has day in court
Early signs are that Trump’s convictions will work against him. Hunter says his drug use was behind him when he applied for a firearms license. One man’s personal journey is another’s bare-chested soul-exposed confession.
Voters will decide Trump’s fitness to sit in the White House
The 45th president of the United States is a convict. America will now decide his fate.
Plant-based ‘meat’ makers cowed by anti-woke brigade
The push for plant-based foods was never about saving the planet – an average plant-based hamburger patty shows a witch’s brew of substances.
Iran’s president learns laws of physics the hard way
Whether his death was an accident or not may remain a mystery. Nevertheless, in the horrors of middle eastern politics, we must be thankful for small mercies.
The sky is gay now because of woke
The colourful light show that lit up southern skies sparked an outpouring of craziness from flat earthers and conspiracy theorists. This much is clear: it’s time to boycott the sun.
What a strange, long trip RFK’s campaign has been
Kennedy has been skating through as the ‘none of the above’ candidate in an election where Americans are faced with an ageist Hobson’s choice: the old guy or the older guy.
Singer, pornographer, polymath: Iggy Jones’s disgraceful life
Ignatius’ Jones’ life was a gift to this country and stands as an example to us all to think big, have fun and damn the abstemious and the censors.
Policy off the rails and sinking under Vic’s mountain of debt
Budgets are works of euphemism where the economic disasters of the past are quietly rendered into oblivion. Victoria’s budget offers spectacular examples.
Humour is being destroyed by the humourless
The answer is not that comedy has been destroyed by ideology. It is that some of the loudest noisemakers, bookburners and finger waggers from both sides don’t understand irony and never will.
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