Fascinating insights from reader JA who writes:
From my book Australian Dates and Men of the Time by J H Heaton printed 1879.Droughts and rains since before industrialization.Note the bat article at the bottom right.RegardsJ
She's proud of this performance.
They can't even admit that our people are being killed by the system. This Government just doesn't get it! pic.twitter.com/vPrI97C578
— Senator Lidia Thorpe (@lidia__thorpe) March 22, 2021
Police can only do their job when they have the community with them.
Thanks to Garry G for the tip on this.
Spain police attempt to arrest a woman for no mask then everyone throws off their mask help the woman until police let her go.. we are the many this are the few!!! pic.twitter.com/x6yHDfHwDj
— NowIKnow3:14 Pray4aBetterTomorrow Jeremiah 32:15 (@know314) March 14, 2021
To recap, you know Bandt says It’s all coal’s fault and Global Heating.
From the Appeals court judgement (Silverman's dissenting opinion) in
The increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions. Our court was once concerned about the institutional consolidation of the press leading to a “bland and homogenous” marketplace of ideas. See Hale v. FCC, 425 F.2d 556, 562 (D.C. Cir. 1970) (Tamm, J., concurring). It turns out that ideological consolidation of the press (helped along by economic consolidation) is the far greater threat.9
Although the bias against the Republican Party—not just controversial individuals—is rather shocking today, this is not new; it is a long-term, secular trend going back at least to the ’70s.10 (I do not mean to defend or criticize the behavior of any particular politician). Two of the three most influential papers (at least historically), The New York Times and The Washington Post, are virtually Democratic Party broadsheets. And the news section of The Wall Street Journal leans in the same direction. The orientation of these three papers is followed by The Associated Press and most large papers across the country (such as the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Boston Globe). Nearly all television—network and cable—is a Democratic Party trumpet. Even the government-supported National Public Radio follows along.
As has become apparent, Silicon Valley also has an enormous influence over the distribution of news. And it similarly filters news delivery in ways favorable to the Democratic Party. See Kaitlyn Tiffany, Twitter Goofed It, The Atlantic (2020) (“Within a few hours, Facebook announced that it would limit [a New York Post] story’s spread on its platform while its third-party fact-checkers somehow investigated the information. Soon after, Twitter took an even more dramatic stance: Without immediate public explanation, it completely banned users from posting the link to the story.”).11
It is well-accepted that viewpoint discrimination “raises the specter that the Government may effectively drive certain ideas or viewpoints from the marketplace.” R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minn., 505 U.S. 377, 387 (1992). But ideological homogeneity in the media—or in the channels of information distribution—risks repressing certain ideas from the public consciousness just as surely as if access were restricted by the government.
To be sure, there are a few notable exceptions to Democratic Party ideological control: Fox News, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page.12 It should be sobering for those concerned about news bias that these institutions are controlled by a single man and his son. Will a lone holdout remain in what is otherwise a frighteningly orthodox media culture? After all, there are serious efforts to muzzle Fox News. And although upstart (mainly online) conservative networks have emerged in recent years, their visibility has been decidedly curtailed by Social Media, either by direct bans or content-based censorship.
There can be little question that the overwhelming uniformity of news bias in the United States has an enormous political impact.13 That was empirically and persuasively demonstrated in Tim Groseclose’s insightful book, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind (2011). Professor Groseclose showed that media bias is significantly to the left. Id. at 192–197; see also id. at 169–77. And this distorted market has the effect, according to Groseclose, of aiding Democratic Party candidates by 8–10% in the typical election. Id. at ix, 201–33. And now, a decade after this book’s publication, the press and media do not even pretend to be neutral news services.
It should be borne in mind that the first step taken by any potential authoritarian or dictatorial regime is to gain control of communications, particularly the delivery of news. It is fair to conclude, therefore, that one-party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy. It may even give rise to countervailing extremism. The First Amendment guarantees a free press to foster a vibrant trade in ideas. But a biased press can distort the marketplace. And when the media has proven its willingness—if not eagerness—to so distort, it is a profound mistake to stand by unjustified legal rules that serve only to enhance the press’ power.
ENDS
If you find the extract above difficult to wade through, US journalist Glenn Greenwald has made the following highlights:
This is a staged video, the guard and the the person being hit are fake. But the passes by aren’t.
— WAKE UP AUSTRALIA WAKE UP (@WakeAustralia) March 21, 2021
This was to see how easily people confirm and go along with tyranny.
I wonder how many people would allow this to happen here?
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Walking the corridors.
Three months will be a biggie.
A lovely tribute to a great man from former Detective Sergeant Doubtful John:
As many detectives past in NSW will remember fondly, Chester Porter was probably the most formidable cross examiner ever born.
Astute, precise, yet always the gentleman completely devoid of arrogance or malice.
Passed age 95, revered because if anything, his ability gave rise to a much needed improvement in the professionalism of investigation and brief preparation by Police.
Society was improved by his service.
Thanks to Josephine Cashman for the clip.
Please explain? pic.twitter.com/TTWh0ysW5A
— Josephine Cashman (@Josieamycashman) March 21, 2021