Dave Pepper

Into ecosystem science, more sustainable development, smarter design of almost everything, nature & arts

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@KenRoth @JoshBBornstein I might have missed an article explaining why the Jewish ( Zionist?) lobby has Australian Parliament on such a hook. Is their a simple article explaining why because it just doesn't make sense to me and probably to a lot of others.

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@aaronsmith You maybe selling him short. He probably reads the room quite well, especially around meal time, walks and other things of interest 😉

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

Chris Sidoti, UN Human Rights investigator, Law expert:

"Every Australian citizen who has dual nationality and who has served in the IDF in the GENOCIDE in Gaza since 7/Oct/2023 must be investigated as war criminals and prosecuted."

All of them. Who else agrees with Chris?

[Geoff Kitney @4mambo]

Forget the King’s Birthday! Today all celebrations should be for the life of Richard Scolyer, a person who made a difference. Sincere condolences to his family and all who loved him. We should all be thankful for his life.

[PaulleyTicks @PaulleyTicks]

So yesterday Donald Trump posted a video of him crashing Stephen Colbert's final show, and literally throwing him in the garbage, and of course, I had to FIX it.

[Margie Jones @MargieJay50]

@news_australian I’d say Keating could see into the future because this was written in 1996.👇

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

[audrey White @RedRosa91940184]

This is British values - Robert Fisk is a real reporter and he’s spot on here …..

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

NOW THAT I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM OFFICIALLY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (THANK YOU DONALD!), I HAVE MANY BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE! FIRST, EVERY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NULL AND VOID, STEPHEN MILLER AND EVERY TRUMP GOON IS FIRED, AND THE TRUMP CORRUPTION PROBE IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! HEALTH CARE IS NOW FREE FOR ALL AMERICANS (NO MEASLES!) AND ALL MOMS GET FREE CHILDCARE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE BABIES!!! ALSO CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL AND ABORTION IS BACK FOR WOMEN WHO WANT IT. I WILL SOON BE BANNING ALL TICKETMASTER FEES AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMMERCIALS ALLOWED DURING NBA AND NFL GAMES, AS WELL AS ALL BRAVO “REAL HOUSEWIVES” SHOWS (LONGER EPISODES!). EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY NOW GETS A “TARIFF AND GAS SPIKE REFUND” TO BUY A CHEAP ELECTRIC CAR! THE COUNTRY IS NOW RUN BY SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE A SENTENCE. AMERICA IS NOW “HOT” BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DYSLEXIC PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF A BRAIN-DEAD ONE. BIG UPGRADE!!! — GOVERNOR GCN

[Grandpa Snarky @GrandpaSnarky]

WHEN A PRESIDENT STARTS THREATENING TV STATIONS DURING A WAR, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH ISN’T GOING HIS WAY

When a President starts trying to silence the news during a war, it usually means the war is not going the way he claims.

Donald Trump says he’s winning.
He says Iran’s navy is crippled.
He says their leadership is gone.
He says the threat is finished.

And yet the Strait of Hormuz — the most important oil passage on Earth — is still closed.

Which means something very simple.

The war Trump claims is “over” is clearly not over.

Oil tankers are stalled.
Global energy markets are choking.

The world is sitting on the sidelines waiting for this disaster to play out.

And now, suddenly, the White House wants television networks to stop reporting inconvenient facts.

Enter FCC Chairman Brendan Carr — what I call “the bully with a briefcase.”

His message to broadcasters was simple:
Report the war the way Trump likes it…
or your license might mysteriously have “problems.”

Now let’s translate that into plain English:
The government is hinting that if journalists don’t repeat the official story, they could lose their right to broadcast.

That’s not democracy.

That’s what happens in countries where leaders hold press conferences and firing squads in the same building.

And here’s the part that should concern every American.
These threats are not about correcting “fake news.”

They’re about hiding the truth.
Because the truth is messy.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed.
Oil is stuck.

The world’s economies are watching nervously.
And the allies Trump insulted for years are now politely sitting back saying: “Good luck with that.”

Funny how that works.

You spend years mocking NATO, insulting world leaders, cozying up to dictators…Then suddenly you need help with the war YOU started.

And nobody shows up.

Now Trump wants the press to help him sell the illusion of victory.

Sorry.

This country doesn’t work that way.

The Constitution begins with three powerful words:
WE THE PEOPLE.
Not WE THE PROPAGANDA.

And no FCC bureaucrat with a clipboard is going to bully the truth off the air.

…
If you believe in a free press, help make some noise. Share the truth so others can see how this administration is trying to muzzle the media and hide what’s really happening in Trump’s War in Iran.

#NoKings #TrumpWar #TrumpWarCrimes

And that's the way this grandpa and political satirist sees it.

[Deborah Lyttle @lyttle_deb9361]

As only the brilliant PJ Keating could have put it all those years ago.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

N.I.C.E.
Be more like Canada 🇨🇦

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@AlboMP https://t.co/ZCc1HZI0DD well done with epbc, now the metrics... link above to something to revisit over the break.

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@TimLesterReal @JohnRHewson RBA are independent from government not from the banks. But we all own shares in the big four banks, no?

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Around 300 starving Palestinians have been killed by the US-israeli aid centres — the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ is JUST a firing squad https://t.co/6qJErWM7vj

[Dr. Yousef 🇵🇸 @yousef_ki1]

Pass it 💔🇵🇸

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

It’s almost unbearable to watch this. The horror is infinite.

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@MehreenFaruqi I usually vote The Greens in safe Labor seats but not this time, I voted ALP to ensure Dutton did not get in. Exactly what you said on RN this morning. I think people were scared of a Dutton led LNP, in the period ahead of potential global recession, and war. Best

[Dave Pepper @davepepper_]

@PhillipCoorey Liberals are talking about being liberal but they are conservatives, Tories, and further right wing... nothing liberal about them and they have teamed up with Nationals, who are conservative and nationalistic. Maybe the Coalition ( of conservatives) should form one national party