Japan makes eight billion dollars a year exporting gas. Japan doesn’t produce any gas. They buy it from Australia and on-sell it. Australia is governed by idiots. #auspol
NINE BILLION DOLLARS.
Just in New South Wales. Just on pokies. Just in one year.
I don’t think Australia will ever come to grips with how truly broken we are as a country when it comes to gambling.
Cost of living = insane
Housing cost = insane
Corporate price gouging = unchecked
Australian gov priority:
Support bombing of children in Iran which is now causing a fuel crisis.
Ban under 18s from GTA and force adults to hand out sensitive info for porn.
Are we serious?
On this day in 1779 Native Hawaiians killed the British imperialist colonizer Captain James Cook after he tried to kidnap a Hawaiian chief. #ValentinesDay
Roses are red
Colonialism is theft
Today's the anniversary
Of #CaptainCook's death!
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Yesterday was the anniversary of the Kilcoy Massacre - 1 February 1842
60 men, women, and children from the Gubbi Gubbi, Djindubari, and Dalla tribes were killed by eating strychnine-laced flour left for them by white settlers
Our cruel history
Lest we forget
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#auspol
Statement from the Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱
6:55pm local time:
“🇬🇱 We have been a close and loyal friend of the United States for generations. We have stood shoulder to shoulder in difficult times. We have taken responsibility for security in the North Atlantic — and not least for North America. That is what true friends do.
Precisely for that reason, the current and repeated rhetoric coming from the United States is entirely unacceptable.
When the President of the United States speaks of “needing Greenland” and links us to Venezuela and military intervention, it is not only wrong. It is disrespectful.
Our country is not an object in great-power rhetoric. We are a people. A country. A democracy. That must be respected — especially by close and loyal friends.
We are part of NATO, and we are fully aware of our country’s strategic location. We also understand that our security depends on good friends and strong alliances. In that context, a respectful and loyal relationship with the United States is very important. That has been the case for decades.
But alliances are built on trust. And trust requires respect.
Threats, pressure, and talk of annexation have no place between friends. That is not how one speaks to a people who have repeatedly demonstrated responsibility, stability, and loyalty.
Enough is enough.
No more pressure.
No more insinuations.
No more fantasies of annexation.
We are open to dialogue. We are open to conversations. But they must take place through the proper channels and in full respect of international law. And the proper channels are not random and disrespectful posts on social media.
Greenland is our home and our territory.
And it will remain so. 🇬🇱”