Zen Stillaway

Anti-narrative; Compulsive thread puller; Cynic.

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Billion$ blow-out in govt spending. Partic in Defence, no explanation for rapid rise in no-tender contracts under present govt https://t.co/ZkoL9dEhoD analysis @GregLBean

[Alastair Crooke @AWCrooke]

The American people are very much like the children of a Mafia boss who do not know what their father does for a living, and don’t want to know, but then they wonder why someone just threw a firebomb through the living room window. https://t.co/onLUrwy3Hq

[Abby Martin @AbbyMartin]

Pentagon is the world's biggest polluter, using more oil per day than 175 countries combined. It's exempt from int'l climate treaties. Money wasted on the Iraq war alone could've purchased the planetary conversion to renewable energy ht @jamesforpeace https://t.co/tZ59q0tsut

[IPAN - Independent Peaceful Australia Network @IPAusNet]

NZ leadership is enviable. OZ in the pockets of the US Time for independence and to sign the Treaty to ban the bomb @TimMilesWright @latingle @PhillipAdams_1 @anthony_dodd1

[David T Price @realityevolves]

Inside Pine Gap: The military base in Australia used by the US military https://t.co/Vuqf8FwV03 via @YouTube

[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

Two @PACAF B-52s trained with two @USNavy P-8s over the East China Sea in the vicinity of Japan this week as part of @PacificCommand's Continuous Bomber Presence program: https://t.co/SuqvNm24Na @USAirforce @US7thFleet

[Julian Burnside @JulianBurnside]

Australia engages in criminal behaviour, and prosecutes the whistleblower and his lawyer!
What sort of country have we become?

[Zen Stillaway @zenstillaway]

... "The ABC has learned Beijing has indicated it will deploy "a major fleet unit" to Exercise KAKADU during late August until mid September, the first time the Chinese have taken part in the Australian war games." https://t.co/93BMlbVrSA

[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

#RIMPAC mine warfare operations recently wrapped up after personnel from Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. trained together in and off Southern California. #CapableAdaptivePartners @RimofthePacific

[Zen Stillaway @zenstillaway]

..."Australia has long been worried that some development projects under the BRI are murky and will leave poor countries saddled with unsustainable debts that make them vulnerable to Chinese coercion."

https://t.co/W1roOutMdC

[BlackListed News @BlacklistedNews]

America's Richest Billionaires Are Overwhelmingly Leftists, Democrats And Open Borders Globalists https://t.co/P2fuAmOHZx

[Royal Australian Navy @Australian_Navy]

#HMASToowoomba fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile in the Pacific Missile Range Facility near the island of Kaua’i, #Hawaii during Exercise @RimofthePacific 2018. #AusNavy #ThinkFightWinNavy #WorkingNavy #RIMPAC2018

[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

A #RIMPAC amphibious landing demonstration yesterday from @Australian_Navy's HMAS Adelaide featured forces from Australia, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tonga and the U.S. @PacificMarines #CapableAdaptivePartners

[Zen Stillaway @zenstillaway]

... "Witness K and Bernard Collaery did not commit an act of treason in a situation of war between Australia and China or Australia and North Korea ... It was a case of moral conscience … that had zero impact on Australian national security."

https://t.co/G6kuQFDo6q

[Royal Australian Air Force @AusAirForce]

#NorthernTerritory skies are about to get busy! The first mass aircraft launch of #ExPitchBlack18 is happening tomorrow. Ex flying schedule available via the link. We appreciate your support as we train with our international mates.
#AusAirForce #AvGeek #PlaneSpotter

[IPAN - Independent Peaceful Australia Network @IPAusNet]

Great coverage on the Australia leak of info on bombing Iran. IPAN media release https://t.co/BIkG17ouFi

[Defence Australia @DefenceAust]

#POTD

Iraqi Army soldiers fire illumination rounds under the supervision of @AustralianArmy trainers during heavy weapons training at Besmayah, Iraq.

Photo: Corporal David Said

@ADF_MiddleEast

[ADF Middle East @ADF_MiddleEast]

#IraqiArmy soldiers learn to fire #HeavyWeapons under the watchful eyes of @AustralianArmy trainers from #TaskGroupTaji #POTD #youradf #military #defence #photojournalism #OpOKRA #middleeast @CJTFOIR

[Zen Stillaway @zenstillaway]

... "(Senior Australian Government officials) believe the Trump administration is prepared to bomb Iran ... Australian defence facilities would likely play a role in identifying possible targets ...

https://t.co/Ow62gWARpS

[Zen Stillaway @zenstillaway]

... "between 2000 and 2016, lobbyists spent more than $2 billion trying to influence climate legislation in the U.S. Congress ... electric utilities spent the largest sums, followed by the oil, gas, and coal industries, and transportation sector" https://t.co/BhVmZwbPXL