The problem with the US political system is that every four years they elect a president whose power is almost unlimited. Now the US Supreme Court has granted presidents immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed while in office. This not only gives Donald Trump a free pass for his past crimes, but sets a dangerous precedent for all future presidents. Before Trump, no one had even argued that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal liability after they leave office. Indeed, every president – including Trump himself – assumed the opposite.
FOLLOWING THE FAILED PEACE TALKS OF ISTANBUL BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE — DUE TO WESTERN INTERVENTION (BORIS JOHNSON IN KIEV) DEMANDING THAT THE WAR CONTINUED UNTIL THE KIEV REGIME “WON” (WEAKENED RUSSIA POSSIBLY TO THE POINT OF SURRENDER), THE WEST HELPED UKRAINE TO FIGHT ON AGAINST THE RUSSIANS.
Achieving NET ZERO is a complex issue…
GUS LEONISKY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EXPLAINING GLOBAL WARMING SINCE 1979. ON THIS SITE, WE STARTED 20 YEARS AGO WE EXPLAINED HOW today's CLIMATE CHANGE, A RESULTANT OF GLOBAL WARMING, PRESENTS MANY CHALLENGES AND DOUBTS THAT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME.
For years, Macro Business has sounded the alarm about Australia’s immigration-driven housing crisis. The data is indisputable. Australia’s rental affordability has plummeted to a record low, with households forced to devote a record portion of their income to rent a home. Rents have risen about 50% nationwide since the pandemic’s beginning, driving the rental affordability
CoreLogic released its final auction results for last weekend. The clearance rate was just 59.9% nationally, the second time in three weeks it has been below 60%. The following chart plots the monthly average final auction clearance rate across the major markets. As you can see, the decline in the national final clearance rate has
International Reading: Stock Market Plummets as Fed Chair Powell Gives Dire Warning: Donald Trump’s policies are about to destroy the economy. – New Republic Tariffs will hit US economy and raise prices, Fed boss warns – BBC Fed Chair Powell gives starkest warning yet on potential economic consequences from tariffs – CNN Trump’s trade war
As the world fights back against the Trump regime’s tariff nonsense, the latest Japanese trade figures showing a sharp decline in exports to the US year on year while locally the latest numberwang showed mixed sentiment around employment that could upset the expected cut from the RBA in May. The Australian dollar is still holding
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I managed to get some writing done while I was wandering through the brain fog after melanoma surgery, but I wasn't allowed to do any kind of exercise. And honestly, I wasn't in much of a mood for it. I felt pretty demotivated.
My PT, Darren, came around this afternoon, however, and we loaded up the barbell for a deadlift session. It feels like the engine has kicked over again.
I did a bit of a climb up the ladder and back down again.
The Albanese government’s Australian Universities Accord Final Report set a target of 55% of young Australians having a university degree by 2050. The report states that to meet its 55% university attainment target, “the system will need to more than double the number of Commonwealth-supported students in universities from 860,000 currently to 1.8 million by
At the end of 2024, CoreLogic reported that rental affordability hit a record low, with the median-income household required to spend 33% of their income to rent the median home. Last month’s rental affordability report from PropTrack also showed that households at the end of 2024 could afford to rent the smallest share of advertised