BREAKING: Donald Trump suffers the worst humiliation of his life as bookies and gambling outlets begin taking bets on what his weight will be when jail officials weigh him at the Fulton County jail Georgia. The details are just too juicy to pass up... According to

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked. #putin #WagnerGroup #UkraineRussianWar #Russia

Prigozhin's death has exposed Putin's weakness | The Spectator Mark Galeotti - worth a read spectator.co.uk/article/prigoz…

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Phillip Adams

Challenging the integrity of the AEC - which is applying exactly the same rules as applied to the last constitution-alteration referendum, under John Howard - is a discreditable tactic straight out of Donald Trump's playbook …

This applies to every country which currently thinks that the USA is a reliable ally.

Again - no one is attempting to ‘rig’ or ‘steal’ the referendum at the ballot box. Send this Trumpian bullshit where it belongs - the bin theguardian.com/australia-news…

And one could just as plausibly argue that the system is biased against the 'Yes' case because its supporters have to write a three-letter word, whereas opponents only have to write a two-letter word …

Well said AEC ✏️

The ticks and crosses fuss of the last two days has been useful, as a reminder of how many people make dogmatic statements on social media concerning topics about which they plainly know jack s**t.

The priority in a referendum should be to give effect to the decision of each individual voter. The party political struggle is and should be irrelevant.,

An excellent commentary from Kevin Bonham on the issue of ticks and crosses on ballot papers at Australian referendums. kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2023/08/voice-…

If shame were for sale, I would certainly buy it for the hypocrite Pakistani officials who shamelessly consider themselves victims of terrorism.

Prigozhin’s Death Heralds Even More Spectacular Violence - The Atlantic. — Putin dominates the security services… for now. He has created a military and economic disaster for Russia. His days are numbered. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Lynne O'Donnell From the moment he described the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan – promoted by his erstwhile buddies in the ISI – as having 'broken the shackles of slavery', he lost any standing to raise concerns about the loss of freedom. Let him rot.