Australian republican. With my girl more than 56 years. 7 grandkids. Dislike GOP, LNP, Reform UK. Science fan. Covid jabs x11. Atheist. Hate injustice. No DMs.
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Roger Scott retweeted
VIC remembers MSM’s relentless, 24/7 anti Dan BS…which resulted in him being re-elected again and again and again
Our media has been ‘ordered’ to make ON palatable with pathetic 24/7 advertorials
Australia is a democracy; not a Rinehart/Murdoch oligarchy
Fuck that Trump BS!
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Roger Scott retweeted
Jun 14
Today is Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, representing eight decades of a man who has done more than anyone to hurt the West, elevate its enemies, and trap us in a post-truth nightmare.
While he is certainly a symptom of a deeper political illness, he has actively made things much worse.
Let us be clear that there is nothing to celebrate today, because Trump is the most traitorous, deeply corrupt, and overall worst president in the history of the US. He is a compromised, horrible human being who has lost the respect of anyone with half a brain. His deep ties as a best friend to Jeffrey Epstein prove he knew exactly what was going on behind closed doors. He is the lowest of the low.
He has spent years threatening American allies, appeasing foreign enemies, and losing the reckless trade wars he started.
His leadership has left Americans poorer, more stupid, more polarized, and trapped inside a decadent, ever more authoritarian joke of an administration that hurts the whole world.
He is a traitor. His alignment with autocracy is clear in how he sides with Russia over Ukraine and China over Taiwan. He even systematically undermined domestic safety by installing a Russian asset as the Director of National Intelligence and an anti-science, anti-vaxx Russian asset as Health Secretary. No one is better than Trump at sabotaging the US.
The only bright side to his birthday is that he is old, ensuring he will not be able to stay in power forever. He will never be missed by anyone with a brain and/or a heart, and if I believed in hell, I would seriously doubt it is bad enough for him
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Roger Scott retweeted
Jun 11
A newspaper which is no longer a newspaper but a billionaire funded pamphlet for far right insurgency, built on fear and division and the votes of people being duped into thinking she is “on their side”!
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Roger Scott retweeted
Jun 7
This feels like a fitting moment to share my interview with Marty Baron, the former executive editor of the Washington Post, on Trump’s attacks on the media:
abc.net.au/listen/programs/s…
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Roger Scott retweeted
Jun 6
This is a new classic of the 'twisting reality on its head and shitting brainworms into an entire population' genre. Chris Uhlmann is the idiot's idiot
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Roger Scott retweeted
Jun 6
Why does an all-loving God allow evil and suffering?
“The world, we are told, was created by a God who is both omnibenevolent (all-loving) and omnipotent (all-powerful). Before He created the world He foresaw all the pain and misery that it would contain; He is therefore responsible for all of it. It is useless to argue that the pain in the world is due to sin. In the first place, this is not true; it is not sin that causes rivers to overflow their banks or volcanoes to erupt. But even if it were true, it would make no difference.
If I were going to beget a child knowing that the child was going to be a homicidal maniac, I should be responsible for his crimes. If God knew in advance the sins of which man would be guilty, He was clearly responsible for all the consequences of those sins when He decided to create man. The usual Christian argument is that the suffering in the world is a purification for sin and is therefore a good thing.
This argument is, of course, only a rationalization of sadism; but in any case it is a very poor argument. I would invite any Christian to accompany me to the children's ward of a hospital, to watch the suffering that is there being endured, and then to persist in the assertion that those children are so morally abandoned as to deserve what they are suffering. In order to bring himself to say this, a man must destroy in himself all feelings of mercy and compassion. He must, in short, make himself as cruel as the God in whom he believes. No man who believes that all is for the best in this suffering world can keep his ethical values unimpaired, since he is always having to find excuses for pain and misery.”
— Bertrand Russell, Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?
Image: Girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed house, London, 1940
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Roger Scott retweeted
BREAKING: Veteran journalist Jim Acosta is vindicated in the worst way possible as Trump’s latest outburst proves he IS a danger to democracy and a free press!
Back in Trump’s first term, the former CNN anchor was among the first journalists to sound the alarm that Trump’s antipathy towards journalists presented a serious threat to democracy, a free press, and basic truth.
Naturally, the MAGA world lost its collective mind, accusing Acosta of grandstanding, making it all about himself, and being a rude, overdramatic showboat.
But Trump just spent years proving Acosta right on a daily basis, and it's gotten demonstrably worse during his second term, culminating in yesterday’s angry, sexist attack on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins before she’d even asked her a question.
Acosta posted the receipts last night, resurfacing the infamous 2018 press conference clip where Trump personally berated him and insulted him personally on live television:
“CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN… You are the enemy of the people.”
Acosta’s question that day was about the Russia investigation, one that Trump clearly didn’t want to entertain. He told him to sit down, and launched into his first major “enemy of the people” rant against the press.
“When I called out Trump years ago for being a danger to democracy, a free press, and truth itself, I was accused of making myself the story and showboating,” Acosta wrote today. “How did things turn out? Trump is all of those things. Tonight, the free press is very much in danger in America. Wake up!”
Like a modern day Cassandra, he was right then, and he’s even more right now, and he should be heard.
Trump never stopped attacking the free press, and has only intensified his derision for journalism, and disrespect for the truth, and accountability.
The pattern of screaming “fake news” whenever he hears something he doesn’t like and launching ad hominem attacks on reporters as professionals and human beings has been part of the playbook since day one, and will continue to be so if we let it.
History has proven Jim Acosta correct. If the United States no longer has a free press, it’s not the same country. That must not happen.
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Roger Scott retweeted
My thoughts exactly. The silent complicity of so many democratic world leaders is a dreadful cover for cruel totalitarianism in the US and the Middle East for starters.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Roger Scott retweeted
Woman who can barely string a coherent sentence together ...
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Roger Scott retweeted
May 30
Angus Taylor gets #Chalmered*
"The most efficient way to create a minor party in Australia is to put the member for Hume in charge of a major one"
I would so hate to be the intellectually challenged leader of the opposition facing Jim Chalmers.
*Being CHALMERED:
1/. To be decisively outmaneuvered, intellectually dismantled, or economically outsmarted by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, often in a public or humiliating manner.
"Angus Taylor tried to debate tax policy and got chalmered in five seconds flat."
2/. To suffer a swift, brutal takedown - verbally, logically, or financially, at the hands of Chalmers, leaving the victim visibly flustered and the audience in awe.
"The Opposition's budget critique was so weak, they got chalmered before they even finished their sentence."
3/. (Modern usage) To be rendered speechless or exposed as intellectually bankrupt by Chalmers' signature blend of dry wit and fiscal precision.
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May 29
Well worth reading.
One of the most repulsive aspects of the post budget criticisms has been the pathetic posturing from Angus Taylor, Tim Wilson et al.
THEY’RE for honesty in government.
I’m an investor too and I support the changes.
A well-argued rejoinder to the bilious tide of saint-claiming going on right now. From a business owner/originator who clearly knows what he’s talking about. Bravo
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May 27
Lovely story.
May 26
Im Jahr 1975 fragte der Schauspieler Jeff Bridges eine Kellnerin in Montana nach einem Date.
Sie hatte zwei blaue Augen und eine gebrochene Nase.
Sie sagte nein.
Fast 50 Jahre später trägt er immer noch ein Foto von dem Tag, an dem sie sich trafen, in seiner Brieftasche.
Damals drehte Bridges „Rancho Deluxe“ in der Nähe von Chico Hot Springs in Montana.
In einer Drehpause fiel ihm eine junge Kellnerin namens Susan Geston auf.
Sie war 21 Jahre alt, aus North Dakota und erholte sich von einem kürzlichen Autounfall.
Die meisten Menschen in ihrer Situation hätten sich wahrscheinlich vor Aufmerksamkeit versteckt.
Susan tat es nicht.
Sie arbeitete einfach weiter – Prellungen, gebrochene Nase und alles – völlig unbesorgt darüber, was irgendjemand von ihrem Aussehen hielt.
Diese Selbstsicherheit erregte sofort Jeff Bridges’ Aufmerksamkeit.
Nach den Dreharbeiten an einem Tag fragte er sie schließlich nach einem Date.
Sie lehnte höflich ab.
Keine Aufregung über das Treffen mit einem Filmstar.
Kein Versuch, ihn zu beeindrucken.
Sie sagte einfach, vielleicht würden sie sich wieder in der Stadt über den Weg laufen.
Ein paar Tage später taten sie das.
Sie trafen sich in einer lokalen Bar, verbrachten Stunden mit Reden und Tanzen, und Bridges sagte später, das sei die Nacht gewesen, in der er sich verliebte.
Aber Susan ließ sich nicht so leicht von Hollywood-Charme um den Finger wickeln.
Ihre Beziehung entwickelte sich langsam.
Tatsächlich gab Jeff Bridges später zu, dass er anfangs Todesangst vor der Ehe hatte und zwei Jahre wartete, bevor er ihr einen Antrag machte.
Sie heirateten am 5. Juni 1977.
Nicht bei einem glamourösen Hollywood-Event.
Nicht umgeben von Promi-Spektakel.
Einfach zwei Menschen, die sich in Montana getroffen hatten und einander gewählt hatten.
In den folgenden Jahrzehnten bauten sie eine der langlebigsten Ehen in Hollywood auf.
Sie zogen drei Töchter gemeinsam groß, während Bridges eine ikonische Schauspielkarriere durch Filme wie aufbaute:
The Big Lebowski
Crazy Heart
True Grit
Starman
Susan blieb größtenteils im Hintergrund.
Sie versuchte nie, selbst berühmt zu werden.
Stattdessen beschrieb Bridges sie oft als die stabile Grundlage, die ihre Familie erdete, während Hollywood um sie herumwirbelte.
Dann stellte ihre Beziehung im Jahr 2020 ihre härteste Prüfung.
Jeff Bridges wurde mit Lymphom diagnostiziert.
Während der Chemotherapie erkrankte er auch an COVID-19 und wurde schwer krank.
Er sagte später, Susans Unterstützung und Entschlossenheit hätten ihn durch die dunkelsten Momente seiner Genesung getragen.
Heute ist sein Krebs in Remission.
Und fast ein halbes Jahrhundert, nachdem eine Kellnerin mit gebrochener Nase ihn in Montana abgewiesen hatte, sagt Jeff Bridges immer noch, dass das Treffen mit Susan das Beste war, was ihm je passiert ist.
Manchmal beginnen die stärksten Beziehungen nicht mit Feuerwerk.
Manchmal beginnen sie mit jemandem, der von Ruhm überhaupt nicht beeindruckt ist.
Quelle @MrPitbull07
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Roger Scott retweeted
May 23
Instead of hiding his daughter with Down syndrome, Charles de Gaulle raised her proudly and she became the heart of his life....
When Charles de Gaulle died in 1970, he made a quiet request that surprised many. He did not want a grand state funeral in Paris. He asked to be buried in the small village of Colombey les Deux Églises, beside his daughter Anne. For him, that resting place mattered more than any monument.
Anne was born on New Year’s Day in 1928, youngest of three children. She had Down syndrome, a condition surrounded by fear and misinformation at the time. Doctors and society often blamed parents and urged families to hide children like her from public view. For families of power and status, sending such children away was considered normal. Charles and his wife Yvonne refused. They raised Anne at home with her brother Philippe and sister Élisabeth. There was no secrecy, no shame, no separation. She was simply their daughter.
To the world, de Gaulle was distant and unyielding. A leader shaped by war, discipline, and command. But inside his home, Anne revealed a side few ever saw. With her, he laughed freely. He sang songs, told stories, and played games. Friends noticed that the man who rarely showed emotion softened completely in her presence. He called her my joy. Anne asked nothing of him except love, and in that simplicity, he found peace. She was never treated as fragile or inferior. She was respected fully, included always, and loved without condition.
That love did not end within the family. After the war, Charles and Yvonne founded the Fondation Anne de Gaulle. They turned a château into a home for young women with intellectual disabilities, many of whom had been abandoned. At a time when support barely existed, they chose action over silence.
Anne’s life was short. She died of pneumonia in 1948, just after turning twenty, in her father’s arms. In his grief, de Gaulle whispered that now she was like the others, finally free from the limits the world had placed on her.
After her death, he carried her photograph everywhere. He believed her presence protected him, even during an assassination attempt years later. Whether faith or fate, he never doubted her importance in his life.
Charles de Gaulle found his deepest calm not in leadership or victory, but in loving a child the world did not understand. His family showed that dignity is not about ability. It is about how fiercely we choose to care.
© Soul Whisper
#drthehistories
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Roger Scott retweeted
May 21
Bertrand Russell on Buddhism
"Among present-day religions Buddhism is best. The doctrines of Buddhism are profound, they are almost reasonable, and historically they have been the least harmful and the least cruel. But I cannot say that Buddhism is positively good, nor would I wish to have it spread all over the world and believed by everyone. This is because Buddhism only focuses on the question of what Man is, not on what the universe is like. Buddhism does not really pursue the truth; it appeals to sentiment and, ultimately, tries to persuade people to believe in doctrines which are based on subjective assumptions not objective evidence.
However, subjective opinions can produce false beliefs. I think that no matter what the religion, nor how ambiguously its faith is expressed, the same problem arises because of the substitution of subjective sentiment for objective evidence. Sentiment might be taken as the dominant force in our daily lives. But as for belief in facts, the farther we distance ourselves from sentiment the better. Never substitute sentiment for facts. It is absolutely harmful to do so."
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George Conway: Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all
If you agree raise your hand ✋
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Likely to go down in history as the most corrupt president. Corruption so brazen it is astounding.
May 16
BREAKING: Wall Street traders SHOCKED after Trump conducts nearly 4,000 stock trades in wild display of greed and corruption!
Fresh financial disclosures reveal that Donald Trump went on a massive stock-buying spree during the first three months of 2026, racking up thousands of transactions worth between $220 million and $750 million.
Among the companies he bought heavily into are a who’s who of giant companies including Meta, Boeing, Nvidia, Apple, Adobe, Proctor & Gamble, and Oracle, all of which are subject to heavy regulation and decisions by his own administration.
Particularly damning is the fact that Trump purchased millions of dollars worth of Oracle stock right around the time his administration was helping the company secure a major deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.
Remember Donald “Drain the Swam” Trump, that oh-so-truthful Man of the People running for president? Well, it's no surprise he's been documented turning the presidency into a personal trading desk, buying and selling stocks in companies that have direct business before the federal government he controls.
The White House, as usual, had no real answer when asked about the blatant conflicts of interest.
But Donald K. Sherman, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, sure had one:
“Rather than avoiding transactions involving industries with business before his administration,” Sherman said. “Trump has prioritized serving himself at the expense of public trust once again.”
Corruption much? While Trump lectures everyone else about “America First,” he’s quietly making sure it's his own portfolio that comes first. Presidents are supposed to divest or put assets in blind trusts to avoid exactly this kind of self-dealing.
Trump doesn't give a crap about trading rules or any other rules. He’s not just profiting off the presidency, he’s openly selling it piecemeal to the highest bidders.
How on earth is Trump’s self-dealing and corruption not being stopped by some guardrail at some point? It is completely out of control. No one should be allowed to use the power of the presidency to line their own pockets.
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Roger Scott retweeted
For anyone who has never met the Superb Lyrebird of Australia.
David Attenborough says it displays one of the most sophisticated voice skills within the animal kingdom—"the most elaborate, the most complex, and the most beautiful."
The chainsaw always brings tears to my eyes.
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May 15
The Bible in a nutshell.
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It couldn’t cure leprosy! It endorsed marrying a step-sister or daughter-in-law eg Abraham. It endorsed slavery. It endorsed gruesome bride prices, like 100 Philistine foreskins. It endorsed polygamy eg up to 700 hundred wives for Solomon. It endorsed the murder of women & children in warfare eg Psalm 137. It’s a history of a people three thousand years ago. It’s not a prescription for modern life.
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