imagine spending time creating a map for wikipedia and it ends up in the article for chartjunk
depths of wikipedia
Being pig-ignorant of basic facts about how our electoral system works does not justify the tag “exclusive”
A younger friend has told me he’s coming around to having kids because when he hears them screaming or crying he no longer feels annoyed but wants to fix what’s upsetting them, and I’m like haha, brother, you have no idea how nonsensical their grievances can be
I realise the US has long since left good faith civics in the rear-view mirror and everything is now about weaponisation*, but the non-partisan way to enfranchise residents would be to shrink DC to the Mall and adjacent monuments/parks/offices, and absorb the actual city into Maryland
The replies and quotes to this are a demonstration that many Americans hold the misapprehension they are the only multicultural country in the world
This isn’t like Trump and America where we have to smile and talk like PR agents and pretend he’s not a lunatic, because America is vital to our strategic interests. Israel on the other hand is a small and distant rogue state that is increasingly proving itself to be a global liability
(*not a criticism of Democrats since they didn’t start it)
“No-one in politics wants you to know it”
Electoral commission website:
Huh. For some reason I assumed the JFK centre was in New York
Wong correctly notes that “Mr Netanyahu, and some of his colleagues, have had plenty to say about our government, and about Australia.” So why do we continually pussyfoot around Israel, a country broadly irrelevant to our own national interests? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
