@MichaelWestBiz @sstephanietrann WTF!? You really have to wonder if there's a local Epstein cabal here in Aus with dirt on our pollies
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No action on Australian charities breaking international law funding illegal Israel settlements, IDF - Katy Gallagher tells Senate
@sstephanietrann #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/charities-fund…
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@pati_marins64 would it also draw Russia in a big way, given there are a lot of Russian tech people there?
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The Israeli Strike Near Iran’s Reactor is an Ominous Signal
The US and Israel find themselves cornered with dwindling options and growing desperation.
This is evident in their attacks on Iran’s electrical grid and their calculated attempt to shift the Overton Window toward the nuclear threshold.
The statement by Trump advisor David Sacks, suggesting Israel could escalate the conflict with nuclear options, coincides with a missile strike landing just 350 meters from the Bushehr reactor.
This isn’t just a warning; it’s a veiled threat.
It’s a trial balloon designed to gauge the global reaction to such a catastrophic possibility.
A direct hit on an Iranian reactor would inevitably force Iran to retaliate against Dimona, leading us into a spiral of nuclear escalation, but what if Dimona be empty?
As global opinion is being tested, this "window" is being meticulously shifted and calibrated.
Currently, US-Israeli options, beyond aerial bombardment, include sector-specific ground operations. But what if these operations end in disaster?
Even a NATO intervention might change nothing. In Libya, European NATO forces depleted their ammunition in about 10 days during a low-intensity conflict.
Today, Rheinmetall claims European stockpiles are bone-dry. While I usually take Rheinmetall’s claims with a grain of salt, this time it actually makes sense.
We are looking at a scenario of severe ammunition shortages against a heavily entrenched and well-armed Iran.
Any landing operation would be a bloodbath. I believe that, faced with mounting internal and external failures, the US and Israel will gradually push the Overton Window to a choice between total defeat or the use of tactical nuclear weapons, in the event of a catastrophic failure of ground operations.
Tactical nuclear weapons are strictly forbidden for use, yet their radiation dissipates within weeks in the current environment.
Even so, it would constitute a grave war crime. I do not believe the U.S. would embark on such a path, but I cannot say the same for Israel.
Ending the war with Iran still possessing enriched uranium would be equivalent to admitting that Netanyahu, instead of increasing his people's security, did the exact opposite. The internal pressure would be immense.
If nothing goes as planned and the death toll rises, I feel this window can shift much faster.
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@EmmanuelMacron why didn't you talk to Netanyahu? His phone keeps going to voicemail for some reason...?
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I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today.
It is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities. Civilian populations and their essential needs, as well as the security of energy supplies, must be protected from military escalation.
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@TonyHWindsor @AlboMP not only idiocy, but anyone who refers to 10 million people [Cubans] as "IT" is a fkn sociopath!
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PM @AlboMP when do you draw a line under this idiot .
Surely we need distance ourselves from this clown.
Acyn@Acyn
Trump: Cuba, it's a beautiful island. Great weather. I will be having the honor of taking Cuba. Whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth
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@Glenn_Diesen "IT"? 10 million people is just an "it" to this guy? An absolute sociopath
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Trump: "I do believe... I'll be having the honour of taking Cuba. That's a big honour... Whether I free it or take it, I can do anything I want with it"
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Trump insists that the US is winning, and that it is a "great honor" to kill Iranians.
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I still cant believe these idiots are running the country. Into the fucking ground.
The White House@WhiteHouse
STRIKE. 💥🦅
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@ScottPh77711570 honestly mate - enough with the MAGA shit. It's embarrassing.
But if you're searching that hard for funny memes...
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@pati_marins64 and who determines "appropriate levels of human judgment?" - psychos like Trump, Hegseth, Netanyahu etc. Those bastards would fry the whole world tomorrow if they could
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The world needs to pay attention to this
Over the last few weeks, a major ethical debate has been unfolding in the U.S, and it concerns the very future of warfare.
The conflict involves an unprecedented standoff between the Pentagon and the AI company Anthropic (creators of Claude).
Anthropic held a contract with the Pentagon that included strict "red lines": their AI could not be used for mass surveillance of citizens nor for the development of fully autonomous weapons.
However, with the contract already in effect, the Pentagon demanded the removal of these ethical safeguards. When Anthropic refused, Sec. Pete Hegseth designated the company a "national security supply chain risk," and President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Claude.
The government quickly moved to replace Anthropic's role with OpenAI and xAI.
While these are new contracts, they fulfill the same strategic functions but with a crucial difference: they have reportedly agreed to operate under the Pentagon’s existing policies, specifically Directive 3000.09.
Why is this a turning point? Because Directive 3000.09 does not prohibit fully autonomous lethal weapons.
It allows for "appropriate levels of human judgment," a vague term that the military interprets as allowing AI to trigger force independently once a mission is programmed. If a human programmed the AI to kill, it’s fine.
By accepting these terms, OpenAI and xAI are effectively removing the private ethical barriers that Anthropic fought to maintain.
Anthropic has now sued the U.S. government, alleging illegal retaliation for its ethical stance, a move backed by Microsoft, which warns of a dangerous precedent.
This is about more than just software; it means AI could soon make life-or-death decisions on its own.
We see the errors AI makes every day; these systems are nowhere near ready to decide the fate of a human life.
Global society must keep a close eye on this issue.
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bought a new lamp for the apartment and I don't know why but it makes me very happy
fellas, the ladies might actually be on to something with this whole home decor thing
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@noplaceforsheep guess one thing you can say about Morrison is what we saw is what we got. @AlboMP and @SenatorWong turning somersaults in their hypocrisy is worse
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When we were cursed with Morrison I used to reach a state of frustration in which I wanted to bellow: STOP LYING TO US.
Am very close to that same state with Albanese & Wong.
Who knew 🥴
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@DougCameron51 how lucky are the Spanish to have and educated, moral and courageous leader, one they can feel truly represents them, @AlboMP @SenatorWong ?
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The words of a real leader. A leader of courage and conviction. A leader who puts peace before craven compliance and subjugation of his nation to an illegal war and an autocratic warmongering US President.
Well done Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez!
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JUST IN - Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister expects Australia to join in on the Iran War: "My message to Australia is to wake up!"
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@ScottPh77711570 Yet they haven't "gone down in a day" and I doubt they will in a year. The Seppos will bail long before that.
If there's any "shitty regime" in the area, it's genocidal Israel. It is not for the likes of them and serial liar and paedophile Trump to dish out "justice"
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@PhilPre66 I think Iran are a shitty regime which has kept its people impoverished
They have funded and promoted war by proxy throughout the region, trying to take little risk themselves
40 years of tough talk they go down in a day
"They talk a mean fight but fight like hoes" Ice T
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Generational run for Mossad
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡@shanaka86
They did not bomb Iran. They waited for Iran’s entire leadership to sit down in the same room and then they bombed Iran. Months of intelligence. Thousands of hours of surveillance and signal intercepts. One variable: the moment the Supreme Leader, the President, and senior military command gathered in a single location at the same time. That moment was 8:15 this morning. Daylight. Every previous Israeli strike on Iran came at night. June 2025 launched in darkness. October 2024 after midnight. Iran’s entire air defense doctrine is built around the assumption that Israel attacks in the dark. Israel attacked in broad daylight because the target was not infrastructure. The target was a meeting. Reuters confirms strikes targeted Khamenei and Pezeshkian. CNN confirms months of joint US-Israeli planning. Israeli officials confirmed the strike hit the location where Iran’s top officials were gathered. Whether Khamenei was moved before the strike or extracted after is the most consequential unknown on the planet right now. If before, someone inside Tehran’s inner circle told Jerusalem when and where the meeting would happen. If after, the strikes hit the room and he survived. Both scenarios are catastrophic for the regime. Because Iran’s leadership now knows three things. Israel knew where they were meeting. Israel knew when they were meeting. Israel knew who would be in the room. And everything we watched over the past month, the F-22s at Ovda, the tankers at Ben Gurion, Al Udeid emptied to zero, 270 transport flights, all of it was the delivery architecture for one precision strike on one gathering. Every future meeting of Iran’s senior leadership now carries one question: does Israel know about this one too. This is not a military operation. This is the destruction of institutional trust inside a regime. Every general who sits with Khamenei tomorrow will wonder who told Jerusalem about today. Every IRGC commander who receives a meeting summons will calculate whether attendance is duty or a death sentence. Every secure facility in Tehran has been proven insecure. In June 2025 Israel killed 30 generals in the opening minutes. That was brute force across dispersed targets. This was a scalpel. One meeting. One moment. Months of patience. Iran fired missiles at six countries in retaliation. Most intercepted. One civilian dead from debris in Abu Dhabi. Saudi Arabia responded by pledging all its capabilities against Iran. The Gulf coalition that did not exist yesterday exists today because Tehran built it by attacking everyone simultaneously. Israel traded one morning of precision strikes for the permanent destruction of Iran’s command cohesion. That is not a battle. That is checkmate disguised as a first move. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
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The theocratic Iranian regime is authoritarian, antisemitic and abhorrent.
It wants nuclear weapons, seeks the destruction of Israel, has encouraged terrorism through its proxies - Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis - and has supplied weapons to Russia to support Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. It is also responsible for acts of foreign interference in Australia and igniting antisemitism.
Since 1979, the revolutionary Islamic government in Tehran has oppressed, imprisoned and murdered Iranians.
We pray for the Iranian people at this time.
May courage prevail.
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The Iranian regime has exported terror and destabilised global security for decades.
It has brought this reckoning on itself.
We stand with our allies - and with the Iranian people who deserve freedom.
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