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US life expectancy has taken a nose-dive. In Australia, recent health decisions by National Cabinet ignore this warning. Adults in charge need to explain it so a 5-year old can understand gmopundit.blogspot.com/2022/09/us-lif…

Aussie bakery owner reveals her heartbreak after brand new bagel shop is vandalised with hateful anti-Jewish graffiti before it even opened its doors By Brett Lackey - Daily Mail A newly built bagel shop in Sydney's trendy Paddington has been vandalised with anti-Jewish graffiti just days out from its grand opening. Candy Berger, CEO of Lox In A Box, revealed on Thursday night that the small bagel chain's new location had been graffitied with a Nazi swastika. The store is set to open on April 9 and will join the business's other location at Bondi, Coogee and Marrickville. In a social media post on Thursday, Ms Berger said she visited the Paddington store on the previous day after the building fit-out had just been completed. 'We were so excited to finally share our Paddo space with you,' Ms Berger, who is of Jewish heritage, wrote. 'We were going to take you on a tour, we wanted to show you the hand-painted windows, the space, and all the details. It's something we've been working so hard towards for weeks. 'A build that's held so much of us. Our literal blood, sweat and heart. And now tears. 'Yesterday, we proudly took the paper down. And today, we wanted to cover it all up again. This morning, we arrived to find a swastika etched into the glass.' The small business owner said the experience had left her shaken, but she was defiant. 'I've been showing up every day, pushing through this strange in-between of building something. Where you're no longer small, but not yet big enough to feel steady just yet. Ms Berger said she kept going because she 'loves what she does' along with her colleagues and customers. 'But today, my strength gave way. I lost my words, I didn't have gratitude. This one deeply hurt. 'I stood there in shock, thinking about what that symbol represents... What it has cost us... I am the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, and today felt like a punch that landed deeper than most.' She said the incident happening just before Passover in early April would give the celebration even more meaning. 'A time where we remember that the Jewish people have been marked before. Hunted before. Silenced before. Told to disappear before. And yet, we are still here.' She said police had been called, who were 'amazing' and added it would not affect the opening of the store. 'We will not let it close our doors or dim the light of something we've worked so hard to build. That is what hate wants and we refuse to give it that.' NSW Police confirmed it is investigating the incident. 'A report of malicious damage at a business on Oxford Street, Paddington, was received about 12pmThursday,' a spokesperson told Daily Mail. 'Inquiries have established the incident occurred on Saturday 21 March 2026.' Anyone with information about the incident or footage relevant to it is asked to contact police. Daily Mail has contacted Ms Berger for comment.

I still haven’t come across an image which captures the problem in Birmingham more perfectly than this one.

Our study on COVID-19 mortality in Austria has just been published in the Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. We analyzed data from 4.5 million Austrians between 2020 and 2022. Age, vaccination status, and sex are the most important factors—regional differences (districts) play a smaller role. Vaccination provides significant protection against death, It reduced the risk of dying by up to 85%. #COVID19 #PublicHealth #Epidemiologie link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A Yarra Valley winery announced that they had produced a Kosher wine. Since it's Australia in 2026, you can already guess what happened next.

‼️Statement on the Orbán Government Accusing Me, an Investigative Journalist, of Espionage‼️ Today, the Hungarian government has filed a complaint against me for espionage. Accusing investigative journalists of espionage is virtually unprecedented in the 21st century for an EU member state. This is typical of Putin’s Russia, Belarus, and similar regimes. I have spent over a decade documenting how Russian spies and interests have penetrated Hungarian politics, so I am probably the least surprised by this. Despite growing signs that the Hungarian government acts as a Kremlin ally and copies the Russian model, I still trust that parts of the Hungarian state—and the judiciary—follow the Hungarian constitution, not that of the Russian Federation. I have never engaged in espionage. I see my work as journalistic counterintelligence—from exposing the hacking of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry by Russian actors to revealing the activities of Hungarian pro-Kremlin propagandists. Defending myself publicly would be easier if I were not bound by source protection. But that remains my top priority. I cannot reveal who provides me information or what I receive, including from within Hungarian state structures. If I were not a journalist, I could list many facts proving it is impossible for the Hungarian state to genuinely believe I am spying. Certain meetings, contacts, and information gathering could never have happened otherwise. This baseless accusation now forces me to share details of a specific investigation, including a conversation with a confidential source that appears to have been wiretapped. Normally, this would appear in a finished article or my upcoming book—not here. (It will appear there as well.) Since 2023, I have investigated whether the relationship between Péter Szijjártó and Russian officials exceeds legal limits. The published audio, where I’m heard talking to a source, mentions that communication between Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov is recorded by EU intelligence services. Less attention has gone to my point that this relationship raises strong suspicion of political intelligence activity and influence operations in Russia’s interest. These are serious claims and hard to prove. As a journalist, I cannot force anyone to speak or hand over documents. That is why gathering this information has taken so long—and why I spoke to that sensitive source (while the conversation was secretly recorded). Serious claims require serious evidence, and I believe I have gathered some. I have not engaged in espionage. I have not cooperated with any foreign intelligence service in surveilling Szijjártó. Instead, I tried to verify earlier fragments of information about Szijjártó–Lavrov communication. I sought to identify the channels and phone numbers used, and whether a secret channel—possibly used by Russian intelligence—exists. In other words, whether Szijjártó uses a hidden device or number unknown even within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. This was only one part of my research. The other, more serious topic is this: Since at least 2016–2017, EU and NATO intelligence services have had indications that large amounts of cash and precious stones may have been transported from Russia on Hungarian government aircraft or private jets used by government figures. Officials from at least six countries made such claims to me. These signals did not come from monitoring Hungarian targets, but, for example, from intercepting Russian officials discussing or preparing such shipments. Alongside Szijjártó–Lavrov communication, I examined how baggage screening and handling works on such flights, which officials travel with what luggage, whether more packages arrive from Moscow than depart, and how such shipments could be handled discreetly. I know how serious this is, and I would not have written even this much—but since I do not know what else may be taken from the edited recording, or what fabricated accusations (like, for example, that I was seeking such details to commit terrorism) may follow, I believe I must share this now. Why do I investigate all this? According to many sources familiar with the Hungarian state and counterintelligence, there is no independent body in the Orbán system able to investigate or act if a senior official is suspected of espionage. Government members direct intelligence services and set expectations. The services lack both tools and authority to investigate a government member. I knew this would be difficult when I chose to pursue it. But few people in Hungary can or dare to do this, so I felt it was my duty. We have now reached the point where the Orbán government—of which Szijjártó is still a member—aware of my reporting plans and the risk they pose, has preemptively accused me of espionage. I am a Hungarian patriot. I serve the public. As an investigative journalist, my job is to hold power accountable. Neither political theater nor legal threats will deter me.

BREAKING: The Iranian dissident & pro-Pahlavi Mohamed Shafiei has been shot in the Netherlands in what seems to be another IRGC assassination attempt on European soil. Mohamed, who works as a civilian ICT employee of the police in Schoonhoven, was shot near his home. If people like @geertwilderspvv would have gotten their way, these IRGC agents would have long been deported or behind bars.   🇳🇱

Sanctioned Russians arriving in DC to present another aid package to the Trump family bank accounts in exchange for continuing to cut off and pressure Ukraine into surrendering. European had better wake up.

Russia is providing intelligence support to Iran. We have evidence from our intelligence agencies. Russia is doing this while saying, “We won't provide intelligence to Iran if America stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine." Isn’t this blackmail? Absolutely. Russia has been sharing intel regardless. But they are presenting it as a bargaining chip in this game. Could it prompt the U.S. to pause data sharing? Probably. It depends on the conditions in the Middle East and how this operation unfolds. From an interview with Reuters (3/5).

BREAKING: UN planning next week to appoint another open Hamas terrorism supporter as Special Rapporteur. Zeina Jallad defended Hamas after October 7th, declared “fighting is resistance,” and called to expel Israel from world bodies. Exposed by UN Watch: unwatch.org/u-n-set-to-app…

And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Let’s keep this in the spotlight every day.

Unbelievable. NIH scientists are some of the best in the world. The level of distrust being sown regarding his own agency is unfathomable.

BREAKING: We just received a legal letter from a West Sydney NDIS business accusing us of defamation and ANTI-MUSLIM HATE SPEECH. We're being threatened because we pointed out that their official NDIS business page advertises NDIS funded Quran classes alongside videos showing off luxury Mercedes sports cars. For overseas readers, the NDIS is a government funded program meant to support severely disabled Australians. Religious instruction is obviously not supposed to be covered by the NDIS. The program has been systematically defrauded in recent years to the tune of probably more than $10 billion. In our opinion this is just one small example of the scheme being systematically abused. The business appears to have hired some weird Lebanese lawyer named Tom Zreika to sign off on the legal threats. I checked out Tom's professional legal business page. He has multiple posts pledging support to the Iranian government and showing off his Lamborghini sports car. WHAT A FUCKING COUNTRY WE LIVE IN @PeteZogoulas

We do not see any genuine desire from Russia to end the war, and we share this view with our partners. The United States believes that Putin wants the war to end. Our views here are completely different. On one hand, that’s not a problem – it’s normal for opinions to differ. But on the other hand, when we want to end the war, to accelerate this process, we raise the issue of putting pressure on Russia. We know that Putin does not want to end the war. We call for additional pressure to make him want to. But the U.S. believes he wants to end it, so why apply extra pressure if Russia is showing it is also ready for peace? There are different perspectives on certain issues, and this is something we need to work through. From an interview with Le Monde (3/5).

The United States has reached out to us regarding their bases in Middle Eastern countries. We’ve also been approached by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait. We’re already working with some of them, and our expert teams are already on the ground, assessing the situation and sharing invaluable experience. Because no matter how many Patriots, THAADs, or other air defense systems are in the Middle East, that alone is not enough for fully effective air defense. There are modern interceptors designed to counter heavy drone strikes. Now, we are discussing future deliveries of certain equipment that Ukraine has. We want Middle Eastern countries to give us the opportunity to strengthen ourselves as well. They have some air defense missiles that we lack. We would like to reach agreements on this. Funding is the scarcest resource today. Our defense industry is currently operating at half capacity, and we need more financing to produce drones for ourselves. That’s why we are ready to sell to our partners the systems we have in surplus. And we’re not just selling – we’ll provide our expertise as well. Interceptor drones don’t work without our expertise. It’s the system that works. From an interview with Le Monde (1/5).

I just took the floor at the United Nations to deliver a speech that never in my life I could have imagined necessary: Madam Chair, History teaches that the health of a society may be assessed by a simple test: Is it safe for Jews? Sadly, today we need to pose this question to the West’s proudest democracies. Australia: Synagogues firebombed in Melbourne. “Gas the Jews” shouted in your streets. A terrorist massacre of Jews at Bondi. You rejected visas for Israeli lawmakers, while rewarding Hamas by recognizing a non-existent state. Australia, you have more than 100,000 Jews. How many now think of leaving? Britain: Mass marches chanting for intifada and destruction of the Jewish state. Jewish ambulances torched in Golders Green. You impose an arms embargo on Israel—yet refuse to proscribe the IRGC. Britain, you have 300,000 Jews. How many now think of leaving? Canada: Synagogues riddled with bullets. Jewish schools under siege. Your minister promotes an Internet hoax that Israel bombed a hospital. Canada, you have 400,000 Jews. How many now think of leaving? France: Rabbis attacked in Paris. A Holocaust memorial defaced with graffitti. State-sponsored media whitewash the UN’s Hamas apologist. France, you have half a million Jews. How many now think of leaving? History teaches: Nations that welcomed Jews grew stronger; those that drove them out diminished themselves. Prime Ministers Albanese, Starmer, Carney, President Macron: You failed to confront the hate. Worse, by applying a constant double standard to the Jewish state, you sent signals to the mob. A society may be judged by a simple test. We ask Leaders of the West: Are your countries safe for Jews?

Regional woomba intensity across Australia

The Flexner Report didn’t hand medicine to “Big Pharma.” It did something far less conspiratorial and far more disruptive: it shut down bad medical schools. Before 1910, American medicine was a marketplace of: •proprietary schools run for profit •correspondence courses •homeopathy, eclectic medicine, and outright quackery No standards, no real science requirement, no consistent clinical training. Enter Abraham Flexner, backed by the Carnegie Foundation. His report demanded: •university-based medical education •laboratory science (biology, chemistry, pathology) •real hospital training The result? •About half of U.S. medical schools closed •Admission standards rose •Medicine moved from trade → profession Now, here’s where the modern myth sneaks in: people retrofit today’s distrust of pharma onto a 1910 reform. But in 1910: •The modern pharmaceutical industry barely existed •There were no statins, no antibiotics (penicillin comes later), no randomized trials •“Drug companies taking over” wasn’t even structurally possible Did industry influence medicine later? Of course. Especially post-WWII with: •antibiotics •regulatory frameworks like the FDA gaining power •expansion of commercial drug development But that’s mid-20th century onward, not Flexner. And the “profit over patients” claim ignores something inconvenient: •Life expectancy rose •Surgical mortality plummeted •Infectious diseases that once wiped out cities became treatable Not because medicine got captured—but because it got scientific. If you want to criticize modern medicine, there are legitimate angles: •pricing structures •industry-funded trials •regulatory capture risks But blaming the Flexner Report is like blaming the invention of sanitation for modern plumbing costs

You’d think Jack Smith’s memo (that Pam Bondi inadvertently released) finding that Trump stole & kept 100s of classified docs after leaving office to enrich himself - would be more than a blip in the news cycle.

Anti-Vaccine Influencers Are in Panic Mode Over a Meningitis Outbreak in Kent, and trying to explain it away with one implausible argument after the other - all of them unconvincing. Via @AboutPediatrics open.substack.com/pub/stopantiva…

So let me get this straight. The previous administration criminally prosecuted Michael Flynn. Michael Flynn pleaded GUILTY to the charges. Then Trump 2.0 pardons Michael Flynn. Flynn sues the previous administration for politically motivated prosecution. ...And the current Trump administration is settling the lawsuit with taxpayer dollars an UNDISCLOSED amount of $. There needs to be a law against this kind of self-dealing. This is absolutely maddening.