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Month: December 2020

Sacred trees v “progress”

It was nice to see the courts upholding a decision to block the bulldozing of sacred trees (arent all old trees sacred?). These trees have significance for the local Djab Wurrung people. The amount of money they have spent could have been used to go around the trees. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12970540

Student visa

As always, we are competing with other Western countries for the international student population. Many of our universities have made good money, and employed a LOT of people, and run courses they wouldn’t have been able to run before. This is a seriously good money spinner for the Australian economy. We create a very well …

There are still good Americans

It’s really heartening in these dark times in the USA that at least half of America has seen the light and is not indoctrinated to the point where they will vote for a bad person rather than let “the other side” win. And there are stories like this one which brings cheer at this time …

Trumps Wall

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/02/biden-border-wall-trump/ Poor old DRUMP! His mad idea to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it has run aground. Not only has Mexico not paid a cent, but Americans have spent billions of dollars (stolen from the Defence budget and Peurto Rico recovery) to destroy animal habitats and the natural beauty of the Rio …