Life is peaceful thereIn the open airYou can live life newThis is what we’ll do!– Thanks for the quote, Pet Shop Boys! The PM, in 2023, described Australians who are proud to be Australian as ‘dark forces’. This turn-about in the PM’s statements regarding reality was not the first, nor the last. He has oftenContinue reading “Go West”
Category Archives: Politopical
What is your career plan? Ill-defined.
Being
How do you want to live? I love where I live. I can get in my car, drive about and help people, earn money, visit places. I can go shopping and buy what I need, and even what I want, and trundle home again. No one tells me what I can and cannot eat, IContinue reading “Being”
Rethink & Victims
‘All white people should be enslaved, and white men should be killed!’ So said the young East Asian woman to me in a poetry class at the University of Technology in Kelvin Grove in 2023. My mind was reeling. She sounds like a Nazi and there is silence. The middle aged white female professor brushesContinue reading “Rethink & Victims”
One Nation
Changes are afoot! There are several groups of people on this planet who have a clear sense of identity. They look at each other and see something similar, hear each other talk, and respond in similar ways. Differentiating these groups is easy enough to do. No, not skin colour and, no, not ethnicity. The wayContinue reading “One Nation”
What topics do you like to discuss? Only uncomfortable ones.
A or B?
Do you like making your own choices? Do you want to choose how you live and what kind of society you live in? Do you want to give that responsibility to someone else? Do you want everything you do, have, say, think and feel to be chosen by someone else? The narrative I’m observing boilsContinue reading “A or B?”
Different Folks…
Religion Estimated Adherents (2020) Percentage of Global Population Christianity 2,268,860,000 28.8% Islam 2,022,590,000 25.6% Hinduism 1,177,860,000 14.9% Buddhism 324,190,000 4.1% Judaism 14,780,000 0.2% Other Religions 172,170,000 2.2% Unaffiliated 1,905,360,000 24.4% Unaffiliated includes China, Japan, Estonia and North Korea. Seems like one of these is on the endangered list…
What’s the most fun way to exercise? Well, it begins with winking at a furtive fellow… and let nature take its course. Stretching back and legs, core strength and arm muscles, abs… good strong breathing… works a charm!
Coattails
Playing in the sunBANG-BANG!‘The alleged gunmen…’ ‘Islamic Iran having nukes? Nope.’BANG-BANG!‘The alleged alliance…’ Growing in the sunKNOCK-KNOCK!‘The alleged fuel supply…’ ‘We will conquer the West!’KNOCK-KNOCK!‘The alleged religion of peace…’ ‘Get your own oil, we got plenty.’GLUG-GLUG!‘The alleged treaties…’ Rusty train tracks in the sunGLUG-GLU…The fuel pump runs dry The little red hen asked:Who will helpContinue reading “Coattails”
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