“A noon showdown for the leadership of the Liberal Party today may seal the political fate of Malcolm Turnbull and decide who becomes the next prime minister.
But the three leadership aspirants — Peter Dutton, Julie Bishop and Scott Morrison — are still waiting for the Solicitor-General to decide whether Mr Dutton is even eligible to sit in Parliament. . . . “
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Day_of_Remembrance_for_Victims_of_Stalinism_and_Nazism
August 23: Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism/Black Ribbon Day in Canada, parts of the European Union, Georgia, and the United States
Hey Jude Lyrics: Hey Jude, don’t make it bad / Take a sad song and make it better / Remember to let her into your heart / Then you can start to make it better …
– It’s 50 years since Paul McCartney came up with Hey Jude while driving from London to Surrey – and made a song that’s sung everywhere from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Avnery
Avnery was born in Beckum, Germany, as Helmut Ostermann, to a well-established German Jewish family.[5]Avnery and his family emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1933, following Adolf Hitler‘s rise to power.[5][6] He attended school in Nahalal and then in Tel Aviv, leaving after 7th grade, at age 14, in order to help his parents.[7]He started work as a clerk for a lawyer, a job he held for about five years.[8]
“About 800,000 people have been displaced and more than 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, according to officials. . . . ”
I watched this last night. I really want to watch this again. Maybe when I have watched it again, I’ll want to comment on it. For instance what Cornel West had to say about USA would be something to think about. One theme was ‘Money is the root of all evil’. It seems to me ‘capitalism’ works like the game of ‘monopoly’. Too many people are getting desperate.
Monday, 13 August 2018
Panellists: Dr Cornel West, Scholar and Poet; Eric Abetz, Tasmanian Liberal Senator; Anne Aly, Labor Member for Cowan; Lindsay Shepherd, Free Speech Advocate; and Jeremy Bell, People’s Panellist.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-14/q&a:-donald-trump-a-gangster-cornel-west-says/10115956
Dr West argued people had to learn how to disagree well.
“On the one hand we defend yourselves and others who are concerned about the dialogue, the dignity of each voice,” he said.
“We must learn how to disagree and disagree in such a way that we can still have our humanity.
“Friendships are deeper than politics, love is always deeper than politics.
“If you haven’t discovered that, you don’t know what love is, but that’s another show.”
The ABC asks:
‘Do you believe that bigots should have the right to “offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate” others?’
