@lizglab.bsky.social
@lizglab.bsky.social
MBA. Interests: MMT, ecological economics, corruption, democracy, inequality. Western Bulldogs. Co-founder of Voices of Kooyong. Currently https://www.debleonard4monash.com.au/ Bunurong land. Ex classical concert pianist.
The sheer contradiction of believing that the West will destroy and defeat the Russian economy with sanctions but also that sanctions played no meaningful role in the deterioration of the Venezuelan economy.
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The sheer contradiction of believing that the West will destroy and defeat the Russian economy with sanctions but also that sanctions played no meaningful role in the deterioration of the Venezuelan economy.
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Don’t Gazan children deserve that best start in life too?
Speak up please. I can’t hear you.
Speak up please. I can’t hear you.
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Don’t Gazan children deserve that best start in life too?
Speak up please. I can’t hear you.
Speak up please. I can’t hear you.
In the U.S. do any democratic institutions function?
"Dictatorships invert the social order. Honesty, hard work, compassion, solidarity self-sacrifice are negative qualities. Those who embody these qualities are marginalized & persecuted. The heartless, corrupt mendacious cruel & mediocre thrive."
"Dictatorships invert the social order. Honesty, hard work, compassion, solidarity self-sacrifice are negative qualities. Those who embody these qualities are marginalized & persecuted. The heartless, corrupt mendacious cruel & mediocre thrive."
America the Rogue State
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
In the U.S. do any democratic institutions function?
"Dictatorships invert the social order. Honesty, hard work, compassion, solidarity self-sacrifice are negative qualities. Those who embody these qualities are marginalized & persecuted. The heartless, corrupt mendacious cruel & mediocre thrive."
"Dictatorships invert the social order. Honesty, hard work, compassion, solidarity self-sacrifice are negative qualities. Those who embody these qualities are marginalized & persecuted. The heartless, corrupt mendacious cruel & mediocre thrive."
Saddam wasn’t removed for 'freedom' -he started selling oil in Euros.
Gaddafi - he threatened the dollar with a gold-backed African currency.
Maduro - Venezuela dared to sell oil in Yuan & step outside US financial control.
Mess with the petrodollar -magically become a dictator.
Gaddafi - he threatened the dollar with a gold-backed African currency.
Maduro - Venezuela dared to sell oil in Yuan & step outside US financial control.
Mess with the petrodollar -magically become a dictator.
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Saddam wasn’t removed for 'freedom' -he started selling oil in Euros.
Gaddafi - he threatened the dollar with a gold-backed African currency.
Maduro - Venezuela dared to sell oil in Yuan & step outside US financial control.
Mess with the petrodollar -magically become a dictator.
Gaddafi - he threatened the dollar with a gold-backed African currency.
Maduro - Venezuela dared to sell oil in Yuan & step outside US financial control.
Mess with the petrodollar -magically become a dictator.
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Hey @albomp.bsky.social here’s more confirmation for u re the difference bn Z10nism & Judaism. Funny one would have thought a PM would know, but it seems the message just doesn’t get through. You are enabling fascism via Zionism yet you call it antisemitism It would be hilarious if u werent the PM
Best of 2025 - Judaism and Zionism are not the same johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Best of 2025 - Judaism and Zionism are not the same
No doubt about it. We live in a topsy-turvy world. How Kafkaesque can it get, when some of Zionism’s most fervent supporters have been politicians like Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton or — God help us — ...
johnmenadue.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social here’s more confirmation for u re the difference bn Z10nism & Judaism. Funny one would have thought a PM would know, but it seems the message just doesn’t get through. You are enabling fascism via Zionism yet you call it antisemitism It would be hilarious if u werent the PM
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
I wonder what instructions the ABC hierarchy has given its journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
I wonder what instructions the ABC hierarchy has given its journalists.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
I wonder what instructions the ABC hierarchy has given its journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
I wonder what instructions the ABC hierarchy has given its journalists.
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The problem is not that Trump didn't go through Congress. The problem is that America is bombing brown people for oil again.
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The problem is not that Trump didn't go through Congress. The problem is that America is bombing brown people for oil again.
The orchestrated spate of calls for a Royal Commission have persistently ignored one glaring legal issue.
...the commission ‘would almost certainly be held to be an interference with the course of justice and consequently to constitute a contempt of court.’”
...the commission ‘would almost certainly be held to be an interference with the course of justice and consequently to constitute a contempt of court.’”
Weaponising Grief
The media’s response to the Bondi tragedy
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The orchestrated spate of calls for a Royal Commission have persistently ignored one glaring legal issue.
...the commission ‘would almost certainly be held to be an interference with the course of justice and consequently to constitute a contempt of court.’”
...the commission ‘would almost certainly be held to be an interference with the course of justice and consequently to constitute a contempt of court.’”
"Bombshell takeaways from Aussie report spelling future climate doom."
Scientists have warned us for decades.
How will those in comfortable bubbles explain to their children that they have allowed this to unravel?
Schopenauer, "What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity."
Scientists have warned us for decades.
How will those in comfortable bubbles explain to their children that they have allowed this to unravel?
Schopenauer, "What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity."
www.news.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
"Bombshell takeaways from Aussie report spelling future climate doom."
Scientists have warned us for decades.
How will those in comfortable bubbles explain to their children that they have allowed this to unravel?
Schopenauer, "What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity."
Scientists have warned us for decades.
How will those in comfortable bubbles explain to their children that they have allowed this to unravel?
Schopenauer, "What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity."
Is it surprising?
Considering how the two major parties in the US, UK and Australia have for years relinquished their responsibilities to citizens; and let big business dictate terms.
Considering how the two major parties in the US, UK and Australia have for years relinquished their responsibilities to citizens; and let big business dictate terms.
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Is it surprising?
Considering how the two major parties in the US, UK and Australia have for years relinquished their responsibilities to citizens; and let big business dictate terms.
Considering how the two major parties in the US, UK and Australia have for years relinquished their responsibilities to citizens; and let big business dictate terms.
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The number of agents escorting an old man, a foreign national leader, off a tarmac just make America look like the criminals they are.
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The number of agents escorting an old man, a foreign national leader, off a tarmac just make America look like the criminals they are.
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It's the capitalist plan, an ignorant populace is far easier to control.
January 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It's the capitalist plan, an ignorant populace is far easier to control.
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I live in the penal colony of Australia and you could be referring to the clown we call Prime Minister. Pretends to be a lefty but is so far up Trumps arse all you can see is his heels.
And refuses to utter the word Genocide.
And refuses to utter the word Genocide.
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I live in the penal colony of Australia and you could be referring to the clown we call Prime Minister. Pretends to be a lefty but is so far up Trumps arse all you can see is his heels.
And refuses to utter the word Genocide.
And refuses to utter the word Genocide.
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@albomp.bsky.social promised #transparency, but his preference for secrecy is becoming a national scandal - worse than Scott Morrison. It's not requests for transparency that cost money, it's resistance to transparency. #FOI #auspol
FOI costs double in a decade as full transparency halves
Costs have doubled with full disclosures becoming more rare.
www.canberratimes.com.au
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
@albomp.bsky.social promised #transparency, but his preference for secrecy is becoming a national scandal - worse than Scott Morrison. It's not requests for transparency that cost money, it's resistance to transparency. #FOI #auspol
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No prominent muster dogs have signed a letter to call for a royal commission into Bondi.
They know better
They know better
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
No prominent muster dogs have signed a letter to call for a royal commission into Bondi.
They know better
They know better
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"The malnutrition departments in Rantisi Hospital and Patient Friends Hospital, both in Gaza City, care for some of the most severely ill children in Gaza" #TheSameerProject #Gaza
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"The malnutrition departments in Rantisi Hospital and Patient Friends Hospital, both in Gaza City, care for some of the most severely ill children in Gaza" #TheSameerProject #Gaza