The Ridiculous Clamor for Palestinian Statehood

 

It’s honestly hard to believe that this is a real conversation. But here we are, with world leaders like Macron, Starmer, and now even Carney pushing for the UN to recognise a Palestinian state this September. What’s their reasoning? To promote peace between Hamas and Israel. Yeah, you read that right. They’re arguing that recognising a “Palestinian state” will magically restart the peace process.

Let’s just pause and think about that for a second: What type of Palestinian state are they proposing here? A state run by Hamas, the same group that’s committed to the annihilation of Israel and the killing of all Jews? A state where hostages are still being held in terror tunnels, where education systems are training future martyrs, and where the population is not even permanent after all, they are registered as refugees.

Oh, and let’s not forget, the Palestinian territories haven’t had free and fair elections in decades. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas can’t even agree on who gets to make the rules, let alone run an entire country. So, we’re going to recognise this? A divided entity that can’t meet any of the UN’s basic conditions for statehood?

According to the UN Charter, a state needs:

1. A defined territory.

   • Well, that’s still disputed, isn’t it?

2. A permanent population.

   • Most of the population is recognised as refugees. Does that sound “permanent” to you?

3. A government that controls the territory.

   • No, there are two competing governments — the PA and Hamas. They can’t even agree on which flag to fly.

4. The capacity to enter into relations with other states.

   • How can they when they’re at war with Israel, and Hamas is a terrorist organisation that openly supports terrorism worldwide?

And let’s talk about the peace-loving requirement. The UN Charter says explicitly that new states must be “peace-loving.” Sure, the PA might make nice promises (which they’ve broken every time), but Hamas? Their entire charter is to destroy Israel and kill Jews. How does this fit with the UN’s criteria for peace-loving states? It doesn’t.

The whole idea of pushing for Palestinian statehood now is nothing short of rewarding terrorism. Hamas started a war, committed atrocities, took Israeli hostages, and continues to hold its own population hostage. Recognising this chaos as a state would be a shameful endorsement of violence over diplomacy, terror over peace.

So, let’s not kid ourselves: This is madness. Giving a state to a disjointed, terror-sponsoring entity only emboldens extremism and undermines the UN’s own principles. It doesn’t promote peace — it rewards the very forces preventing it.

Hamas Feasts While Gaza Starves?

The world’s turned upside down again. Headlines scream that Israel is starving Gaza’s civilians. The UN frets, activists rage, and the usual suspects in the media bang the drum of outrage. But here’s what they won’t tell you: it’s Hamas that’s doing the starving.

Yep, the same terrorist group that's been running Gaza into the ground for years is now blocking food aid from reaching civilians. They hijack convoys, reroute supplies to their own fighters, and punish anyone who dares speak out. But wait—there’s more. While Gazan families scavenge for scraps, Hamas posts videos of its leaders sitting down to feast. Not just surviving—feasting. As HonestReporting's latest short video below shows, the contrast is jaw-dropping.

Meanwhile, Israel—blamed for it all—is still sending in aid, still opening crossings, still trying to coordinate distribution… only for Hamas to intercept and weaponise humanitarian relief. And what does the international community do? Point fingers at the only country actually doing something to help.

Even worse is the media’s role in all of this. Western outlets had access to the same footage, the same facts, the same damning evidence—but instead of exposing Hamas, they parroted its propaganda. They ran with the "Israel-starves-Gaza" narrative while deliberately ignoring—or burying—the images of Hamas officials boasting about their well-stocked kitchens. It’s not just bias, it’s complicity.

Let’s call this what it is: a propaganda farce. Hamas is crying “starvation” while hoarding food and letting their people suffer for PR. And the world, predictably, laps it up.

When words become weapons

Words used to be how we communicated truth. Now they’re being twisted into weapons – used not to describe reality, but to shape and distort it. Redefinitions, rebranding, and outright manipulations of meaning are becoming the norm. And we’re all meant to play along.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t just about sloppy language. It’s about changing the rules mid-game to win arguments you otherwise couldn’t win. It’s propaganda in a lab coat.

Take "misogynist" – a once-clear term that meant someone who hated women. But when former Australian PM Tony Abbott criticised Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female PM, he was branded a misogynist. Why? Because disagreeing with a woman in public apparently now equals hatred. Never mind that Abbott has three daughters and a long history of promoting women in his personal and political life.

But the word stuck. And it stuck so hard that even dictionaries redefined it to include things like “prejudice against women” or “sexist behaviour.” That’s not the same thing as hatred. But the word carries that weight — and that’s precisely why it was used. A smear disguised as vocabulary.

Another example: "vaccine." Once upon a time, a vaccine was a substance that prevented disease. That’s why we don’t see smallpox or polio anymore. However, when the COVID-19 vaccine failed to prevent infection or stop the virus from spreading, instead of acknowledging the product's limitations, authorities simply revised the definition.

No longer something that stops transmission — just something that “reduces symptoms.” So now even a therapeutic injection can be called a vaccine. What was once a shield is now rebranded as a damp cloth — and we’re told it’s the same thing.

And then there's the weaponisation of “starvation” — most recently by media and activists during the Gaza conflict. As Alan Dershowitz pointed out in his recent video, the claims of mass starvation in Gaza are wildly exaggerated, if not fabricated altogether. Satellite images show food trucks being unloaded, marketplaces operating, and even Hamas stealing supplies to sell them for profit. But screaming “genocide” and “starvation” grabs headlines. Accuracy? That’s optional.

And while we're on genocide, that word has been thrown around with reckless abandon. Israel is constantly accused of genocide in Gaza, as if deliberately targeting civilians were the goal of its military campaign. That is categorically false and grotesquely offensive. Israel is fighting a defensive war against a terrorist regime that deliberately embeds itself in schools, hospitals, and apartment buildings — using its own people as human shields. Despite this, Israel has taken unprecedented steps to warn civilians, provide aid, and avoid unnecessary casualties — more than any military force in history. The accusation of genocide here isn't just wrong — it's a cynical attempt to vilify self-defence while absolving actual terrorists of blame.

It’s the boy who cried wolf, but worse. Because once language is corrupted, real suffering becomes harder to identify, and harder to stop. If everything is “genocide,” nothing is. If every critic is a “misogynist,” then real hatred gets lost in the noise. If every injection is a “vaccine,” then the word becomes meaningless.

Why it matters

Words shape how people think, how they vote, and how they react. When you mess with definitions, you’re messing with minds. It’s dishonest, it’s dangerous, and it’s deliberate.

The antidote? Call it out. Be precise. Refuse to go along with corrupted language just because everyone else is

Here is Alan Dershowitz's video on the abuse of words.

Demonising Israel - Another Low from Labor

You’d think with all the chaos in the world, our government might spend its time on issues that actually matter to Australians — energy prices, housing, cost of living. But no. The Albanese Labor government has decided that its moral mission is to demonise Israel.

In a blistering and much-needed critique, Chris Kenny lays bare the hypocrisy and intellectual laziness of Labor’s latest foreign policy posture in his Sky News video, “Hamas propaganda’: Demonisation of Israel ‘sinking to new depths’”.

Let’s be clear. Israel has been under attack. Again. Yet the Labor government seems more concerned about how Israel defends itself than why it has to.

Kenny rightly points out the disgraceful double standard: Israel is blamed for defending its citizens, while the actual perpetrators of violence — Hamas — are given a pass. Worse, their propaganda is parroted by Western media and politicians who should know better.

Australia once stood firmly with democratic allies. Now, under Labor, we wobble toward the woke brigade — more worried about “optics” than facts. This isn’t a balanced foreign policy. It’s appeasement masquerading as principle.

And it sends a dangerous message: terrorism might work if you spin it right.

The truth is, moral clarity matters. And on this, Labor is failing badly.

Weekly Roundup – Top Articles & Commentary (Week 31, 2025)

 

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week;

• Robot Calisthenics
  
• Demonisation of Israel - Another Low from Labor
  
• When words become weapons
  
• Hamas feasts While Gaza Starves?
  
• The Ridiculous Clamor for Palestinian Statehood
  
• Russiagate Episode 3: What Has Been Revealed So Far
• The March of the Machines Continues
  

We welcome all feedback, so please feel free to submit your comments or communicate with me via email at grappysb@gmail.com or @grappysb on X. 

Robot Calisthenics

You may have seen robots playing soccer and concluded, quite correctly from what we saw, that Robots have a long way to go. If you missed that one, you can catch up at Robots Suck at Soccer. 

However, we may be selling them short. Here is another robot video that shows quite the opposite: a young, agile, and capable robot demonstrating its skills. This is the latest offering from the Chinese company UnitTree, and I believe you can purchase one for under $6,000. I would be cautious, though; having an acrobatic robot in your kitchen may be like having a bull in a China shop.  

Russiagate Rolling On

It turns out Russiagate isn’t just a busted flush — it’s a ticking time bomb that still has shrapnel to throw.

In a follow-up to the bombshell revelations covered in my earlier post Russiagate Comeuppance, Tulsi Gabbard joins Victor Davis Hanson in a fresh YouTube video to dig even deeper into the swamp. And folks, it stinks.

Tulsi lays out the truth plainly — this wasn’t just an overzealous investigation or a few honest mistakes. It was a calculated deception, used to smear Trump, undermine an election, and distract the public. Worse, the real culprits — those who peddled the lie — still haven’t been held accountable.

VDH reminds us this wasn’t just political theatre. It was the misuse of intelligence agencies, media complicity, and flat-out manipulation of public trust. All while the so-called “protectors of democracy” gave themselves medals for their “resistance.”

This ball still has a long way to roll. But as more truth comes out, the sham is being exposed for what it really was: a hoax designed to poison a presidency and divide a nation.

Tick, tock.

Net Zero Nonsense: All Pain, No Gain!

You’ve got to hand it to the Australian government — when they commit to something, they really commit. Even when it’s completely bonkers.

Take Net Zero by 2050. It’s the shiny new goal every government wants to plaster on its press releases to show how virtuous and forward-thinking they are. The problem? For Australia, it’s a painful, self-inflicted wound with zero benefit.

Let’s break this down.

The Costs We’re Copping

1. Skyrocketing Energy Prices
We used to have some of the cheapest power in the world. Now? Power bills are biting everyone, including households, manufacturers, and small businesses. Why? Because we’re ditching cheap, reliable coal and gas for intermittent renewables that need endless subsidies and backups.

2. Grid Instability
Wind and solar might look good on paper, but the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. Our once-stable grid now lives on the edge. And every blackout or “load-shedding” warning is just another sign we’re powering into chaos.

3. Industry Exodus
Energy-intensive industries — such as aluminium smelting, steel, and fertiliser — are shutting down or relocating overseas. Why run a business here when you can get cheaper, more reliable power elsewhere?

4. Lost Jobs, Lost Communities
As the industry dries up, so do the towns that depend on it. We’re watching generational jobs vanish in places like the Hunter Valley and Gladstone — sacrificed on the altar of climate symbolism.

5. Environmental Own-Goals
Here’s the irony: covering landscapes with wind farms and solar panels is not environmentally friendly. It chews up pristine land, kills wildlife (especially birds and bats), and requires massive new mining operations to extract rare earths and other materials. Where are the greenies when koalas are booted from their trees to make way for a solar farm?

6. Billions in Taxpayer Handouts
Subsidies for renewables, storage schemes, transmission lines to nowhere, hydrogen fantasies… All funded by us, the taxpayers. While China builds more coal plants and laughs at our economic masochism.

The Benefits? Practically Zilch.

Let’s not forget this one crucial fact: Australia accounts for just 1% of global CO₂ emissions.

You could shut the entire country down tomorrow — turn off every power plant, ground every plane, ban every ute — and it wouldn’t make a dent in the climate curve.

China emits more in a week than the United States does in a year. India, the US, and other countries are ramping up their use of fossil fuels. While we sabotage ourselves for feel-good headlines, the rest of the world keeps burning.

And don’t be fooled by the “we’ll lead by example” nonsense. No one’s following us — they’re too busy securing their energy security and lifting living standards.

Virtue Signalling on Steroids

This whole Net Zero push isn’t about outcomes — it’s about optics. It’s about politicians playing to the UN crowd, scoring media points, and pretending to be climate warriors while regular Aussies pay the price.

We’re wrecking our economy, destabilising our grid, kneecapping our industries, and trashing our own environment — all for a goal that won’t change the climate by a single degree.

Madness, pure and simple.

If you want to watch the breakdown that inspired this, check out the video:

Let’s stop the madness and start using a bit of common sense again.

https://youtu.be/qzDoS-cfsWE?si=r2GmFoP215y37YU3

Russiagate Comeuppance

First, it was Russia-gate, the claim that Russia had influenced Trump's 2016 electoral success and that Trump was in cahoots with Russia. It spawned two years of investigations costing millions of dollars and sabotaging the first two years of Trump's presidency. After this was exposed as a hoax, the Democrats did their best to forget it ever happened. But,  a re-elected Trump and his committed team, many of whom suffered from the weaponisation of the justice system under Biden, are now looking for justice. 

So what’s the real story behind the Russia-gate madness? Matt Taibbi dropped some serious truth bombs in the video “Alleged Obama ‘Treason’ EXPLAINED, and the Key Russia-gate ‘Smoking Gun’.” And it’s not pretty.

Here's the deal:

• Following direct instruction from Obama, the FBI and CIA fabricated the claim that Russia interfered with the US Presidential election in 2016 in favour of Trump, effectively delegitimising his election

• For three years, the FBI and CIA ran a full-blown narrative framing Trump as traitorous. Taibbi calls it either the biggest setup or the most significant espionage scandal ever, and it was entirely fabricated.

• A whistleblower confirms leaks: A former State Department official, Steven Schrage, taped conversations that show people like Halper (who liaised between spies and Trump aides) had inside information about Flynn’s FBI bust before it went public. That suggests co-ordination, not coincidence.

• There are at least allegations that Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence under Biden, orchestrated leaks to reporters—“pull the kill shot”—leading to Flynn’s downfall. That’s not oversight; that’s political sabotage.

Why it matters:

This wasn’t a minor screw-up. It was intelligence agencies weaponising leaks and pushing a false narrative that drove an entire media frenzy—and nearly tanked a presidency.

Make no mistake: even though it's a scandal of historic proportions, you're not hearing this in your mainstream feed. The fallout from these leaks destroyed careers, eroded trust, and set a precedent for intelligence abuse.

So yeah, the “secret smoking gun” was just smoke and mirrors. And the real emergency? Not foreign interference—it was lies coming from within.

Here is the video

https://youtu.be/w7H6R2SV3LM?si=UmAnCQOiseGDFhC3

Virtue signaling is not virtuous

There’s something deeply wrong with modern left-wing politics, not just in Australia, but across the West. Greg Sheridan nailed it in The Australian today: well-meaning, feel-good policies — dressed up as virtuous — are hurting the very people they’re supposed to help.
Here’s the thing: good intentions aren’t enough. A bad policy is still a bad policy, even if it’s wrapped in compassion and hashtag virtue. You can’t pay your power bill with vibes. And voters eventually wake up.
Yes, Albanese has a big majority. But so did Biden. So did Starmer. So did Whitlam. And look how that turned out.

The Feel-Good Fantasy That Fails the Poor
Sheridan argues that the modern Left is driven by ideology rather than practicality. They dream up grand schemes that sound noble — but don’t survive contact with reality. 

For example, consider these policies popular with the Left.

• Education reforms that ruined literacy:

Phonics worked. But “whole language” felt more enlightened. The result? A collapse in literacy standards. Affluent families got tutors. Poor kids got left behind.

• Open border chaos sold as compassion:

Saying “everyone is welcome” sounds kind. But uncontrolled immigration floods low-income suburbs, not leafy ones. Working-class people wear the consequences — in housing, services, and jobs.

• Endless spending justified by ‘care’:

Social programs sound generous. But they’re often ineffective or downright harmful. Inflation? That’s not just economic theory — it’s dinner prices, rent, petrol. And the poor feel it first.

• The Net Zero mirage:

Net Zero is the ultimate virtue signal. A policy built on optics, not physics. The result? Soaring energy prices, collapsing industries, and fewer jobs for non-uni grads. Meanwhile, climate activists continue to tweet from air-conditioned cafes.

• Cancelling student debt:

Sold as justice. But in reality, it’s a taxpayer-funded handout to the middle class. Uni grads earn more — yet working-class taxpayers foot the bill.

Nice Doesn’t Equal Right

The Left no longer works with human nature — it tries to override it. And when theory fails, the poor are the first to suffer.
You can win elections with slogans and selfies. But governing? That takes ideas that work. Not just ideas that sound noble.
The truth is simple: bad policy, no matter how well-intentioned, remains bad policy. And in the end, the public always catches on.

Weekly Roundup – Top Articles & Commentary (Week 30, 2025)

 

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week;-

• WHO Do They Think They Are?
  
• Virtue signaling is not virtuous
  
• Russiagate Comeuppance
  
• Net Zero Nonsense: All Pain, No Gain
  
• Russiagate Rolling On
  

We welcome all feedback, so please feel free to submit your comments or communicate with me via email at grappysb@gmail.com or @grappysb on X. 

WHO Do They Think They Are?

Let’s talk about the World Health Organization. Or as I’m starting to think of them — the World Control Organization.

If you haven’t been paying attention (and don’t blame yourself if you haven’t — the media's been suspiciously quiet), the WHO has quietly slipped through a set of new powers that would make your skin crawl if you value freedom, transparency, or even basic national sovereignty.

Dr John Campbell — one of the few straight-shooters left online — lays it out in his latest video. And RFK Jr. isn't mincing words either. The gist? The WHO has effectively rewritten the rulebook, allowing it to declare global health emergencies, define the threat, control the narrative, and dictate the response. Not suggest. Not recommend. Dictate.

That includes measures such as lockdowns, border closures, travel restrictions, vaccine rollouts, and surveillance — even censorship. Yes, censorship. If you dare to say something that doesn’t match the WHO’s “official” narrative, they can now label that as “misinformation” and trigger tech platforms or governments to shut you down. And no, this isn’t science fiction — it’s baked into the updated International Health Regulations and that shady new Pandemic Preparedness Treaty they’ve been cooking behind closed doors.

This is bureaucracy on steroids, run by unelected, unaccountable technocrats who don’t answer to voters — but who now think they can override your country’s laws in the name of “health.”

RFK Jr. calls it a global health dictatorship. He’s not wrong.

Let’s be clear: The WHO did not cover itself in glory during the COVID pandemic. They were slow to act, quick to praise China’s secrecy, and have been tangled in political conflicts of interest ever since. So now, that same organisation wants to be in charge when the next pandemic hits? No thanks.

And don’t buy the “it’s just guidelines” line. These aren’t guidelines anymore. They’re trying to give themselves teeth — legally binding powers. And most governments, including our own, are either asleep at the wheel or quietly nodding along, thinking no one will notice.

Here’s the bottom line: Public health does not trump democracy. You can’t run the world by fiat from Geneva, not without blowback.

This isn’t about being “anti-science” or “anti-health.” It’s about being pro-accountability and pro-democracy. The WHO wants power without responsibility. That’s a recipe for tyranny.

It’s time to ask some hard questions. And more importantly, it’s time to start saying NO!

Here is RFK Jr's summary of the WHO overreach.

Saving the Planet, Screwing the Poor

Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime: the human cost of climate activism. Not the imagined future harm from a changing climate — I’m talking about the very real, very immediate harm done right now to the world’s poorest people in the name of “saving the planet.”

Robert Bryce hits this point square on in his powerful talk, “The People Climate Activists Leave Behind.” It’s not just about energy. It’s about morality — or more precisely, the complete inversion of it.

Here’s the harsh truth: the policies pushed by elite climate activists almost always lead to higher energy prices. That’s a burden easily absorbed in wealthy cities with Teslas, solar panels, and virtue-signalling yard signs. But for billions of people who live on a few dollars a day, higher electricity costs are not an inconvenience — they’re a life sentence to darkness, cold, and poverty.

Bryce makes a few key points worth repeating:

• Energy poverty is real. More than 3 billion people today still live without reliable electricity.

• Cheap, reliable energy is the foundation of human development. Without it, nothing improves: not education, not health care, not economic opportunity.

• Climate activists oppose the very technologies (like gas and nuclear) that can lift people out of poverty — all in the name of fighting an abstract global threat 30 years from now.

Bryce isn’t saying the climate doesn’t matter. He’s saying that people matter too, especially the poor. And if our solutions to climate change make their lives harder, colder, darker — then we’re not saving the planet. We’re just shifting the suffering.

And let’s be blunt: There is no virtue in making electricity more expensive. None. It doesn’t make you righteous. It makes you blind to the consequences of your own beliefs.

It’s time we stop applauding climate “solutions” that ignore the basic needs of billions of our fellow humans. Any real climate plan must include — not exclude — the poor.

Otherwise, we’re just building a greener world for the rich — and leaving everyone else behind in the dark.

Here is Bryce's full presentation.

Autopen-gate: Pardons In Peril

You know things are going off the rails when a pen becomes a national scandal. But here we are.

In what’s now being dubbed Autopen-gate, it turns out President Biden may have used an autopen—yes, a mechanical signature device—to issue presidential pardons. The kicker? He’s confessed he didn’t personally authorise each one.

This isn’t some ceremonial signing of Christmas cards or routine letters to diplomats. These were official presidential pardons, a power granted exclusively to the president by the Constitution. And now the FBI is reportedly opening a grand conspiracy probe into whether this was a case of executive overreach or plain old fraud.

The big legal question: Can a presidential pardon stand if the president never actually approved it himself? If not, every single one of those autopen pardons could be invalid—and we're talking real-world consequences for people who may have already been released, had charges dropped, or regained rights.

Let’s be clear. This isn’t a minor whoopsie. This is a serious constitutional mess. You can't just farm out your presidential powers to a staffer with a fancy pen. If the president didn’t personally make the decision, then who did? And who benefits?

At best, it’s sloppy and lazy. At worst, it’s deliberate abuse of power—a shadow presidency run by unelected bureaucrats who can rubber-stamp life-changing legal actions. And that, my friends, should worry everyone, no matter which side of the political fence you sit on.

This isn’t about party. It’s about accountability. And it’s about time someone asked the obvious question: If the President didn’t sign the pardon, does the pardon even exist?

Stay tuned. This story isn’t over. It’s just getting started.

Here is a recent Fox News discussion on this issue.

So Much Winning

Victor Davis Hanson laid it out straight: Trump’s not just defying expectations — he’s making experts eat their words. In just three weeks, the results have been pretty hard to argue with.

Here’s the punch list of wins Hanson highlighted:

• Lowest illegal border crossings ever under U.S. Customs & Border Protection

• Economy didn’t crash thanks to tariffs — stock market hitting record highs.

• Military recruitment up and armed forces slimmed down and refocused

• Foreign alliances reshaped, with bold moves that "experts" said would fail.

• Iran’s nuclear program weakened — without needing a full-blown war 

Veteran analysts scoffed. Ph.D.’s rolled their eyes. But here we are: borders controlled, markets up, military refocused, diplomacy redrawn, Iran contained.

Hanson: “All their letters after their name meant nothing.” Trump’s transactional style is delivering real wins — and nobody saw it coming. 

Watch Victor Davis Hanson's video below.

Weekly Roundup – Top Articles & Commentary (Week 29, 2025)

 

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week;-

• Is Iran's enriched Uranium Still in Play?
  
• Natural Kill Cells:Our Built-In Cancer Fighter
  
• Taiwan, China ...and Australia's Wishful Thinking
  
• So Much Winning
  
• Autopen-gate: Pardons In Peril
• New battery technologies seem to be popping up every day, so who knows which will win market share. Here is another claiming superiority. I don't mean to be skeptical but I have heard too many superlatives. It is a short one, about 10 minutes

• Saving the Planet, Screwing the Poor
  

We welcome all feedback, so please feel free to submit your comments or communicate with me via email at grappysb@gmail.com or @grappysb on X. 

Taiwan, China ...and Australia's Wishful Thinking

Here’s the uncomfortable truth Greg Sheridan just laid bare in The Australian: If China takes Taiwan by force, Australia is in deep trouble.

You’d think that would be front and centre in our national security debates, right?
Nope. Barely rates a mention. Why? Because the Albanese government still clings to the idea that we can dodge China's wrath while quietly leaning on the US to protect us, all without actually pulling our weight.

Let’s be clear: Washington isn’t asking us for an ironclad promise to fight if Taiwan is invaded. That would be absurd. Even the US won’t commit that far. But they are asking us to be serious — and we’re not.

We’ve supposedly been told these are the most dangerous strategic times since WWII. So what has the Albanese government done? Nothing real. Defence spending remains at 2% of GDP, unchanged since they took office. And after inflation, that actually means less buying power. Most of the new spending doesn’t kick in until well into their third term — if they even get one.

Meanwhile, China is building a war economy and telling its military to be ready to take Taiwan by 2027. The US knows Australia’s defence posture is weak. Our subs and ships are years away. Our navy is small, old, and in poor shape. The audit reports confirm it.

And here’s the kicker: while refusing to commit to helping defend Taiwan, we’ve asked the US to hand over three of their precious nuclear submarines under the AUKUS deal. That takes some serious chutzpah. We're expecting the US to trust us with some of their best hardware, yet we can’t even bring ourselves to say we’d use it if Taiwan — and the whole regional order — were under attack. This is a lose-lose strategy. If we won’t make that commitment, China sees weakness, and the US sees a flaky partner. That makes it more likely China tries something, and more likely the US rethinks giving us the subs in the first place.

Sheridan points out what anyone with a memory should already know — we’ve been here before. In the 1930s, we ignored the looming Japanese threat. When war came, we had nothing. Our “ancient” navy got battered. And now we’re doing it again — same mistakes, new century.

If China takes Taiwan, it’s not just Taiwan that loses.
The entire Indo-Pacific order breaks down.
China will be able to threaten Japan, the Philippines, Guam, and the US. If the US falters or is forced to choose between fronts, we’re on our own. And we’re not ready.

We can’t pretend this threat doesn’t exist, and we can’t outsource our own security forever. If deterrence is going to work, we have to put more skin in the game.

Because if we don’t, history shows exactly how that ends. And it’s not pretty

Natural Kill Cell:Our Built-In Cancer Fighter

Here’s some genuinely good news: we’re not defenceless in the fight against cancer. In a recent interview on The Megyn Kelly Show, Dr. Patrick Soon‑Shiong revealed that our bodies already possess powerful natural killer (NK) cells, and science is finally learning how to unleash them.

This isn’t new hype. Soon-Shiong explains that NK cells are our immune system’s first responders, hunting down dangerous cells—virally infected ones or early-stage cancerous cells—without needing reprogramming.

What’s groundbreaking is that we now know how to activate and supercharge them. Tested treatments are waking up NK cells (and T-cells), retraining medicine to work with the body’s own defences instead of wiping them out. Soon-Shiong calls it a “triangle offence”—turbocharging NK cells, killer T-cells, and memory T-cells together.

The takeaway? Cancer treatment doesn't have to mean brutal radiation or chemo that demolishes your immune system. We have an internal army—and it's time we let it do its job.

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This is a massive shift from the one-size-fits-all treatment model. If you’re curious, check out the full interview below.

👉 In short: Your body has the tools. We just need to know how to turn them on.

Disclaimer: This is super promising—but still early days. Don’t expect results tomorrow. Talk to your doctor about any new therapies.

https://youtu.be/QwfMGTWg62o?si=R17oljCCXvB5hbQh

Is Iran's Enriched Uranium Still in Play?

So, after all the strikes and bold claims about crippling Iran's nuclear program, it turns out most of their enriched uranium might still be intact. French intelligence chief Nicolas Lerner recently stated that while Iran's nuclear capabilities have been significantly delayed, a substantial portion of their enriched uranium remains under their control. 

The exact whereabouts of this uranium? Uncertain. With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors pulled out due to safety concerns, there's a glaring lack of oversight. The Times of Israel Wall Street Journal

This situation raises more questions than answers. If the uranium is still accessible, what's stopping Iran from resuming its nuclear activities? And with limited international monitoring, how would we even know?

Ultimately, while the strikes may have set back Iran's nuclear timeline, the game is far from over. The uncertainty surrounding the enriched uranium's status keeps the stakes high and the situation tense.

Multiculturalism: The People Speak, the Media Spins

So, the BBC decided to ask its viewers a straightforward question on Saturday Morning Live: "Is multiculturalism working?" Now, you'd think they'd be ready for any answer, right? Well, turns out 95% of respondents said "No". 

That's not just a majority; that's a landslide. But instead of taking this as a wake-up call, the media elites seemed more interested in downplaying the results. They brought in the usual talking heads to explain why the public's opinion was misguided, misinformed, or just plain wrong.

It's a classic move: ask the public for their opinion, then dismiss it when it doesn't align with the narrative. The media isn't interested in reporting; they're interested in reinforcing their worldview.

This poll didn't just reveal opinions on multiculturalism; it exposed the growing chasm between the public and the media. While ordinary people express genuine concerns, the media continues to push its agenda, oblivious to the realities on the ground.

It may be time for the media to start listening instead of lecturing.

Here is the YouTube video of the live discussion....

https://youtu.be/5NDxx_Y-wSo?si=ajGf9FRa6DzTncYt

Pandemic, Protocols, and Preventable Deaths

Remember when hospitals were places of healing? During the COVID-19 pandemic, that notion was turned on its head. TrialSite News recently published an article titled “How Hospitals Became Killing Centres—Misdiagnosis, Censorship, and the Suppression of Reason”, and it's a sobering read.

In the early days of the pandemic, hospitals adopted protocols that, in hindsight, did more harm than good. Ventilators were used aggressively, following guidance that mirrored early Chinese protocols. In New York's spring 2020 surge, nearly 9 out of 10 intubated patients died. 

Why such a high mortality rate? Because COVID-19 pneumonia was misdiagnosed as typical Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), leading to invasive mechanical ventilation when less aggressive treatments might have sufficed. Patients with “silent hypoxia”—low oxygen levels without distress—were sedated and intubated unnecessarily, resulting in preventable deaths from complications like ventilator-associated pneumonia and multi-organ failure.

Meanwhile, treatments that could have helped, like dexamethasone, were either dismissed or delayed. The clinical trial in June 2020 showed that this low-cost steroid cut deaths by one-third in ventilated patients, but by then, months had already passed. 

So, what went wrong? A combination of misdiagnosis, censorship, and suppression of reason. Public health leaders followed panic and centralised narratives instead of data. Hospitals enforced homogenised care, erasing individual patient contexts in favour of algorithmic treatment pathways. Families were banned from the bedside, unable to advocate for their loved ones.

It's a tragic reminder that in times of crisis, critical thinking and individualised care are paramount. We must learn from these mistakes to ensure that hospitals remain centres of healing, not harm. Although we are some years after the peak of this pandemic, the excesses are only now being exposed. If we are to avoid this recurring, it is critical to review every aspect of the failures that occurred and hold to account those who failed in their duties to their patients. 

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For a more in-depth look, you can read the full article here:
👉 How Hospitals Became Killing Centres

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Weekly Roundup – Top Articles & Commentary (Week 28, 2025)

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week.

• What Big Pharma won't tell you!
  
• Palestinian sheikhs propose historic break from Ramallah to join Abraham Accords
  
• Pandemic, Protocols and Preventable Deaths
  
• Will Elon sabotage the Republican Party? Here is Victor Davis Hanson's view ;-
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• Multiculturalism: The People Speak, the Media Spins
• Is Iran's enriched Uranium Still in Play?
  

We welcome all feedback, so please feel free to submit your comments or communicate with me via email at grappysb@gmail.com or @grappysb on X. 

What Big Pharma won't tell you !

Let me guess — you’ve probably never heard that 30g of flaxseed a day could do more for your blood pressure and cholesterol than your prescription meds.

Well, that’s what a double-blind clinical trial has found.
✅ Blood pressure down.
✅ LDL cholesterol down.
✅ BMI down.
✅ Side effects? Virtually none.
✅ Cost? Pocket change.

Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies are charging a fortune for drugs that do less and come with a handy list of side effects that require more drugs to manage. Funny how that works.

You can read the study here — it wasn’t funded by Big Pharma (no surprises there), but by a group of Iranian researchers. Because, let’s be honest, why would drug companies promote something that threatens their golden goose?

Don’t expect your doctor to mention it. And definitely don’t expect a TV ad about flaxseed between the ones for diabetes meds and cholesterol pills.

As Dr. John Campbell explains in his discussion of the paper, the effects of flaxseed match or exceed the impact of many commonly prescribed drugs, without the adverse side effects.

 

Now, should you stop your medication and start eating flaxseed?
No.
What I’m saying is: read the paper, watch the video, and take it to your doctor. Ask the question. Challenge the script. Because clearly, the answers aren’t always coming from where they should.

Robots suck at soccer

In a spectacle that blended cutting-edge technology with slapstick comedy, Beijing recently hosted its first fully autonomous humanoid robot football tournament.

Four university teams unleashed their AI-powered creations onto the pitch, each hoping to showcase the future of robotics. The robots, designed to operate without human intervention, demonstrated impressive feats of engineering when they weren't toppling over or missing the ball entirely.

The final match saw Tsinghua University's THU Robotics team triumph over China Agricultural University's Mountain Sea team with a score of 5-3.

While the tournament highlighted significant advancements in AI and robotics, it also provided moments of unintended humour, reminding us that even in a high-tech future, the beautiful game retains its charm.

For a closer look at the action, check out the highlights below:

US envoy says Albanese not 'fit for position'

Many Australians would say, 'Thank goodness someone is willing to say it.' After all, the Australian PM has been shockingly ineffective in everything except winning elections. I won't bother venting about all the ineffective Woke policies his Labor government has foisted on a jaded public. Why jaded? Because Australia's opposition coalition has not decided whether it is a proper conservative party or is just slightly more conservative than Labor. As a consequence, the electorate has had no real choices. 

However, I must confess that the headline is misleading. A lie by omission, but that does not mean it isn't a lie. The headline was taken from the title of an article in The Times of Israel, and it should read "US envoy says Albanese ‘not fit’ for position as UN expert after post comparing Netanyahu to Hitler"

The article is about Francesca Albanese, UN employee with the rather lengthy title "United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967". 

She has been called out for consistent anti-Israel bias, with the US UN Ambassador calling for her sacking. Unfortunately, if every UN employee who held a strong anti-Israel bias were to resign, the UN cafeteria would be empty.

In summary, think twice before you employ anyone named Albanese.

Who is paying for Australia's mass immigration?

Despite housing shortages, intense pressure on infrastructure and high social service costs, Australia's Labor government has maintained unprecedentedly high rates of immigration. Such high rates are not popular with the people, but they serve employers, as they put downward pressure on salaries. More importantly, they spike GDP, the only measure by which governments seem to gauge the effectiveness of their economic policies. So it is a win for employers and a win for the government, but who pays? 

The workforce pays. Indeed, Australia is now in the thick of its longest per capita recession ever, and it's not letting up anytime soon. According to the OECD, we've experienced six consecutive quarters of declining GDP per capita. With population growth at 2.4% (half of which is due to immigration), the economy isn't keeping pace. This slump could last for 10 quarters or more, which is unprecedented. (macrobusiness.com.au)

The cost of immigration is borne by households. Real per capita disposable income has plummeted by 8.2% over two years—the steepest drop on record. 

While government spending and immigration have kept the overall GDP afloat, the private sector is struggling. There has been zero growth in hours worked over the year, despite a 2.3% increase in population, as of September 24.

There is no clearer report card on Australia's Labor government than its decision to maintain high migration rates, which has led to a recession for Australian households. Wake up, Australia!

Australia's eCensor loses to Billboard Chris

Well, that didn’t go according to plan for Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.

In a sharp rebuke to the country’s growing censorship machine, the Administrative Review Tribunal has ruled in favour of Canadian campaigner Chris “Billboard Chris” Elston, striking down a government order that tried to muzzle him under the Online Safety Act.

What was his crime? A post on X (formerly Twitter) from February 2024 that referred to a controversial WHO “expert” using biologically accurate pronouns. That was apparently enough for the eSafety Commissioner to label it “cyber abuse” and demand X take it down.

X initially refused, then geo-blocked the post in Australia. But Chris fought back — and he won.

The Tribunal found the censorship order was unjustified, and set it aside. A clear win for free speech.

“This is a victory not just for Billboard Chris, but for every Australian—and indeed every citizen who values the fundamental right to free speech.”
— Paul Coleman, ADF International

This isn’t just a win for one man with a billboard and a backbone — it’s a warning shot across the bow of Australia’s censorship regime. And it comes at a time when even the U.S. State Department is raising eyebrows at the powers our government has handed its so-called “eSafety” watchdog.

Chris said it best:

“The government does not have authority to silence peaceful expression… My post should never have been censored.”

Amen to that!

Here is an interview between Avi Yemini of Rebel News and Billboard Chris on his victory.

https://youtu.be/Gm6Y9TO3GQc?si=cMrPwSBC_s_y5tuQ

Why the young support socialism

The political scale is ever wobbly. At times, the swing is towards the Right, while at others, it is towards the left. In many ways, the swing in recent years has been towards the Right. We saw it in the Brexit decision, the election of Trump, twice, and the rise of right-leaning governments in Europe. No doubt some of these were driven by circumstances peculiar to the individual countries. Others are due to general trends. For example, the rapid increase in immigration from developing countries in Western Democracies has contributed to the overall shift to the Right in the West. 

However, at the same time, there has been an increasing support for Leftist policies, especially among the young. Indeed, a significant majority of under-25s lean Left. This has been evident in our streets, with demonstrators of all ages, but particularly youth, taking to the roads for various purposes. Whether it be Climate Change, Black Lives Matter, Indigenous rights, or expressing support for Palestinians or anti-Israel, the majority of demonstrators are always the young, and often University students. It is the youth of the world who are attracted to causes, and what more experienced or mature adults would call lost causes. Most notably, Socialism. 

Yes, socialism, the political system that has failed in any country where it has been implemented, seems to attract the young, and with unrelenting passion. Just last week, a self-declared Socialist won the primary to become the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City. It is astounding. 

Why are the young attracted to Socialism? I could cite many potential contributing factors, ranging from poor education systems that fail to teach history, the politicial leanings of Teachers, who themselves have never left the Education system and lived in the real world, and of course the University system that seems to incubate far Left ideologies, and no doubt 'corrupts the minds of the young'. 

These factors may tell at least part of the story.  However, Konstantin Kisin has his own perspective, which is worth considering. He claims that our Western Societies are failing their youth by not providing them the path to achieve the lifestyles that they have seen in previous generations. This is due to rapid increases in housing costs, which lock young people out of home ownership. This perspective is interesting and poses significant challenges to our societies.

Although it's a short video, it's well worth watching. 

Of course, this raises the question: How can Western Societies make home ownership achievable again?

Weekly Roundup – Top Articles & Commentary (Week 27, 2025)

 

Here are links to some selected articles of interest and our posts from this week.

• Australia's self-inflicted energy disaster
  
• Fighting Antisemitism and Winning
  
• Why the young support Socialism
  
• AI model reaches radiologist-level accuracy in breast cancer detection
  
• UK has initiated a project to create artificial DNA. What can go wrong!
• Australia's eCensor loses to Billboard Chris
  
• Who is paying for Australia's high immigration?
  
• Terrorists are finding new vocations? Israel Hayom reports "Hezbollah in crisis: Thousands of terrorists quit after Nasrallah's elimination 
• US envoys says Albanese 'no fit for position'
  
• Robots suck at soccer
  

We welcome all feedback, so please feel free to submit your comments or communicate with me via email at grappysb@gmail.com or @grappysb on X.

Fighting Antisemitism and Winning

Given the widespread rise in blatant anti-Semitism around the world following Hamas' medieval massacre of innocent civilians attending a music festival, one has to wonder why it was allowed to persist. After all, in every Western democracy, while citizens have a right to protest, there are a whole swag of laws to ensure that such protests are civil. There are laws protecting property, against physical violence and against hate speech and discrimination.  Many of the demonstrations have clearly violated these, but have had no response from the police.  As a consequence, anti-Semitism has become 'mainstream'. If you do not enforce a law, then it is not the law.

Just on the past weekend, the Glastonbury music festival had a shameful episode where one of the acts had the audience chanting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hate-speech ..." death, death to the IDF" was chanted by most of the thousands of youth attending the event. 

This shameful episode reminded me the mass rallies in Nazi Germany with Hitler exhorting vile anit-semitism to an adoring crowd. 

So, how can this evil be fought? Australia's Jewish community may have found one way to fight back. They took one of the radical Islamic hate preachers to court under Australia's discrimination act, which rather too broadly criminalises racial vilification. The preacher, whom I shall not name,  had presented vile anti-Semitic sermons and had these circulated on the internet for years. Indeed, following complaints from the community, the Australian state and Federal police had studied the material to determine if hate speech laws had been broken. They had decided not to charge him. Why? The better option is that they thought the laws were not adequate, but possibly, and far worse, they did not want to rock the boat, starting some inter-ethnic conflict by charging a Muslim preacher. 

This same inaction has been evident for increasingly blatant anti-Semitic acts in Australia's capital cities.  These included weekly demonstrations with violent chants, intrusions into the Jewish communities, graffiti, vandalism, and even burning synagogues and the offices of Jewish members of parliament. All in all, it was a rather terrible period for Australia's Jews. 

It was this increasingly violent antisemitism AND the failure of police to act to prevent it, that forced the Jewish community to initiate action under the Racial Discrimination Act.

The judgment was rendered today, with the preacher found guilty. This is a welcome result for all Australians, including peace-loving Muslim Australians, as it establishes a punishment for blatant hate speech. The ruling requires the preacher to pay substantial costs and commit to removing all offensive material from circulation, as well as not to reoffend. It may also prompt the police to reconsider their failure to act and enforce the law in the future. 

This type of action should be taken by all Jewish communities around the world to fight back against the hate speech they have had to face. 

Here is a brief summary of the final judgment by Australia's Channel 10

 https://youtu.be/1vdt9OkbH8w?si=jAwUeTa4m2m40lrK