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Politics is a charadeCharade: an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance.
We, the people, are the victims of such deliberate pretence by the political class.
Do any of you need convincing of this cruel reality? -
Bubble politicsAs we emerge from four years of disastrous Trump politics,
fervently hoping for a modicum of normality in US politics,
we find ourselves confronted with a growing phenomenon:
the desire of many to live in a bubble of their own choice. -
The Age of AquariusOlder folks will remember the musical Hair with its opening song Aquarius:
”This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius,
When the Moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars,
then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars. -
The sad jokeThere is an old joke about the boy who lived in Inflatable World who, after going
on a rampage with a pin, was lying deflated in a bed in the Inflatable Hospital. His
school principal was sitting beside him and giving him a lecture on ethics and morals;
‘your rampage has caused a lot of damage, you’ve let your parents down, you’ve let
your friends down, you’ve let your school down and you’ve even let yourself down’. -
AngerI might have titled this piece ‘Rage’, but not wishing its thrust to
be confused with Rage, the all-night music video program broadcast
on the ABC on Friday nights and Saturdays, I have stuck with the
less emotive word ‘anger’. You all know what ‘anger’ means. -
The HummingbirdYou might remember 2020. It was the year that Australia’s state
and territory leaders demonstrated who really ran the country.
At various times during 2020 a number of states and territories
restricted entry to and movement around their jurisdictions on the
basis of minimising the transmission of the COVID19 virus.
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