wednesday newstrip

Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song · T.®ump terminates trade talks with Canada claiming it ‘fraudulently’ used ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs · MAGA lawmaker's lawsuit targeting Gavin Newsom hit with rejection by T.®ump's own appointee · billionaire Peter Thiel claims Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist · popular podcasters are calling out T.®ump — will young men follow suit? · 80 per cent of Halloween toys in Australia fail safety tests, prompting warning to parents · satellite images show White House's East Wing has been demolished for Donald Trump's ballroom · AI models may be developing their own 'survival drive', researchers say.

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Taco T.®ump cools on 'incredible' weapons for Zelensky in wake of Putain call · T.®ump commutes former Republican Congressman George Santos's federal fraud jail sentence · 'Arc de Trump': T.®ump unveils plans for new Washington, D.C. monument · T.®ump called for Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, to pardon Prime Minister Been Jammin' Notjustanyahoo, who has faced a years-long corruption case · T.®ump threatens to 'go in & kill' Hamas if killings in Gaza don't stop · T.®ump 'furious' over controversial Time magazine cover photo that’s sparked huge debate online · T.®ump insists 'I’m no King' with his fingers crossed behind his back as thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests set to take place across the country.

wednesday newstrip

'What a disgrace': T.®ump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames · Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting democratic rights in the country · ahead of the announcement, experts on the award had said DoNuts T.®ump would not win it as he is dismantling the international world order the Nobel committee cherishes · the Pope has condemned clickbait as a "degrading" part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires · Neil Young has announced he is pulling his music from Amazon while condemning Jeff Bezos’ support of DoNuts T.®ump · Republican candidate for Virginia Governor says banning same-sex marriage isn’t discrimination · T.®ump announces AstraZeneca will offer discount drugs on ‘TrumpRx’ website · UNICEF recently estimated that, since the war began two years ago, on average 28 children a day have been killed in Gaza. That's the equivalent of a classroom of children a day killed · Israel carried out intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven & briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.

recently, at Series Magritte

La Clef de Songes






We dance. Either by
moon- or candlelight.

We dance, The snow be-
gins to fall. I put on my

bowler hat, you make sure
your shoes are on tight.

We dance, on the ceiling,
treat the snow as if it were

the sands of the desert &
we under acacia trees.

We dance until a thunder-
storm comes hammering

along. I eat an egg. You
drink a glass of water.

We dream.

wednesday newstrip

Endangered numbats stressed by over-eager nature photographers, authorities say · Australian investors asked: cash out, or hold gold, after fund hits 50% returns · one of two victims in Manchester synagogue attack may have been killed by a bullet fired by police · a senior T.®ump administration official has declared that suspected drug traffickers & their "deadly drugs have been turned into stardust" following the latest US military strike off Venezuela’s coast · responding to this latest lethal bombing, Amnesty International USA declared: "this is murder. The US government must be held accountable" · the proprietors of a popular Wellington cafe say they are devastated after being told their landlord, Sir Peter Jackson, has decided to close the business · Hamas agrees to some of T.®ump's plan but seeks negotiations · Pete Hogsbreath fires US Navy Chief of Staff.

wednesday newstrip

If you haven't heard of the Armenian-Cambodian conflict, that's okay, because neither has anyone else — other than President DoNuts T.®ump, who claims to have ended the supposedly brewing clash between two countries 4150 miles apart · White House replaces Biden portrait with photo of an autopen · University of South Dakota professor can’t be fired for calling Charlie Kirk a 'Nazi,' judge rules · the Secret Service is investigating what DoNuts T.®ump branded "triple sabotage" of his United Nations appearance after an escalator stopped working while he was on it, his teleprompter didn't work, & Melania said she couldn't hear his speech due to technical difficulties · first new Qantas Airbus jets come with one toilet for every 90 economy passengers · T.®ump said Jimmy Kimmel had 'no ratings.' A record number of viewers disagreed.

wednesday newstrip

T.®ump's own words: about 300 million Americans died from drug overdose deaths just last year. Population of the Untied States last year: 340.1 million. Estimated 2025 population: 347 million · Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry · a doctor in the UK who left a patient midway through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at "very low risk" of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled · the First Lady of France will have to prove she was born a woman in a U.S. court · Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will meet DoNuts T.®ump this week as Russia intensifies attacks · 'it’s slowly killing him:' Australian father-of-three battles extremely rare cadmium poisoning · US senator Ted Cruising for a Bruising, the Republican who leads oversight of the Federal Communications Commission, joined Democrats in criticizing FCC chair Brendan Carr’s recent threats against Disney & local broadcasters for airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! · T.®ump unveils $1,000,000 gold card for US residency.

wednesday newstrip

Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: what do the messages left by Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer actually mean? If the shell casings can be said to show an ideology of any kind, it is an ideology of “being terminally online” · conflict on Australian university campuses between staff & management as thousands are sacked & courses cut · DoNuts T.®ump says he is ready to impose sanctions on Russia — but only if NATO members agree do the same — as well as set massive tariffs on Russia's main ally, China · 'Celebrating murder': far-right protest in London turns violent as Elongated Muskrat blames the left for Charlie Kirk’s death · Australian Government makes $12bn downpayment on WA shipyard to help prepare it for Aukus nuclear submarine era · 'I waited years for a married man to leave his wife until I heard the famous three words' · Turning Point USA announces massive public memorial service for Charlie Kirk at Arizona football stadium. Seems like MAGA has decided it's found its first martyred saint.

wednesday newstrip

Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs — but the figures tell a different story · Jan. 6 rioters make demand for cash compensation after being emboldened by T.®ump pardons · leading world scholars claim Israel is committing genocide in Gaza · protesters keep getting arrested & released over rainbow chalk art at the Pulse shooting memorial crosswalk · Xi, Modi, & Putin meet in Beijing ahead of massive military parade in China. Kim Jong Un arrives to join them a day later in his bullet-proof train · a 'threat to lives & health:' nine ex-CDC heads gang up on RFK Jr. with a brutal op-ed in the New York Times · Epstein accusers urge T.®ump to release all case files after document dump reveals tens of thousands of pages already made public · Google confirms Gmail data breach warning is fake news · T.®ump has signed an executive order renaming the Defense Department, the Department of War.

wednesday newstrip

Federal appeals court rules that most of T.®ump's tariffs are illegal · RFK Jr. complains kids can't 'bring their guns' to school amid 'over-medicated nation' · 'Privacy Act violation?' T.®ump 'lapdog' Tinselly Gabbag ripped for exposing undercover agent · DOJ official tells right-wing host that gender-affirming care 'led to' mass shooting · T.®ump has canceled Kamala Harris's Secret Service protection, White House confirms · 'traumatic' wave of active-shooter hoaxes on campuses linked to right-wing extremist group · two firefighters battling Washington state’s biggest wildfire arrested by Border Patrol agents · Stephen Miller calls RFK Jr. a 'crown jewel' of T.®ump administration · two dead in Louisiana from flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters.

wednesday newstrip

Five journalists among 20 dead in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital · UK police arrest protester over a ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt · there is concern immigrants in Australia could become "targets" of discrimination & hate over the weekend with nationwide rallies planned calling for an end to "mass immigration" · Australia Post has taken the extraordinary step of immediately suspending many forms of postage to the United States, as a T.®ump administration tariff on low-value parcels is due to come into effect within days · YouTube confirms AI alterations to Shorts, raising concerns among creators · judge unseals bombshell 'smear campaign' texts & emails in Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni case · 11-year-old New South Wales student crowned Little Miss Universe after pageant in Manila. She has been competing in beauty pageants since she was six · Texas Attorney General on Monday said that the vast majority of schools in the Lone Star State should still plan on displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms even after a federal judge ruled against it last week.

Another out-of-nowhere space filler

while I work on other things.

Seventy-six Trump boners
led the rigged charade.

How / wrong can / one man be?

 

wednesday newstrip

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Beach suggested the "deep state" was to blame after a man was caught on video throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal officer · Australia's meth, cocaine, MDMA, & heroin consumption up by 34 per cent · Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich vows to resume illegal E1 development in occupied West Bank which would split the West Bank in two · T.®ump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize · pro-MAGA host Gina Loudon accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being "just as evil" as Russian President Vladimir Putain because he did not wear a suit during a visit to the White House earlier this year · Chris Hemsworth's fitness app lays off staff, closes Australian office in shift to US · JD Vance sparked outrage when his huge security convoy took up all of the disabled parking spaces at a posh Cotswolds farm shop.

wednesday newstrip

'Great friends' Australia, NZ vow closer defense ties · a 46-year-old decided to run bare-chested in the annual Sydney City2Surf, displaying the scars of her double mastectomy to break the stigma around choosing not to get breast reconstruction & to live without breasts · T.®ump secretly authorizes military action against Latin American cartels, NYT reports · Deputy Australian Prime Minister Marles insists Australia 'not supplying weapons to Israel' but critics argue 'parts of weapons are weapons' · tens of thousands protest in Israel over plan to escalate war on Gaza · London police arrest 466 people as pro-Palestinian protesters defy new law · DoNuts T.®ump has ordered the official White House portrait of former President Barack Obama to be relocated once again — this time to a "hidden" staircase out of view of visitors.

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L'éternité (2)

Dante, Christ, &
a wheel of butter
in the middle. I
doubt that any of
these would keep
me happy for
eternity, not unless
there was something 
else to go with them.

Though I must admit
I sense something 
miraculous in the
line-up. Given that
the two busts are
somewhat crusty
with age, how does
the butter manage
to stay so fresh?

wednesday newstrip

The Lamborghini Temerario revs to 10,000 and loves to slide · "this proves we’ve been lied to:" alien-like world discovered beneath Antarctica fuels explosive rift between scientists & truth-seekers · Koenigsegg Jesko attack drags supercharged Hayabusa, bike pops 140-mph wheelie for the win · radioactive wasp nest found at site where US once made nuclear bombs · an outraged Aussie has lashed out at the expensive prices at op shops, with many claiming they have ditched the charity stores for good & gone to Kmart or Target · Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, it is only a matter of when & how · New York mass shooter was targeting NFL offices — but took the wrong elevator · a world class website documenting New Zealand's history could be allowed to wither & die with cuts confirmed at the Ministry for Culture & Heritage.

from the archives

I am feeling my age, I am feeling / of an age. Watched I am curious – Yellow on public tv last night, Zabriskie Point on cable this morning. Saw them both on their first release, a couple of years apart, thirty five years ago. I am curious – Yellow in an "art cinema," Zabriskie Point, thanks to the success of Antonioni’s earlier Blowup, in general release.

Both polemics. Both so dated now. Strange fashion statements. Suits & talkfests in one, afros & action in the other. Yellow seems so stilted, redeemed only by the interview with Olof Palme (later assassinated), the brief clip of the always emotion-provoking Martin Luther King Jr. (also assassinated later) & a snippet of Yevtushenko reading "Babi Yar." Zabriskie Point is corny, saved only by its eclectic score & the beauty of Death Valley.

& yet both are illustrations of how we, at the time, thought we could change the world. That we didn’t succeed is painfully obvious as you read the papers, watch the news. Sometimes I think we didn’t go far enough, became content with having pushed the boundaries a little to provide a comfort zone. Pliable enough for a while, but now growing brittle, & under more threat than ever before.

11/29/2004

What part

of
     NO
don’t you
under-
stand? 

N?

No,
O.