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US already a winner in the 2022 Ukraine crisis

Opinion by Greg Ray February 25, 2022 At first blush I'm inclined to suggest that the US has already "won" in the Ukraine in 2022. That's if my assessment of its goals in the conflict are correct. And of course I may be wrong. The dominant media narrative may be right: that the whole thing is just a case of yet another mad tyrant trying to crush democracy because he hates freedom. My problem with accepting that at face value as the whole story is that I've lived for more than 50 years and watched various…

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Held to ransom by the 15 per cent

February 18, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Blame the 15 per cent. I’ve been told that’s about the percentage of people in our society who are actively pleased to discriminate against others, hate the idea of ever sharing anything outside of their immediate family and will keenly embrace the politics of cruelty so long as they think they will be on the safe side of the hobnailed boot, the pepper spray and the riot squad. It’s probably not really 15 per cent. Not to start with, anyway. It’s probably less than 10 per cent if your…

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Mysteries of the Patriots

One of the loveliest and best-loved historic buildings in Newcastle, NSW, is the "Longworth Institute" in Scott Street, opposite the former city railway station. Designed by celebrated German-born architect Frederick Menkens, the building was commissioned in 1891 by merchant and brewer Joseph Wood and began its functional life as "Wood's Chambers and Auction Hall". Wood died in 1908, and the building was acquired by William Longworth - a tycoon of the times who had grown rich from mining-related enterprises and who kept the opulent Glenroy estate at Karuah, north of Newcastle. In 1928 Longworth donated the…

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