The USA is its own worst enemy.

I'm not going to mention recent events but anyone who watches the news has to concede that the United States of America is in a steep social decline.

Anyone who harbours ill will towards the USA need not waste their energy and resources attacking what is a brutishly powerful nation. Rather, they only need to wait as it destroys itself from within.

Right wing Christian fundamentalism combined with a colonial attitude towards the world and the toxic obsession with the misinterpreted constitutional right to bear arms is destroying a briefly great nation.  

The only real tragedy is that many far superior western nations have irreversibly entwined  their fate with that of the USA.

I would love to know the story regarding these shoes

even if I had killed a busload of disabled children, I wouldn't have made it to the front page of a Melbourne newspaper today

Catching up on world affairs can be tough on AFL grand final day. The major papers in Melbourne are obsessed at the best of times, but today you could get away with mass murder in the garden state.

If you're after some real news today head to google and click on the News tab. As an international news aggregator, google news categorises stories, so you have to select the sports option to see sport. As sport isn't really news, the news section tends to be more about real news.

For an international flavour try the international version of the New York Times the International Herald Tribune, or NPR (National Public Radio) is always good for some in depth news, a lot of which you can download as podcasts. If you like science and technology try the Nexus magazine website.


Alternatively, read a book! There are a few out there that are not about sport!

Location: Melbourne