In light of the recent controversy over the Chinese participation in the Solomon Islands, I have been pondering the Battle of the Coral Sea all those years ago.
Read more: The Battle of the Coral Sea - was it worth it? How important were the Solomon Islands??
During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Muslims fast, pray, engage in acts of piety and charity, and reminisce over warfare and bloodshed in the name of Islam.
Virtually every Ramadan features various Islamic authorities, personages, and/or institutes reminding Muslims to take pride in and celebrate various historic battles between Muslims and non-Muslims, or “infidels”. Among other things, such victories are meant to demonstrate the power, and thus truth, of Islam.
Read more: Ramadan: A Time to Celebrate Murder, Bloodshed, and Slavery?
Once upon a time there were 3 little pigs.
One was named Squeaky, one was named Boss Hog and one was named " Voter. "
Of all the pigs, Voter " was the most powerful pig - only he didn't realize it.
The 3 little pigs lived quite happily for many years in the house that they called " Australia. "
Read more: I remember when... Little Red Riding Hood tried to warn us...
Most people in Australia know what a feral pig is. They are a major pest and they pose an enormous threat to our agricultural industry because they destroy crops and pasture and they spread weeds and disease. They prey on our livestock.
We have a feral pig outbreak unlike any other in the history of our great Nation. Because they are in our cities and urban environments and they are somehow able to do their damage by remote control while safely gobbling at a trough in Canberra and our State capital cities.
But, for one day only, there is a chance to cull the herd and it is the 21st of May.
Read more: It's open season on feral pigs on 21st May. Make sure you don't miss....
We expect that knowledge produced and applied in a health emergency will produce information that is protective of health. But it is increasingly apparent that over the last two years New Zealand’s Ardern government has designed policy, regulation, and information to coercively steward citizens to accept a drug under provisional consent.
Read more: New Zealand Used Selective Science and Force to Drive High Vaccination Rates
There really is an all-out war on our children (or, if you’re older, your grandchildren or even great-grandchildren).
We can hardly overstate it and we dare not ignore it.
This is what is happening to the next generation today.
Read more: Coming to Terms with the All Out Assault on Our Children
“Ukraine will order and Germany will pay for” German-produced hardware, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has said.
When it comes to media reporting today, the saying, “Don’t trust, verify” has never been more relevant.
Quite literally, you simply cannot trust what you read or even see without digging deeper and verifying.
All the more does this seem to be the case when it comes to Donald Trump, who is on the front pages again after his interview with Piers Morgan.
Read more: Donald Trump, the Media, and the principle of ‘Don’t Trust, Verify’
When was the last time a Western athlete was banned because their country started a war?
One of the unspoken rules of human affairs is that ordinary citizens should never be personally harassed for the political actions of their leaders. That truism has never been properly observed enough, and went completely out of the window when Russia began its military operation in Ukraine.
This week, Serbian tennis sensation Novak Djokovic delivered a powerful rebuke to Wimbledon’s decision to bar the participation of Russian players from the famous grass tournament.
Read more: Bans on Russian athletes are ripping out a huge piece of the sporting world
25 April is a very important day for Australians and New Zealanders. It is called ANZAC Day.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning.
Lest we forget
The Last Post would be familiar to all Australians and New Zealanders from an early age. It is played at every ANZAC Day ceremony by a bugler in an army uniform and frequently at funerals of soldiers and veterans.
Does the average civilian attendee understand the significance of this quasi-musical interlude? Is it an entertainment piece that everyone expects to hear because it is always part of the programme like the hymn “Oh God our Help in Ages Past”?
The Last Post is one of the most ancient tools used by modern British founded armies and has its roots in the days of the Roman Empire when horns were used to play the hymn of the Goddess Diana and as signals to command troops on the battlefield. Even to this day, the French term for what we call e reveille is La Diana.
RATTY NEWS SPECIAL REPORT THE PROFESSOR PECK PHENOMENON How Dusty Gulch University Accidentally Created the…
131 hits
Barefoot in the Grass: The Last Lesson My Father Taught Me My father passed away…
214 hits
Thomas Pritchard, Australia's last "Rat of Tobruk" passed away at the age of 102 on…
207 hits
From immigration policy to identity politics, energy to ideology - the erosion of Western society…
264 hits
Twenty-Five Teenagers. One Mother. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? When I was about twelve years…
249 hits
Swish, Swish... Off With Their Heads When I was a young lass, I was a…
244 hits
Mystery Deepens: Who Are the Chookhouse Four? By Roderick (Whiskers ) McNibble, Chief Investigative Correspondent,…
239 hits
The sea doesn’t warn you. It doesn’t care who you are, what rank you hold,…
296 hits
The Census Came for the Quiet Ones I have just finished the Australian Census. Had…
2740 hits
In a fast-changing Australia, where new cultures and identities weave fresh threads into our ever…
310 hits
“Every tyrant must begin by claiming to have what his victims respect and to give…
331 hits
At nine years old, I felt the silence of the lambs, long before I knew…
297 hits
While the new aces argue about the runway, the old crew still knows how to…
344 hits
Howling into the Abyss of Settler-Colonial Absurdism A Decolonial Reading of "The Werewolves of Dusty…
289 hits
RATTY NEWS SPECIAL INVESTIGATION THE WEREWOLVES OF DUSTY GULCH Project Howl, the Hacked Rolling Pin,…
372 hits
The Ghost Returns The first thing he noticed was the silence. Not the silence of…
338 hits
A Dream Needs a Driver: Sir William Hamilton, the Jet Boat, and the Men Who…
364 hits
When I tell people I’m a beek, inevitably the first thing they say is, “Yes,…
380 hits
He stood on top of the world - literally. But Sir Edmund Hillary never saw…
361 hits
The Basement at Yekaterinburg When People Become Symbols, History Takes a Dark Turn On the…
386 hits
In many Western countries today, we often speak of multiculturalism as though traditions no longer…
364 hits
RATTY NEWS EXCLUSIVE THE DUCKS WHO KNEW TOO MUCH How the Mysterious Death of the…
343 hits
In a world that seems determined to teach us to hate our countries, I remember…
420 hits
When the Bush Is No Longer Enough Just days after Sam Neill's passing on 13…
445 hits
Why Churchill Still Matters in Australia: Blunt Voices, Shared Goals, and the Fight for a…
433 hits
Bastille Day, Artificial Intelligence, and the New Reign of Terror The guillotine has gone digital.…
427 hits
How a turned head, a washing machine, and a handful of extraordinary coincidences made me…
408 hits
RATTY NEWS FILM REVIEW Dracula the Emu No Stakes... No Steaks... No Hope. Reviewed by…
450 hits
A 94-year-old’s heartfelt plea about cruelty to animals, the neglect of children and the elderly,…
417 hits
No, Sire. It Is a Revolution. It's easy to forget, but revolutions don't just fall…
417 hits
RATTY NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Great Sausage Tax Scandal and the Return of Laughing Jack McKooka…
447 hits