Refreshingly level-headed assessment from someone who knows what they are talking about:
John Blackburn spent four decades in the Air Force, rising to Deputy Chief.
For more than decade he’s been warning that Australia is too reliant on imported fuel, too light on reserves, and too exposed if a global crisis – just like this one – disrupts supply.
Now, as more than hundred servos around the country run dry and a Trump ultimatum looms, threatening to make the fuel crisis worse, Australia is paying the price for our lack of preparedness.
Today, Chair of the Institute of Economic Research Australia, John Blackburn on how Australia botched our emergency fuel plan, what we should do next, and why the Iran war is shaping up to be a covid-level crisis.
https://podcastaddict.com/7am/episode/219935720
Better ignore all the screechings from #mainstreammedia, and also worth remembering that this has been forced by US/Israel and change foreign policy stands accordingly. Highly recommended listen! #auspoI

Listen to 7am - Covid-level crisis? How Australia ignored fuel warnings by Solstice Media on Podcast Addict. John Blackburn spent four decades in the Air Force, rising to Deputy Chief. For more than decade he’s been warning that Australia is too reliant on imported fuel, too light on reserves, and too exposed if a global crisis – just like this one – disrupts supply. Now, as more than hundred servos around the country run dry and a Trump ultimatum looms, threatening to m
Trump Isn’t Just Bullying Journalists. He’s Subverting the First Amendment.
The right attacked Biden for “jawboning” social media. Now Trump is doing it explicitly to control cable news.Qu'est ce qu'ils peuvent être mauvais les #journalistes français dans les #medias #mainstreammedia ...
Ils comparent le #tauxdeparticpation des 1500 communes en France avec celui de plus de 30000 la semaine dernière...
Ils ne sont même pas foutus de faire une analyse comparative efficace...
3/n...calendar and check back in on April 19. I suspect these bits will seem somewhat less ludicrous. There might even be a #MainstreamMedia echo by then.
Political aside : Elected officials in the #Senate and the #House are charged with representing and protecting the best interests of their constituents. It's easy to engage in hand waving and crying foul about
" unfair" reporting and politics when no one is doing their job (in addition to acting like lunatics). Same goes for the White House