Robert Cox

Robert Cox

@runciblecat.bsky.social

Friend of bats. Occasional scribbler. Cranky crip.

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This afternoon my local bowlo hosted meetings of both the local theatre society and One Nation. (In different rooms.) Between the thesps and the ON blockheads I think I was the only person without a tattoo.

“Donald Trump should stick to what he knows best – ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit.” All the manufacturer of the digital catapult system needs to do is give Trump a whacking great bribe and say nice things about him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comTrump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jetsPresident has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’

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Listening to ABC NewsRadio on PHON's expanding base. One was an Irish immigrant complaining about migrants causing a homeless crisis. I thought of a simple way one house could be freed up for the homeless.

Lock the Gate rally outside the Independent Planning Commission public hearing for the Hunter Valley Operations coal project – the largest coal mine expansion ever proposed in NSW. In the background are a bunch of hi-vis, most likely contractors bussed in by the mine to intimidate opposition.

Or, if you're Catholic -- as Barnacle says -- the 6th. While we're on the subject if he didn't get an annulment of his first marriage (which I doubt) he's living in sin.

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After losing 4-1 to Belgium, Trump could always claim the USA won, organise a big stop the steal rally outside the World Cup final, urge his militias to storm the stadium, defecate on the pitch and trash the changing rooms, and then emerge scot-free and be awarded another FIFA peace prize.

When Trump is gone and the time comes to hold his enablers to account, the GOP will be like post-war Europe *everyone* will say they were part of the resistance.

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So WHY did Israel attack the USS Liberty ⁉️ Here is analysis of some of the theories...

AIPAC Tracker@trackaipac.com

Today is June 8th, the 59th anniversary of the day Israeli forces attacked the USS Liberty, a clearly marked U.S. Navy ship in international waters, killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 more, jamming their distress frequencies so no rescue could reach them in time.