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I say, they don't have to conspire, because they all think alike. The president of General Motors and the president of Chase Manhattan Bank really are not going to disagree much on anything, nor would the editor of the New York Times disagree with them. They all tend to think quite alike, otherwise they would not be in those jobs. - Gore Vidal

RIP

Jafar was a bit of a cunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafar_Umar_Thalib

Tim Fisher, a Tory

Raphael Lemkin (August 28, 1959) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Lemkin

F.U.

Hong Kong

Chinese Nationalists in Australia https://www.smh.com.au/national/blinkered-chinese-nationalists-are-trolling-me-but-once-i-was-one-of-them-20190818-p52idd.html https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-19/fake-chinese-police-cars-spotted-in-adelaide-and-perth/11426850

Papua

Indonesia to move the nation's capital

Federation Square https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fed-square-added-to-state-s-heritage-register-just-17-years-after-opening-20190826-p52kxv.html

Warwatch: Yemen, Syria, Israeli drone-slinging, and so on

Drones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/autonomous-suicide-drones-the-latest-threat-facing-soldiers/11452040

Democracy Sausage

The PM visits Viet Nam https://abc.net.au/news/2019-08-22/australia-vietnam-relationship-more-important-than-ever/11435602

Chewing gum?

Things

Political Correctness and 'PC Gone Mad' https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/aug/23/jewface-row-west-end-musical-falsettos-decried-for-cultural-appropriation

Time keeps on slipping ... https://www.stevens.edu/news/quantum-future-which-starship-destroys-other

Cost of Doing Business https://www.reuters.com/article/us-banks-fines/banks-paid-321-billion-in-fines-since-financial-crisis-bcg-idUSKBN1692Y2 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/banks-have-been-fined-a-staggering-243-billion-since-the-financial-crisis-2018-02-20

https://gfintegrity.org/taking-stock-of-2018-part-1/

https://www.moneylaunderingnews.com/2018/06/australias-largest-bank-agrees-historic-aml-penalty/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/25/ato-slugs-shell-with-755m-bill-in-fight-against-multinational-tax-avoidance

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20692524/facebook-five-billion-ftc-fine-embarrassing-joke

Johnson & Johnson https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/johnson-&-johnson-ordered-to-pay-$844m-over-opioid-drug/11451758 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/26/pharma-companies-soar-after-johnson-johnson-fined-less-than-expected.html

Stacks

FU Cambridge Analytica https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-emails-show-workers-knew-cambridge-analytica-2015-2019-8

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