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The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils. You can let the Nazis rule the world: that is evil; or you can overthrow them by war, which is also evil. There is no other choice before you, and whichever you choose you will not come out with clean hands. - Orwell, "No, Not One," The Adelphi (October 1941), p. 7-8

RIP

Freeman Dyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson

Sir Lenox Hewitt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_Hewitt

Dmitry Yazov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DmitryYazov <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeneralissimusoftheSoviet_Union">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimus_of_the_Soviet_Union

Hosni Mubarak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak

Kazuhisa Hashimoto - inventor of the Konami Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto

June Dally-Watkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Dally-Watkins

Thích Quảng Độ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADchQuảngĐộ

AAP (Australian Associated Press) https://www.meaa.org/news/closing-aap-newswire-is-irresponsible-government-must-act-to-rein-in-digital-giants/

War in Afghanistan https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-51689443

More COVID-19 patients - Toilet Paper - Panic buying

Follow-Up

Duck Army https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/china-to-dispatch-army-of-ducks-to-pakistan-to-devour-locust-swarm

The Snowy Mountains Carnivorous Snail https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5a41448c-0eca-41ba-ab28-16b63633ddd6

iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org

Oil in the Great Australian Bight https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/equinor-abandons-plan-to-drill-for-oil-in-great-australian-bight/11997910

US Elections ... Super-Tuesday ...

Things

The Neverending Rorts

Turkiye https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/turkey-vows-drive-syrian-forces-idlib-200226104230214.html https://www.rt.com/news/481299-russian-airforce-syria-idlib/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/dozens-of-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-strike-in-idlib-in-syria-reports-say https://www.rt.com/news/482053-syrian-jets-downed-turkey/

Lebanon https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/lebanon-hezbollah-accept-imf-managing-economic-crisis-200225174232476.html https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/lebanon-hezbollah-accept-imf-managing-economic-crisis-200225174232476.html

Israel - ‘We lost again’ - War criminal wins an election maybe ... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-claims-early-victory-but-remains-short-of-majority http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/02/c_138836143.htm

Yemen https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/officials-yemen-rebels-seize-strategic-northern-city-200301135153794.html

Libya

Burkina Faso/Mali/Chad

Domestic Violence https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/03/queensland-police-84-officers-accused-of-domestic-violence-in-past-five-years

Dutton https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/feb/25/kristina-keneally-calls-for-bettina-arndt-to-be-stripped-of-australia-day-honour-politics-live

Right-wing and Left-wing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/02/liberal-senator-tells-asio-chief-his-use-of-term-rightwing-can-offend-conservatives

Clive of Pies https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/28/clive-palmer-charged-with-criminal-offences-by-corporate-regulator

Foreign Aid https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/all-of-australia-s-foreign-aid-deals-are-over-or-set-to-expire-20200227-p544s1.html

ACCC and gas https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-27/gas-giants-misled-governments-accc-boss-rod-sims-says/12004254

The no-oxygen 'animal' https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/26/world/first-animal-doesnt-breathe-oxygen-scn-trnd/index.html

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Thai Women's Cricket https://abc.net.au/news/2020-03-03/thailand-leaves-t20-world-cup-as-the-feel-good-story/12021998

Sun Yang http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-28/sun-yang-cas-doping-decision/12012900

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