Post by Shy Ted
I had visited a number of remote Aboriginal communities for 1-3 days at a time so I was getting a feel for things but this was my first live-in community, a 2 year contract and it had a far better feel than I had experienced thus far. 100% school attendance (up to the age of 13), high enrolment in CDEP (Community Development Employment Projects program) and even a small pub with little in the way of trouble. And then the additional duties/expectations began.
Post by Richard Kelly
Have you ever wondered about where our beliefs come from? What drives the way we frame the events we witness? What impact our worldview has on our actions? What meaning can we ascribe to our actions? How do behaviours become normalised and adopted by masses?
Months ago, I put these questions to the commenters on this site:
Do you want this blog to shut its doors?
Or do you want it to continue?
‘Tis the week before Christmas and as the preparations are on, here’s some light fare on the topic. Countries around the world have their own rituals that they follow during this season.
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone tuned in to the New World Media that the winner of Time magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year, revealed this week, was the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The article that accompanies the announcement is glowing with praise for this champion who represents the Spirit of his country. He is depicted as a brave, fearless hero, living in the trenches and away from his family. He is courageously leading his troops, by example, and fighting for the freedom and liberation of Ukraine.
Post by Shy Ted
It was a chance comment that got me thinking. “What was your favourite car, Ted?” I was chatting to some car guys with big wallets, members of the Aston Martin and Rolls Royce clubs, one even a vintage restorer. I wasn’t even close to their league but friend of a friend saw me there. “I think it was a Volvo”. How they laughed. “A Volvo! Why?” One particularly agreeable chap knew I changed vehicles all the time and insisted on going for a drive in whatever the latest mode of transport was. He knew. So I told them the tale.
But first…
The oft-repeated phrase Get Woke, Go Broke has proven itself to be true, over and over again. The attempts by businesses to display their social consciousness by getting onto the various leftist causes has ended up in disaster to their bottom lines.
