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The Stinging Bee and the Bloody Ambush: Why the Whitlam Dismissal Still Matters

13 Nov 2025 7 minute read 0 comments auspol.sol

G'day, and thanks for dropping by. We're here today to talk about 1975. Not the year we nailed the greatest pub rock album or when we started calling everything "servo." Nah, we’re talking about November 11, 1975, a date that still feels like a ston...

Pour One Out As The Philadelphia Mint Presses Final Penny Today

12 Nov 2025 2 minute read 3 comments Cje95

For years now the calls to get rid of the Penny have been growing louder and louder but since Congress failed to pass legislation to phase out the Penny it kept on grinding along. That was until early this year when the Trump Admin announced that the...

Alan Watts: The Man Who Taught the West How to Flow

12 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Between Illusion

Alan Watts didn’t tell people what to believe he taught them how to see.   In a world obsessed with control, he spoke of letting go. He said life isn’t a problem to be solved it’s a dance to be enjoyed.   Watts brought ideas from Zen, Taoism, and Hin...

The Democrats Caved On The Government Shutdown Plain and Simple

10 Nov 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95

I have to admit I was amazed that a deal came together as quickly as it did this weekend given the Democratic attitude coming out of their caucus meeting last week. To me there was no way that this wasn't going to run at least another week when FAA r...

Proverbs of Smog #21

9 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-One 1. Strength is no substitute for a battered suitcase of rock & roll damage. Or maybe it's the other way around. I can't remember. 2. There is more rejoicing in the songwriting world over one bad lyric that finds r...

Coin Couture: Aksum, Alexander the Great and Augmented Reality

8 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred

In a fascinating article titled "The Evolution of Coin Design: Tracing History from Ancient to Modern Times", coins are elevated from being mere currency to being conversations that weave together "our past, present and dreams for tomorrow". Taking t...

Ego: "When being right matters more than making money"

7 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments CubanCrypt

The biggest enemy isn't the market, but the voice inside you that screams, "Don't close, wait for 100%!" It's as if closing with a +30% profit is a failure, even when the price is giving you clear signs of exhaustion. The problem isn't technical; it...

Petra, the third and last day

6 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Petra dzień trzeci i ostatni Petra Day: The same kilometers as yesterday, but the walking time was shorter. The effort was greater, as after the walk, there was a quick trip to Aqaba, and some decent relaxation. Kilometrów tyle co wczoraj, ale kró...

Brazil: a land of love and chaos!

5 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Shiftrox_

How is your country viewed by the world? It certainly has some positive and negative aspects, and Brazil is no different. I think some time ago I could say we were known as the country of football, but we've been in crisis for quite some time now, so...

43rd month, belongings stolen

5 Nov 2025 9 minute read 0 comments Lochard

The post is refined by Copilot.My entry on GitHub: https://github.com/locharp/asylum_diary/blob/main/UK/20251031.md written with the assistance of Grammarly, Copilot, and Le Chat.---TL;DR43 months of insult and torture by the Chinese Communist Party,...