The failed assassination of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a game changer.

The August 4th attack was the first known attempt to assassinate a head of state with a drone. It will not be the last. There will be more of these kinds of attacks, and some of them may hit their mark. 

“The idea that you have foreign governments ... heavily involved in financing an institution that’s this tied to the secretary of state’s family — well, that appears to be something new.”

The rules of the game is that there is no rule, only shifting agreements from one day to the next. It’s a minefield that demands careful observation and footsteps.

PUT AUSTRALIA FIRST — PLACE CLIVE PALMER LAST...

Counting his own stupid government, Turdy Abbott destroyed five governments in his life-time so far. Can we entrust the voters of Warringah to do the right thing and at the next elections vote him OUT for the good of this country?

The “Christian" article that follows is not very nice but apparently it was written in response to a not very nice critique by a certain Boghossian that stated than "only brain damage people, can’t be atheist".  This hurts… Ouch. This mean that religious people are brain-damaged. Ouch.

Fresh from his failed bid to become prime minister, Peter Dutton has been reinstated to cabinet despite his key role in destabilising the government.

Malcolm Turnbull is set to resign from Parliament this week, as the Liberal federal executive prepares to call nominations for his Sydney seat of Wentworth.