Coercive control
The first anniversary of the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children by her partner, again highlights the failure of our society to fully recognise or eliminate the fallout of “relationship” or “domestic violence”, an euphemism for “criminal assault”.
The UK has legislated “coercive control” is now a crime, while Australia is still deliberating. Despite often the lack of visible signs, it is a means of disempowering and disrespecting victims to control by physical, emotional, financial or psychological means.
It is not always believed or recognised by the broader community, because it can be an invisible crime, well hidden behind closed doors.
A house built on sand Half of Americans believe Trump is guilty of incitement, to be barred from standing for re-election. But Trump loyalists or those indifferent, have handed him a get out of jail free card. The GOP refused to concede, consequently turning the tide in his favour. These few Retrumpians , have thrown his Vice-President Pence under the bus. Pence is now a target, for carrying out his Constitutional duty in declaring the Biden victory. (I believe) Trump s presidency, like his life, was based on a pattern of a sense of entitlement, delusion and lies; 30,000 lies over the four years.
Don t worry, be greedy The Deputy Prime Minister has said that the government will consider excluding agriculture from future long-term climate change targets. That makes about as much sense as smoking during cancer treatment. As the government struggles to reach our modest Paris target of 26-28 per cent below 2005 emissions by 2030, it s clear that animal agriculture is a huge part of the problem. According to the International Journal of Climate Change, animal agriculture is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases in Australia - 50 per cent of emissions come from the livestock sector. Globally, emissions from agriculture alone would be enough to put the Paris goals out of reach, even if all the other major sources of emissions were closed down.
Divide and conquer
The global threat of emerging dictatorships, in nations rife with division and corruption, is symptomatic of civil unrest, power grab by corrupt elitists and failing democracies.
Not only in powerful Communist nations such as Russia and China, but in developing nations where civil war continues to fail citizens, denied elections.
Even in Asian nations such as Myanmar, a valid election result is overturned by a terrifying military coup.
Hong Kong bends the knee under physical threat from a bullying dictatorship, which uses intimidation tactics to keep citizens subdued.
USA today is a nation divided.
The Republican Party, the party which created the Union under Lincoln, now refuses to concede a legitimate election result.