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by Peter Murphy

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For decades the propaganda of the US media (news, film and tv) has rptedly reminded us: "Israel does not negotiate with terrorists." In 2025, it's clear: Hamas are not the terrorists. Hezbollah are not the terrorists. Israel are the terrorists. #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide
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by Peter Murphy

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Remember the good old days ...
When comedian Lawrence Mooney was able to do videos as AUS PM Malcolm Turnbull? *sigh* I miss those days. #auspol youtu.be/vbKi0AutZm4?...
A Message From Malcolm - The Barnabas Saga
YouTube video by Malcolm Turnbull
youtu.be
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by Peter Murphy

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"I wanna be good cause you wanna prove to God that you're good so you can go to that next step, right? So, that's very important to me."
– US President Donald Trump
Trump contemplating his mortality? #USPolitics
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by Peter Murphy

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Things that frustrate me:
TikTok commentators mispronouncing famous people's names. Just watched Australian film director Baz Luhrmann referred to as "Boz Lermin". Srsly. 🙄
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by Peter Murphy

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After Howard, I didn't think I would witness a more unprincipled PM. Albanese: "Hold my beer." #auspol #SaveGaza #FreePalestine
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by Peter Murphy

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The Zionist trolls are out in force in the replies on #BlueSky as much as they are on #Twitter. NB: Opposing Zionism ≠ anti-Semitism. Report. Hide Comment. Block. #SaveGaza #FreePalestine
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by Peter Murphy

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Videos of healthcare workers sharing stories from hospitals in #Gaza (eg. a mother carrying her daughter's head in a plastic bag into the hospital, asking for help). I assume my AUS PM Albanese & Foreign Minister Wong have seen these videos and images. And they refuse to act. 😔 #auspol #GazaGenocide
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by Peter Murphy

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“I witnessed things that were wrong. I saw Arabs being thrown out of their houses in Jerusalem. But it was just the extraordinary magical energy of a country just beginning to put its roots in the ground. It was an amazing time to be here.” – Helen Mirren,
describing her visit to Israel in 1967
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by Peter Murphy

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To be fair and honest, I haven't seen the film. But it is getting lengthy detailed negative reviews on TikTok.
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by Peter Murphy

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I would love the Nobel Prize committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to both the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian territories @francescaalbanese.bsky.social AND the #GlobalSumudFlotilla. 🙏 #GretaThunberg #IsraeliTerrorism #SaveGaza #FreePalestine #NobelPeacePrize
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by Peter Murphy

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It's bad enough Disney is funding Israel's genocide in Gaza, but it also treats its viewers with contempt by releasing insulting garbage like #TronAres. #film 🎥
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by Peter Murphy

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Yes. It was disappointing that the CNN presenter didn't press the matter or question Miller on his assertion that the President has plenary authority but instead claimed they were having technical difficulties when Miller froze. #USPolitics
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by Peter Murphy

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Stephen Miller declared on-air that "under title 10 of the US code, the President has plenary authority". Um, ... plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. Hmm. 🤔 #USPolitics #plenaryauthority
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by Peter Murphy

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Powerful commentary by cartoonist Pat Hudson. AUS PM Albo's statement 2yrs after the Oct7 attacks made NO mention of the historical context (the Nakba, Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, blockade of Gaza or genocide) or the 68,000 Palestinians killed by Israel #auspol #SaveGaza #FreePalestine
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by Peter Murphy

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PM @albomp.bsky.social's statement 2 years after the Oct7 attacks is vomitous. No mention of the historical context: the Nakba, Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza, or 2 years of genocide. Not a single mention of ANY Palestinians being killed at all. 😔 #auspol
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by Peter Murphy — Reposted by: Iain Davidson

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I encourage you to listen to Greta Thunberg's full statement. Thunberg seeks a just and sustainable world for all, rather than short-term financial gain for the few. The West's political leaders are exposed as complicit, unprincipled or cowardly. End the occupation #SaveGaza #FreePalestine. #auspol
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by Peter Murphy

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A: I really like Eminem.
B: I prefer Smarties.
A: No no, the rapper.
B: Why would you eat the wrapper?
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by Peter Murphy

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Israel's #GazaGenocide:
• 68,000 Palestinians killed
• 20,000 children killed
• 169,000 Palestinians injured
• 459 people died of starvation
• nearly 300 journalists killed
• 1722 healthcare workers killed
• 125 hospitals damaged
• 10,800 held in Israeli detention
• 2300 education centres destroyed
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by Peter Murphy

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Damn it. I hate it when you do #Wordle every day, for weeks on end, working towards improving on your Maximum Streak ... And you forget to do Wordle one day, so you're back to zero. 😔
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by Peter Murphy

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Sadly, I think:
• Albo only cares about Albo.
• Albo doesn't care about Palestine.
• Albo wrongly assumes most Australians don't care about Gaza. #GazaGenocide #auspol
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by Peter Murphy

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If you loved the 1983 6hr mini-series For the Term of His Natural Life (based on the Marcus Clarke novel) starring Colin Friels as Rufus Dawes it's available free-to-air on Brollie. Enjoy. 📺 #Australia #drama watch.brollie.com.au/tv/for-the-t...
Brollie | For the Term of His Natural Life
A classic miniseries based on Marcus Clarke's tale of Australia's infamous convict past.
watch.brollie.com.au
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by Peter Murphy

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Andrew Hastie blasted by the Liberal Party party room after quitting the Oppn front bench?!
1. NewsCorp actively encourages this shift to the lunatic Far Right.
2. The Coalition is irrelevant. Nobody cares what they say or do. #auspol
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by Peter Murphy

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• South Africa takes Israel to the ICC over the #GazaGenocide.
• Spain takes Israel to the ICC over the #GlobalSumudFlotilla interception.
• Australia? Still providing Israel with F-35 components and a PM silent on both the genocide and the detention of Australians from the Flotilla. 😔 #auspol
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by Peter Murphy

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7 Australians illegally held by Israel have been released. Israel illegally intercepted the #GlobalSumudFlotilla in int'l waters, as they were seeking to break Israel's illegal blockade to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The ABC rptedly avoids using the word illegal in its report 🤔
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by Peter Murphy

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As always, quality news commentary comedy on the Cheap Seats with @meladoodle.bsky.social and Tim McDonald. The Crime Time segment is giving serious "The Late Show" Graham and the Colonel vibes. 😂 #CheapSeatsAU #news #comedy
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Reposted by: Peter Murphy

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And they're out of Israel. Well done, DFAT.

"Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands." #auspol #flotilla #Gaza

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Australians released from Israeli detention after alleged beatings
Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands.
www.abc.net.au
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Reposted by: Peter Murphy, Karen O’Leary

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This didn’t start 2 years ago.
The world has watched decades of dispossession, occupation, and genocide - in silence, in complicity.
End the genocide.
Freedom and justice for Palestine.
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A textured protest poster with bold, hand-cut lettering lists: “77 years since the Nakba, 58 years of occupation, 18 years of blockade, 2 years of genocidal escalation.” Behind the text is a brown silhouette of Palestine. Below, a large pink watermelon slice fills the lower half of the poster, its black seeds forming the word “Resist.” A white dove carrying an olive branch flies across the watermelon.
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by Peter Murphy

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#MediaWatch: @lintonbesser.bsky.social provided a superb summary of #SevenWest media's Kerry Stokes' career & plans. Social media's refusal to monitor misinformation. Plus the vile reporting on the Kidman-Urban split by the tabloid trash gossip mag media. #journalism iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
Media Watch: Monday 6/10/2025
Kerry Stokes quits, amid planned merge with Southern Cross Media. Worried about misinformation? You're the problem, according to tech overlords. Kidman and Urban's divorce hasn't stopped press from go...
iview.abc.net.au
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by Peter Murphy

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Australians don’t want to be complicit in Israel's #GazaGenocide. The Albanese Labor Govt is trying to hide our ongoing supply of arms components to Israel. The AUS Govt must end the arms trade with Israel. Labor must #SanctionIsrael like we sanctioned Russia. #auspol
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by Peter Murphy

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"Monsignor Quixote" (1985)
Starring Alec Guinness Leo McKern
Based on the novel by Graham Greene
Directed by Rodney Bennett
Music by Antón García Abril. 🎶
I highly recommend, compañero, for Catholics and communists alike. 🎥
youtu.be/xoxKA-WWaFg?...
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