During the State Visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House last night, horrified observers witnessed an unprecedented bombing when the president opened his mouth and dropped an unexpected joke which totally missed its target.

From the latest Private Eye, out now.

Me, i like to call a spade a spade. Im not particularly outspoken, I just think it's confusing to use any other term for it. Hector Martingale, e-mail

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The Best Dealmaker the World Has Ever Known is beginning to realise that starting a war with a hostile nation of 90 million people is a little more complicated than buying an apartment block in Manhattan.

Full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/03/18/worlds-greatest-negotiator-a-bit-out-of-his-depth-now/

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote as he arrives in Budapest JD Vance has railed against the EU, accusing it of blatantly interfering in Hungary’s upcoming elections, even as the US vice-president said he had travelled to Budapest to “help” Viktor Orbán win Sunday’s vote. Speaking to reporters shortly after landing in Budapest on Tuesday, Vance’s tone was combative as he alleged that the EU was responsible for “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference” he had ever seen. Continue reading...

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election

Franco’s Fascist Christian Nationalist Autarky – A Model for America’s Fossil Fuel Future? Fast forward and we have seen the attempted pincer movement by especially Koch Network, Murdoch and Russian forces versus the EU European Union; see Brexit and Tufton Street London. These wealthy o…

Franco's #Fascist Christian Nationalist #Autarky - America's #FossilFuel Future?

Pincer movement by #KochNetwork, #Murdoch & #Russian forces versus the #EU European Union; see #Brexit & #Tufton Street

#UKPolitics #Auspol #UKPol #OpusDei

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Peace talks latest

From the latest Private Eye, out now.

I love hot cross buns at easter. But if they changed the name to Hot Cross Arseholes, it would put me right off them. So come on bakers, please don't change our buns! Alex Du Singe, Lincoln

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“I never thought Elon would muffle *my* legitimate news sources” says guy who uses the “Elon muffles legitimate news sources” app.

Older Adults Need Training to Avoid Online & Other Misinformation – Not Children? Recognisable as both an electoral and media strategy masking the corporate and ideological influence in the background to criticise and denigrate renewable sources, regulation of carbon, climate sc…

Older Adults Need Training to Avoid #SocialMedia & Other #Misinformation - Not Children?

#Media dog whistling of #cleanenergy & #immigrants has divided societies & voters in the Anglosphere & Europe

#FoxNews #GBNews #DigitalLiteracy #Murdoch
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What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses? Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right

What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?
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And there it is.

That's why we left X.

Budapest 'Speech by former #Australian #PrimeMinister Tony Abbott focused on relationship btw #demographic decline & #migration'

Whiff of fossil fuels, Russia, white Christian nationalism, Islamophobia, anti-semitism & pedophilia?

#auspol #auspol2026

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Anniversary of Jesus’ Death Once Again Coincides With Annual Chocolate Festival — The Shovel In an uncanny scheduling coincidence, the world’s largest Chocolate Festival will again fall on the same weekend as the Christian festival marking Jesus’ death.

In an uncanny scheduling coincidence, the world’s largest Chocolate Festival will again fall on the same weekend as the Christian festival marking Jesus’ death.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1672 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main headline reads “TRUMP’S EASTER MESSAGE OF HOPE.” The central image shows Donald Trump seated at a table beside US defence secretary Pete Hegseth with US flags behind them. Speech bubbles add dialogue: Trump says, “I’ve got a brilliant plan for the war,” Hegseth replies, “What is it?”, and Trump answers, “I’m going to blame you!”

Trump’s Easter message of hope

The new Private Eye is out now.

Suddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteries Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand.

Suddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteries 👍🏼❤️👍🏼❤️

Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand.

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Christopher Penn wrote: Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.

A different perspective.
Always helpful.

SO THE RUSSIANS UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING - THEY JUST CAN’T ACCEPT WHY

Elections in Hungary are a global challenge for Russia.

The fight for Viktor Orban's victory is a true existential politial war for Russia.Orban's defeat would mean losing control over Central and Eastern Europe for Russia.That would mean to breaking up the construct Russia has spent years building

are you actually unaware that for over a thousand years official Christian church doctrine was that Jews were collectively to blame for the murder of God? That this was the basis for persecution, murder, and pogroms?

Even if you’re unaware, the person who posted it was not. Their audience was not.

Jared Kushner, Middle East & Investment Fund – Netanyahu, Murdoch, MBS, MBZ, Trump & Putin In the Middle East we have now observed wars of both Benjamin Netanyahu with Iran & Gaza, and Donald Trump now joined in with Iran; like their ally Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine; w…

#JaredKushner, Middle East & Investment Fund - #Netanyahu, Murdoch, #MBS, MBZ, Trump & Putin

How long can gulf states esp #Saudi survive without #oil or #gas income vs divesting from Kushner's investment fund?

#FossilFuels #Geopolitics #MENA

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Budapest 'Speech by former #Australian #PrimeMinister Tony Abbott focused on relationship btw #demographic decline & #migration'

Whiff of fossil fuels, Russia, white Christian nationalism, Islamophobia, anti-semitism & pedophilia?

#auspol #auspol2026

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Here's the #falseflag on #gas #pipeline between Russian allies #Serbia & #Hungary according to Anne Applebaum

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Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93

Please read Empty Planet, by Darrell Bricker and me, to understand how wrong this man was about everything.

Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...

Is Viktor Orbán's rule in Hungary about to end? - ABC listen Hungarians will go to the polls on April 12 in what is shaping up to be a historic election. Incumbent president, Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most right wing populist, and an ally of US president Donald T...

Is Viktor Orbán's rule in #Hungary about to end?

Win/lose will be difficult for Orbán, since pod a false flag has happened on pipeline btw Hungary & Serbia; former Oz PM & #Fox #TonyAbbott at #demography & #immigration event?

#auspol #auspol2026 #Russia #farright

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Norway is powered by 99% renewable electricity

Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s | John Quiggin People are still classified as ‘older’ or even ‘elderly’ as early as 65, even though they are now expected to keep working until they are 67 A couple of weeks ago, just before my 70th birthday, I completed the Mooloolaba standard distance triathlon (1500m swim, 40km cycle, 10km run). There was nothing exceptional about my performance, placing 1,509 out of 1,730 overall and 14th out of 18 in my 65-69 age category. But not that long ago, it would have been exceptional. Until about 1980, competitive sport for those over 70 was restricted largely to golf and lawn bowls. Until the 1990s, there wasn’t even a category for 70-year-olds in most competitive triathlons. The small number of competitors over 65 were lumped into a single category. The first 70-year-olds recorded as completing the demanding Kona Ironman event in Hawaii (3.8km swim, 180km ride, 42.2km run), to which I still aspire, were Hiromu Inada (male) and Ethel Autorino (female) in the year 2000. John Quiggin is a professor at the University of Queensland’s School of Economics Continue reading...

Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s | John Quiggin

An ageing Australia: Can we handle it? Data highlights shortfalls in workforce capacity and worries about how much money we'll need to live.

But RW MSM sees retirees &/or middle aged+ as protected species vs dog whistling of immigrants &/or pop growth*, woke, educated & women? *Pop growth is perm immigration + ageing/longevity; increasing old age dependency ratios, more retirees vs fewer working age

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In the middle of a fossil fuel crisis, it’s time to shout the clean energy message loud and clear | Zoe Daniel The case for renewables is clear. Every extra EV on an Australian road is litres of petrol saved, every home battery means less gas used and a more resilient electricity grid * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Dear clean energy industry, this is your moment. Cease your frowning at the roadblocks that have been put in your way. Continue reading...

In the middle of a fossil fuel crisis, it’s time to shout the clean energy message loud and clear | Zoe Daniel

Ministers working with Labour backbenchers to temper Mahmood immigration plans Exclusive: Starmer urged to go further with exemptions if he wants to avoid widespread anger from his own MPs A number of ministers concerned about Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes are working behind the scenes with backbenchers to secure more exemptions, the Guardian has learned. Keir Starmer is consulting on the proposed changes, which would make it harder to achieve settled status in the UK, and is under pressure from within his own party to say the measures should not apply to people who have already entered the UK. Continue reading...

Ministers working with Labour backbenchers to temper Mahmood immigration plans

If you are in business with Fox News, you are on the hook for its white nationalism

According to Media Matters & NYT '22, Murdoch's #FoxNews is joined at the hip with fossil fuel Tanton Nerwork (+ Koch = Project2025) to promote MAGA white Christian nationalism vs EU & liberal democracy; remember liaising with Neill on #Legatum #GBNews

#ukpol

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