Paul

i thought the same.

this may be true, but it doesnt justify Israel and US breaking international law. That just makes everyone oppressors. And dont doubt - the US will prop up the ayatollah and an oppressive government if it thinks its in the US's interest to do so. they have zero interest in the lives of Iranians.

they never have been. Trump's idea of peace is that one side should just give up everything: Gaza should just give up their rights, Ukraine should just give up defending itself, Iran should just give in to whatever Trump wants. Typical bully behaviour. And the US has learnt nothing from history.

Do Spanish people consider themselves Eurasian or Afro-Eurorasian??

you can walk from korea to portugal and to south africa. "continents" are just an out-dated artificial construct and only important for those that need to label things. Australia used to be a continent, then it was Australasia, and now its Oceania - even though under any of those defintions, you cannot walk between all places. Also, Antarctica is definitely a continent not part of the olympic rings. But you are also correct, it is primarily an english-speaking problem, because for over 200 years people from the USA have called themselves American. I guess we have to respect that? As long as they don't start re-naming things that dont belong to them ....

I'm so happy with the outcome. Not even a narrow victory, or a messy minority situation, but a clear statement from the people that they don't want to go down the Dutton/Trump path. (I was completely baffled when he was ahead in the polls last year because I just can't look at him and think he would ever be considered a good leader by anyone.) I had the fun of voting in New York this time and everyone I spoke to seemed to be there to stop Australia following what Trump was doing to America.

You mean the non-judgmental way the Vatican condemned Madonna for the who’s that girl tour, like a prayer video, blond ambition tour and sex book?

The Catholic Church is just an outdated power structure that’s serves no purpose other than to sustain its own power. Francis didn’t change anything. I’m sure he was a nice old man and all deaths are sad, but beyond that, the worldwide mourning is ridiculous.