The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

In this episode we discuss: The Carbon Club by Marian Wilkinson To financially support the Podcast you can make a per-episode donation via Patreon or donate through Paypal We Livestream every Tuesday night at 7:30pm Brisbane time. Follow us on Facebook or YouTube , watch us live and join the discussion in the chat room. You can sign up for our newsletter which is basically links to articles that T...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Intro (01:16) Capping Superannuation (22:28) Inflation, Wages and Unemployment (23:22) Wages (23:35) Share Market (40:58) Foreign Ownership (44:27) Promo Stuff (47:30) USBs (49:43) Demons (54:25) Seymour Hersh Follow Up (01:07:56) Polls (01:14:40) French Solar Panels (01:20:25) Lidia Thorpe (01:35:04) Voice Poll 1 (01:35:42) Voter Strength (01:37:54) Reasons to...

In this episode, I explain what happened to episode 373. To financially support the Podcast you can make a per-episode donation via Patreon or donate through Paypal We Livestream every Tuesday night at 7:30pm Brisbane time. Follow us on Facebook or YouTube , watch us live and join the discussion in the chat room. You can sign up for our newsletter which is basically links to articles that Trevor h...

In this episode we discuss: (04:14) Lidia Thorpe (23:10) Balloons Again (26:19) Chinese Cameras (32:59) China (42:17) Seymour Hersh (01:02:46) Ron DeSantis (01:07:36) Native Species (01:10:00) MRI and MS Diagnosis Chapters, images & show notes powered by vizzy.fm. To financially support the Podcast you can make a per-episode donation via Patreon or donate through Paypal We Livestream every Tue...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Episode 371 (00:27) Introduction (02:04) The Balloon (24:12) Pell Buried (30:46) Lidia Thorpe (33:49) RoboDebt (44:01) Albo had a beer (45:46) Jim Chalmers (48:30) Aukus (52:51) Jimmy Dore (58:27) Patrons (01:01:00) Chat GPT (01:03:27) The Guardian (01:10:18) Narratives are made up Chapters, images & show notes powered by vizzy.fm. You can email  ...

In this episode we discuss: (00:34) Introduction (01:52) Opus Dei (21:56) Florida Wants Menstrual Cycle History (27:25) Boomer Libertarians (47:17) Jacinta Price on Murdoch (53:13) The Voice (56:00) Jacinda Ardern (01:09:59) Pokies (01:11:06) Violence in America Here is the link to the petition To financially support the Podcast you can make a per-episode donation via Patreon or donate through Pay...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) intro (02:17) Cardinal Pell (12:24) 21st Birthday Nazi (16:41) Pokies (29:30) Stamp Duty and Land Tax (33:58) Exploding Heads on Inequality (35:14) Book Club (37:04) Sunak (39:26) Prince Harry (49:36) Indigenous People Are Not That Different (55:17) The Right To Strike (57:49) The Biggest Obstacle To Real Freedom Chapters, images & show notes powered by vizz...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) episode368 (00:32) Welcome (03:17) Topics I'll avoid in 2023 (03:50) Hot Topics (11:03) Recent Events (35:03) Thoughts on Economics My books on Goodreads Checkout https://www.ifvg.info/@ifvg Chapters, images & show notes powered by vizzy.fm. How to support the Podcast Make a per episode donation via Patreon or Donate through Paypal and tell your friends.

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Ep 367 (00:40) Introduction (05:30) Joe Was Right (08:35) Robodebt (12:36) Submarines 49% (15:43) Timor Gap Continued (19:48) War Power (22:08) Perrottet on Confessions (26:34) Population Cap (29:06) China's Human Rights Record (34:35) Patrons (38:41) Trans Assault (43:31) Oil and the Petro-Dollar (45:54) Qld 3 Billion Dollar Bonus (46:50) Oil and Gas Price Cap...

Updated. In this episode we discuss: (00:33) Introduction (03:56) Brittany Higgins (13:04) Julia Banks (16:11) Sunshine in the coffee shop (18:06) Scott Morrison (21:19) Nativity Plays (23:21) Catholic Hospitals (33:16) Peta Credlin (34:09) Anti Corruption Commission (37:34) Putin Poo (38:08) Nurses and Putin (40:07) Trump Tax Returns (40:37) Kanye and Alex Jones (44:41) Adin Ross (48:44) Young Tu...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) ep 365 (00:33) Introduction (03:39) Victorian Election (07:33) 3 Minutes of Sky News (11:11) Murdoch Failure? (14:14) Conspiracies (18:23) Rowan Dean (21:25) ABC (23:25) Milton Dick (26:29) The GGs Wife (29:02) Jordan Peterson (29:57) The State of Society (37:04) Colorado Shooter (38:51) A Missile into Poland (42:42) Celebrities (43:08) Elon Musk (54:08) Protest...

In this episode we discuss: (00:33) Introduction (03:06) God Forbid (05:17) Historical Knowledge (09:30) Victorian Election (16:35) Evangelicals Blame Abortion Demons (19:02) Greg Smith and MAGA (21:25) Zuckerberg Ignored the Script (23:44) USA in the Persian Gulf (24:26) Old fashioned CIA propaganda (28:07) Chinese Diplomacy (33:05) QANDA (43:24) Chinese Suppression of Journalists (47:22) Venezue...

Updated notes V1 In this episode we discuss: Chapters More on Twitter Paid Blue Tick search Facebook owner Meta to sack 11,000 workers after revenue collapse RoboDebt Industrial relations If only Labor's wage changes were as bad as the bosses claim Predictably, 'employer groups' slam Albanese's industrial relations bill How did independents vote? The cost of living isn't as high as we've been told...

In this episode we discuss: (00:00) Talk about ideas (00:23) Introduction (05:41) Twitter and Mastodon (11:45) Dictator Dan and those steps and that accident (20:39) Labor takes step towards new religious discrimination laws (24:58) Negative gearing and capital gains tax discount (34:05) Average Vs Median (37:56) Alan Joyce (44:58) Rules Based International Order (48:45) Oil Price Cap (50:54) Oil...

In this episode we discuss: BOM The Budget Yanis Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion dollars The UK cabinet Infiltrate, Impact, Impel Victorian Election Dan will sponsor the netballers Video of Biden singing ‘Baby Shark’ is a deepfake Chinese Dementia The Chinese Consulate in London The Very Rich Guy Foundation Michelle Landry Oil and Gas Revenue Essential Report Is Electricity Pricing Runnin...

In this episode we discuss: Black Death and Crohn’s Truss to Rishi Sunak The lead up to the resignation How UK see it How Aussies see it How Germans see it Things that didn’t age well Britain's Conservative Party is collapsing on itself Netballers and Hancock Mining Why there are no winners off the court in netball saga The Statement Just tax Gina Michael Jones Consistency Bilibili Lydia Thorpe Qu...

In this episode we discuss two books: How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil Less is More by Jason Hickel How to support the Podcast Make a per episode donation via Patreon or Donate through Paypal and tell your friends. Mentioned in this episode: Website

In this episode we discuss: General principles of discrimination Sometimes discrimination is fair. Some jobs have character requirements. CEOs and Professional Footballers are in jobs with character requirements Tricky part – Thorburn didn’t state stuff openly like Falou. How Does this apply to Religious Schools? So, circumstances matter when drawing the line. The Right of a group to foster an eth...

In this episode we discuss: Follow up on previous topics Personal Impact The Liberal Party Split Religions have a track record of splitting political parties Perceptions on the future for Humanity Russia Ukraine Nord Stream Pipeline sabotage – Who Dunnit? Professor Jeffrey Sachs on Fox Poland They can make up any outrageous story and get away with it Russia Generally UK Budget and Politics The Lef...

In this episode we discuss: Episode 356 AU Dominionism Ousted Liberal Party MP Cathrine Burnett-Wake condemns extremists in politics Victorian Liberal Party branch stacking claims as Pentecostal church 'infiltrates' branches Australians must not ignore the Religious Right’s global warnings SA Liberals Fiona Patten Crystal Ball Smoking ceremonies RI Opposition is Marxist Crikey – Maybe don’t donate...

In this episode, we look at the funeral and the lead-up and what these tell us about our society. How to support the Podcast. Make a per episode donation via Patreon or Donate through Paypal and tell your friends. Mentioned in this episode: Website

I don't know about you, but I've been hearing and seeing in the mainstream media lots of references to Cultural Marxism. And when I see this expression, it always seems to be used in a derogatory sense. The people who use it are often trying to dismiss an idea or a movement by calling it Cultural Marxism. They say it without defining Cultural Marxism and without explaining how the circumstances th...

In this episode we discuss: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:07 Witch Hunts 00:10:52 Fran Bailey 00:14:00 Murdoch and Crikey 00:21:40 Long Covid 00:23:55 Labor's Climate Credentials 00:26:26 Shaq 00:29:45 Stage 3 Tax Cuts 00:39:36 Student Loans 00:49:48 Electricity and Privatisation How to support the Podcast Make a per episode donation via Patreon or Donate through Paypal and tell your friends. Mentio...

In this episode we discuss: Crikey Defamation Threat Morrison Ministries Follow Up Porter – Cash John Howard Barnaby Joyce Will anything save the Governor General? Meanwhile Everyone Loves Albo Solar briefly overtakes coal in Australia as number one source of power nationally Want to watch the National Energy Market? Nuclear Update – It’s not reliable Anglican Schism Japanese Day Care Nappies Prop...

In this episode we discuss: Scott Morrison's secret swearing in to three ministerial portfolios Make that 5 More Revelations to come? A Coup? Secret plan But Absolute Power is not a problem Urgency is not a problem Spreading the risk 1 Spreading the Risk 2 Do we have a deputy Governor General? Resources Portfolio Albanese Littleproud Barnaby Karen Andrews Josh Frydenberg The Governor General – any...