I thought the U.S. was the defender of the 'Rules based order'
I'm glad they have pissed all over themselves and that stupid facade.

Read the whole article, juicy bits below..

US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza
'Trump administration targets Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, in latest action against critics of Israel’s war'
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/israel-gaza-war-un-sanctions

>>In recent weeks, Albanese has issued a series of letters, urging other countries to pressure Israel, including through sanctions, to end its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Italian national has also been a strong supporter of the international criminal court’s indictment of Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes. She most recently issued a report naming several US giants among companies aiding what she described as Israel’s occupation and war on Gaza.

“Albanese’s campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated,” the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, posted on social media. “We will always stand by our partners in their right to self-defense.”

Albanese has been the target of criticism from pro-Israel officials and groups in the US and in the Middle East. Last week, the US mission to the UN issued a scathing statement, calling for her removal for “a years-long pattern of virulent anti-Semitism and unrelenting anti-Israel bias”.

The statement said that Albanese’s allegations of Israel committing genocide or apartheid are “false and offensive”.<<

Australia looks like being asked to pay more for AUKUS.

The MSM, as usual, has got things bum over beak by saying that there is an ‘extra string’ attached in the form of a requirement that our submarines would come under the control of the US in times of conflict.

This is not new at all; that requirement has always been part of the Australia-US alliance, as I mentioned recently.

Albanese has 30 days to think about it. Let’s see how he manages to bugger it up, as he has everything else to do with our greatest ally, on whom we still rely for our defence one hundred percent.

I thought one of the articles I read was abould our Albo, sorry.

Regarding the US Virginia class subs for Australia
I say 'refund'.
Let the US keep them and do their own surveillance and attacking China.
We don't need the blowback in a war they're likely to lose, either militarily or economically.

DUMP AUKUS,
Tell them they can defend our country for free, only in case of direct attack or we will blow up Pine Gap ourselves.

According to journalist Nick Cater, we should not be expecting much from Albanese because it's been a long time since an Australian prime minister “remained upright long enough to take off the training wheels”.

He was referring specifically to last Friday's “flim flam” by Albanese passed off as a ‘keynote’ speech - insulting the memory of John Curtin and his relationship with America.

Cater contrasts this jerk's dangerous incompetence and hard-left ideology with the performances of John Howard and Bob Hawke.

When being interviewed on his appalling economic and growth record, Albanese blathered away, saying nothing convincing, including making up a ‘quote’ from Confucius that there is no record of the philosopher ever uttering. He also lied about something Bob Hawke didn't do 40 years ago.

Cater agrees that Australia's growth did start declining prior to Albanese taking office, but the real mess - noticed globally by economists - occurred over the past three years he was in office.

An IMF report “noted with alarm” that the 3.7% fall in productivity over the 3 years was one of the steepest drops on record. Weak investment, particularly in mining and a rigid economic system.

To that can be added net zero (hence unreliable and very expensive electricity); public service expansion, high taxation, and wild government spending.

The biggest BS to come from Albanese was the lie about Australia being a “stand-out destination for international investment”.

This bloke has nothing at all going for him - apart from the tyrannical discipline of the party preventing him from being relieved of command: thanks to his equally unlikeable bestie, Kevin Rudd.

In a further embarrassment for Australia, American Rabbi, Shumeley Boteach, has written to President Trump asking him to ban Albanese from entering the US for his lack of action on Jew-hatred and anti-Israel problems in Australia.

That would give Albanese another good excuse not to front up to Trump who, he has said, frightens the sh.t out of him. Who would have thought that we would ever have such a globally disreputable PM!

https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/07/confucius-says-wake-up-albo/