In the SMH today ‘Housing Crisis is Real and Here to Stay’ | COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE FOR NSW (CAAN): HOUSING INEQUALITY WITH AUSSIES LOCKED OUT!

https://caanhousinginequalitywithaussieslockedout.com/2023/09/30/in-the-smh-today-housing-crisis-is-real-and-here-to-stay/

IN the SMH today – ‘Housing Crisis is Real and Here to Stay’ – unless our Governments take control BECAUSE that would be in the interests of the majority … wouldn’t it?

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/housing-crisis-is-real-and-here-to-stay-20230927-p5e819.html

WHICH Government led the House Price Boom?  Which has led to this HOUSING CRISIS?

HOW many stories have we read about homeless people sleeping in vans or their cars who have been moved on by Councils?

YET rarely do we read of them being settled in alternative accommodation …

AND that’s apart from those who resort to finding a place to rest their head … on park benches, or moving along in buses or trains …

CAAN has shared stories about those who have sold and come up against it too!

BECAUSE the SYDNEY stock for sale is limited … it’s overpriced … the DEMAND is larger than the supply … and prices continue to rise … so Sydney sellers can find themselves priced out within weeks of their home auction … faced with exorbitant rentals … and resorting to searching for a home that is affordable in the regions … isolated from their friends and family … apart from experiencing resentment from their new neighbours …

Downsizing to what?  What is out there?  A townhouse … an apartment with high fees … ?

Then may find themselves suffering serious illness …

RETIREMENT VILLAGES – a commentator has described as ‘social monocultures with … controlling managers … ‘ That’s apart from eating up the family inheritance … what of the future for our families? Will there be no let-up?

DEVELOPERS – it appears are onto another winner – to demolish and wipe out existing inner Sydney housing stock for large luxury apartment developments for the wealthy … and overseas buyers …

“Sydney councils bid to halt demolition of old housing for luxury apartments” 

BECAUSE these luxury developments wipe out the existing housing stock! Locking out the former inhabitants …

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-councils-bid-to-halt-demolition-of-old-housing-for-luxury-apartments-20230921-p5e6l7.html

IT appears that Sydney Councils are leading the way because they are aware of the HOUSING SHORTAGE, and in touch with the needs of those on low incomes … even those on high incomes are scratching because they are paying $1000 plus a week to rent an apartment! 

WILL our governments follow this action by Councils, and step in and put a ‘FREEZE’ on escalating house prices … because sellers too can find themselves priced out!  

WHY are ‘jumped up’ sales reps controlling this market?  WHEN it appears there are more disadvantaged people than those in ‘The Mob’ … ?

US Must Act Quickly To Preserve National Security Interests, Block Spread Of China’s Influence | PA Pundits International

https://papundits.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/us-must-act-quickly-to-preserve-national-security-interests-block-spread-of-chinas-influence/

The impending expiration of long-time agreements with two Pacific Islands nations presents not just a threat to American national security, but a golden opportunity for the Chinese Communist Party to broaden its sphere of influence in a region critically important to the U.S.

The Compact of Free Association pacts are unique 20-year agreements that govern U.S. relations with three Pacific Islands nations: the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia.

In exchange for economic assistance and access to American federal programs and services, the three countries grant the U.S. exclusive rights and authorities to set up American defenses on the islands. The U.S. can station military personnel there and prohibit other nations’ militaries from entering the three countries’ territorial waters.

The key economic provisions of the expiring agreements with Micronesia and the Marshall Islands include developmental and financial assistance, including grants for their educational, health, and infrastructure sectors…

The End of the Road for the Dollar, by Alasdair Macleod | STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC

https://straightlinelogic.com/2023/09/29/the-end-of-the-road-for-the-dollar-by-alasdair-macleod/

…This article describes just how precarious the fiat dollar’s position has become.

For now, the dollar appears to be buoyed up by rising bond yields. However, as they rise further portfolio losses for foreign investors are likely to increase, leading to dollar liquidation. It is not generally realised how many dollars and dollar securities are owned by foreigners, the bulk of them being held outside the US banking system. And the quantity of foreign currency owned by Americans to absorb this selling is very small in comparison.

Higher interest rates and bond yields also threaten to destabilise the banking system, a problem equally faced by the Eurozone, the UK, and Japan. But how can the US Government protect itself from this danger?

The only answer is to admit to the end of the fiat era and put the dollar back onto a gold standard…

Five evidence-based early known Covid facts – ignored and censored | Aletho News

https://alethonews.com/2023/09/29/five-evidence-based-early-known-covid-facts-ignored-and-censored/

Highly acclaimed experts presented evidence-based facts on Covid-19 early in 2020, but were ignored and censored by authorities

BY THEO L. GLÜCK | FREEDOM RESEARCH | SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The official narrative in the Covid crisis tried to persuade the public that various mandates and coercions, limiting people’s individual freedoms, were all based on science. The myth of this has visibly eroded, as it has been revealed how much of the strategies, influencing the lives of millions, was based on fear, pressure from media and political tactics. Reference to science was often enough used as a disguise.

Five evidence-based facts known already in 2020, but ignored by the authorities:

• The virus had spread much more widely and was far less dangerous than initially claimed by the authorities.
• The risk from Covid-19 differed by a factor of 1,000 for different age groups, and the risk was much higher for people with comorbidities (e.g. obesity, diabetes, anxiety disorders, etc.) and nutrition deficiencies.
• Those who had recovered from the disease had developed strong natural immunity, but this evidence-based fact was systematically ignored or downplayed by the authorities.
• Covid-19 vaccines received marketing authorisation without having been tested in clinical trials for virus transmission or infection.
• Covid-19 vaccines have considerable side effects that were already known during the clinical trials of the vaccines…

China Just Built 1 Billion Empty Houses for Nobody – This is Insanely Bad, by laowhy86 | STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC

https://straightlinelogic.com/2023/09/29/china-just-built-1-billion-empty-houses-for-nobody-this-is-insanely-bad-by-laowhy86/

The country only has 1.3 billion people. Most of these newly built houses will be torn down. Indeed, this is insane...

Kennedy to run as third-party presidential candidate – media | Aletho News

https://alethonews.com/2023/09/29/kennedy-to-run-as-third-party-presidential-candidate-media/

Kennedy has railed against the DNC for refusing to give him a fair opportunity to win the party’s nomination, and he has criticized Biden for declining to approve US Secret Service protection for him during the campaign, despite numerous death threats. He’s the son of 1968 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy Jr., both of whom were assassinated.

“Bobby feels that the DNC is changing the rules to exclude his candidacy, so an independent run is the only way to go,” Mediaite cited a Kennedy campaign insider as saying. The New York Times reported last week that Kennedy had met with the chairman of the Libertarian Party, suggesting that he was considering a run for president without winning the Democratic nomination.

A Rasmussen Reports poll earlier this month showed that 57% of Democrats plan to vote for Biden in the party’s primary elections, compared with 25% who back Kennedy…

Germany: Inflation drops to lowest since Ukraine invasion – DW – 09/28/2023

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-inflation-drops-to-lowest-since-ukraine-invasion/a-66952215

Inflation in Germany has slowed significantly, falling to its lowest rate — 4.5%. It’s the first time inflation had dipped below 5% since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine…

Military analyst: Ukraine making ‘good progress’ in south – DW – 09/24/2023

https://www.dw.com/en/military-analyst-ukrainians-making-good-progress-in-south/video-66909216

Mike Martin, a War Studies Senior Fellow at King’s College London, speaks to DW about a Ukrainian breakthrough near Verbove in the south, military operations near Bakhmut and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement that Ukraine’s 10-point peace plan is “not feasible.”

Sky Shield Initiative: Can it protect Europe? – DW – 09/28/2023

https://www.dw.com/en/sky-shield-initiative-can-it-protect-europe/a-66900967

However, NATO’s protective shield for Europe has some holes. The air defense system, which Germany launched last October, is intended to close them. At that time, on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, 15 countries signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a European air defense system. Along with Germany, the signatories were: Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Later, Denmark, Sweeden, Austria and Switzerland also joined the initiative…

‘Not against Ukraine’: Russian deserters tell their story – DW – 09/27/2023

https://www.dw.com/en/not-against-ukraine-russian-deserters-tell-their-story/a-66941324

Hundreds of Russian soldiers have deserted, but many do not have passports and are trying to get to safety in the West for fear of extradition. DW spoke to three of them…