Labor Ratatouille
The premise of 'Ratatouille' is that it's about a rat in a hat who is actually a talented chef. It's a fun, family picture, and very charming if you could just overcome the abjection of a rat in a kitchen.
And this is kind of how I feel about the story being put out by the Fatima Payman camp. It's all very charming but at the end of the day she's still just a rat in the ranks who bolted to the cross bench over a single issue. She's still Mal Colston with a Hijab and a colourful backstory.
Payman's brief association with the ALP has ended and she will forever be known as a "Labor rat" but her experience has convinced her that change needs to occur.
"I feel like the Labor Party really needs to review their rules because I don't think they're ready to have diversity with a voice," she says.
"They want diversity but voiceless."
Aly rejects this assessment. "It has been my experience that not only am I given a seat at the table, I am also given a voice," Aly says.
She just doesn't get it. The person who needs to "review" is Fatima Payman herself.
Where is my spew emoji? Oh, here it is.
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No Ceasefire
To nobody's surprise, Hamas rejected the ceasefire proposal. This is not surprising because if there ever was a peace, Hamas would lose its raison d'être. You can't ask people to have cease-fire when the whole point of their existence is to continue a forever war until all demands are met and the Jews are eradicated "from the River to the Sea". They complained about Netanyahu "putting obstacles in the way of peace":
"He (Netanyahu) also set new conditions in the prisoner exchange file, and backed down from others, which all prevent the completion of the exchange deal," it said.
"We hold Netanyahu fully responsible for the failure of the mediators' efforts, the obstruction of reaching an agreement, and full responsible for the lives of his prisoners, who are exposed to the same danger that our people are exposed to due to his continued aggression and systematic targeting of all aspects of life in the Gaza Strip."
Mr Netanyahu had earlier told an Israeli cabinet meeting Hamas was blocking a deal.
"We are holding very complex negotiations in which the other side is a murderous terrorist organisation that is unbridled and obstinate," he said.
"There are things we can be flexible on and there are things that we cannot be flexible on, which we will insist on. We know how to distinguish between the two very well."
Well of course they would say that - and of course Netanyahu would say that. The whole laughable thing is that the people who want the ceasefire the most are not the combatants but the Mediators. Just picture that - all the mediator countries trying to bring both of these parties kicking and screaming to the negotiating table when both sides know there is no hankering for any kind of enduring peace. All that good faith being wasted on people acting in the worst faith. If that's not enough to make you spit out your coffee through your nostrils, I don't know what is.
Okay, maybe not so laughable for everybody, but it's pretty hilarious if your sense of humour is black enough.
Sarcasm In Politics
This one had me chuckling. Ukraine has been making headway in Kursk. After that summer offensive of 2022 failed to achieve much, the Ukrainians are finally back to sticking it to the man by going into Russian territory. They've made great progress, and the world has been asking what exactly the Ukrainians might be up to.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine’s military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.
Isn't that sort of using Putin's logic against him? Talk about sticking it to the man.
Ukraine’s commander in chief, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, claimed last week that his forces had advanced across 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) of the region, although it was not possible to independently verify how much territory Ukrainian forces effectively control.
In his remarks on creating a buffer zone, Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces “achieved good and much-needed results”.
The Institute for the Study of War has “observed claims” that Ukraine’s operation in Kursk advanced through 800 sq km over its initial six days. The incursion “attacked largely unprepared, unequipped and unmanned Russian defensive positions along the border”, the US thinktank said in its daily report on the conflict. Ukraine had continued to make rapid advances in Kursk “following the deployment of Russian reinforcements to the area”, it added.
Nice. It's about time some real pressure was put on Putin (no pun intended). 30 months in, I'm even more sick of this war than the one in Gaza, and I have to say wee can all lay the blame at Putin's feet. It will be a good day when this ends and Putin loses power - and it may even happen the other way around where Putin goes first.
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