The Thinnai

author: Ari Gautier name: Kim average rating: 4.11 book published: rating: 3 read at: 2024/02/25 date added: 2024/02/25 shelves: review: Lovely writing, confusing storyTempted by the many glowing reviews, I set out on what was a strange reading journey. Some beautiful...

The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule

author: Angela Saini name: Kim average rating: 4.11 book published: 2023 rating: 5 read at: 2024/02/21 date added: 2024/02/21 shelves: review: The long and convoluted history of the patriarchyMany interesting insights into different cultures and the history of why and...
Banana Shire takes AUKUS by storm. What’s the scam?

Banana Shire takes AUKUS by storm. What’s the scam?

The by-now mythical figure of $368 billion for the AUKUS submarine mirage is creating a frenzy. So far, we’ve seen some of those billions go to shipyards in the US and the UK, but now Queensland’s Banana Shire wants their own slice of the action. What’s the scam? The...

The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair

author: Upton Sinclair name: Kim average rating: 5.00 book published: 1962 rating: 5 read at: 2024/02/09 date added: 2024/02/09 shelves: review: Fascinating insights into an extraordinary manI generally prefer biographies to autobiographies, the latter risk being self...
War, what is it good for? Not for news anymore, it seems

War, what is it good for? Not for news anymore, it seems

Israel struck a Mosque in Gaza yesterday, a kindergarten too, fired rockets into Lebanon and raided the West Bank, but if you read today’s mainstream media headlines, the Middle East might as well be at peace. Like the war in Ukraine, it’s no longer front-page news in...
Westpac cops puny fine for insider trading. What’s the scam?

Westpac cops puny fine for insider trading. What’s the scam?

Westpac has been fined a paltry $1.8 million for a trade that netted the bank over $20M in behaviour akin to insider trading. Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found their conduct “risible.” What’s the scam? The scam was all in a day’s work back in September 2016 for...

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