We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

The community radio station where I broadcast, Radio Skid Row, is having a fundraiser! You can just donate, but there's also plenty of perks you can get too. My show is "Roving Spotlight", and I say it is Ripley's believe it or not for ideas, along with all the letters to the editor that I never had published. You can check it out here.On this website, I recently wrote an article on Modern Monetary Theory, https://johnaugust.com.au/article/modern-monetary-theory . I hope to have a discussion about it with Gene Tunney, host of the "Economics Explored" podcast. You can find a past discussion I had with him on my own Roving Spotlight show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-24-may-22-post-election-all-over-gene-tunny-economics-internet-purchases/Here's a few topics I've covered recently, and the shows concerned:

Bureaucracy and Courts gone wrong

In recent shows, I look at how the NSW Trustee and Guardians office have made some significant mistakes, and also a story of John's experiences with the courts not listening to him resulting in what was in his opinion a definite injustice. Then there's my own story of how I crashed into a car from behind and proved in court it was their fault:https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-28-mar-23-trustee-guardian-keating-subs-nsw-election-gambling-ukraine/ ; https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-14-feb-23-nsw-liberals-nuclear-power-dawkins-lennox-collisions-with-the-law/

Ukraine, AUKUS and all that

My view is "neither US, nor China, nor Russia". But, having Lithuanian heritage, I'm well aware of Russia as a threat, much as the US may be playing geopolitical chess along the way, and the experience of people of Greek background is that their only experience is of local communists helping fight the Nazi occupation, not communists invading, and being the victim of geopolitical games by the West at the end of WWII. And then there's taking a l look at Australia foreign policy, AUKUS and Paul Keating's comments into the bargain. You can check out the shows:https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-9-may-23-ukraine-computers-hacking-extreme-right-ebay-others-off-the-rails/ and https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-28-mar-23-trustee-guardian-keating-subs-nsw-election-gambling-ukraine/ and https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-11-apr-23-troy-stolz-pokies-john-perkins-development-more-on-subs-and-arendt/

Technology

Along with Lisa and Tyrone we've taken a look at breaches both recent and history, along with AI and similar. I've also taken a look at a few excesses in the corporate world and on the internet. You can check out the shows:https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-7-mar-23-govt-prayers-chat-gpt-internet-breaches-brand-damage-state-actors/ ; https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-9-may-23-ukraine-computers-hacking-extreme-right-ebay-others-off-the-rails/

Religion and Politics

Together with Graham Hoskin, we took a look at the "US religion" and how the US tries to coerce other nations into following its lead on Israel, along with the influence of religion on politics generally, and some historical theological tensions in the Christian Church. There's a past compilation and some more recent interviews:https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-18-apr-23-graham-hoskin-prelim-religious-right-food-the-bible-israel-c-c/ ; https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-2-may-23-graham-hoskin-religion-politics-theology-australia-us-israel/I also made some comment on the discussion between Dawkins and Lennox on religion: https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-14-feb-23-nsw-liberals-nuclear-power-dawkins-lennox-collisions-with-the-law/

Politics in NSW

There's Troy Stolz, anti pokies campaigner who stood for the NSW election, and my more general comments about how the election went, and a look at Mark Latham:https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-11-apr-23-troy-stolz-pokies-john-perkins-development-more-on-subs-and-arendt/ ; https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-11-apr-23-troy-stolz-pokies-john-perkins-development-more-on-subs-and-arendt/ ; https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-7-feb-23-iran-latham-and-indias-formation/

Lots and lots

Continuing, I discussed Hannah Arendt with Lev in Melbourne: https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-4-apr-23-lev-and-hannah-arendt-chris-and-games-and-other-bits/ - and also stuck my oar in on nuclear power : https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-14-feb-23-nsw-liberals-nuclear-power-dawkins-lennox-collisions-with-the-law/ - then there's stuff on India and Iran : https://www.mixcloud.com/Johnorg/roving-spotlight-7-feb-23-iran-latham-and-indias-formation/