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Month: February 2026

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Politics

America’s Wag-the-Dog Moment

21 February 2026 David Tyler 4
The spectre of another “necessary war” now hovers over Washington. It’s the ghost of mistakes past; Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam. The US is “locked and loaded” on Iran, the President tells everyone. “Bad things could happen.” […]
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Politics

How Party Preselection Controls Parliament

21 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 7
By Denis Hay   Description Party preselection controls Parliament by deciding candidates long before voters cast a ballot. Introduction: The hidden election before Election Day Most Australians believe democracy begins on election day. This article […]
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Politics

When Allies Hedge, America Pays

21 February 2026 Michael Taylor 4
For decades, the United States did not need to worry about Canada. The assumption of alignment was automatic. Supply chains were integrated. Defence industries were intertwined. Critical minerals flowed south. Military systems were jointly planned. […]
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Politics

A Gavel Comes Down on Trade: The Ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling

21 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 9
By Peter Brown   In a landmark 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a significant blow to President Trump’s second-term economic agenda, ruling that his administration’s use of a 1970s emergency law to […]
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Politics

What the WWW told me recently

20 February 2026 John Lord 6
Which wild headline, strange twist, or jaw-dropping detail will genuinely make you do a double-take? This week, I dove into the depths of the internet and surfaced with stories that astonished even me. Each week, […]
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AIM Extra

I saw a World in a Grain of Sand

20 February 2026 Michael Springer 3
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. (William Blake, Auguries of Innocence). It […]
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Politics

A comprehensive field guide to suburban wildlife: the cafe goer, the power walker, and the mysterious plant purchaser

20 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 13
Introduction The suburb of Boronia 3155, Victoria Australia, like many such habitats, teem with unique species whose behaviours, rituals, and migration patterns have evolved over decades. This guide, compiled through rigorous observation (and a lot […]
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Politics

When “Values” Becomes a Dog Whistle

20 February 2026 Michael Taylor 27
Immigration is once again front and centre of Australian politics. Not because the system has collapsed. Not because there has been some sudden crisis. But because certain politicians have decided that it is time – […]
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Politics

The Emperor Has No Marbles: Trump’s Frontotemporal Dementia and the Psychopathology of US Imperial Decline

20 February 2026 David Tyler 8
3:15 a.m. in Tehran, June 2025, all hell breaks loose in Iran’s airspace: Seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, flying dark from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, a round trip of thirty-six hours, drop a […]
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Politics

Not Forgetting the Victims: Club Epstein and Crimes Against Humanity

19 February 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 22
With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful, the gigantic scale of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal network continues to disturb. The least savoury digital […]
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Politics

66 years of US sanctions and embargo degrading Cuba have come to this

19 February 2026 AIMN Editorial 6
By Walt Zlotow 66 years of US sanctions and embargo degrading Cuba have become depraved under Trump. President Trump just made one of the most depraved statements about destroying living conditions for a foreign people […]
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AIM Extra

The Sentinel Chronicles: Book 1, Chapter 3

19 February 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 0
THE SENTINEL CHRONICLES Book One: In the Beginning Chapter Three: The First Assignment As told by Elohim, The Mother of All Things Transcribed from the Eternal Archives by her Son, The Sentinel He was young, […]
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AIM Extra

Running with cows and other stuff from way back when

19 February 2026 Michael Taylor 13
Introduction Some years ago, these stories first appeared on our old website. Websites, like farms, have their seasons. They flourish, they age, and eventually they are replaced by something newer. The old site will soon […]
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Satire

Lowe Expectations For Albanese Government!

19 February 2026 Rossleigh 6
Let me begin with a couple of irrelevancies because that’s how economic predictions usually work. Yesterday in “The Australian Financial Review” I read a tribute to the actor, Robert Duvall by someone called Ronnie Collin. […]
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Politics

Locked, Loaded, and Stuck: Why the Second Iran Strike Won’t Come Easy

19 February 2026 David Tyler 6
The hard mathematics of depleted arsenals, a CRINK alliance forged in necessity, and the most dangerous question nobody in Washington wants to answer On 2 January 2026, at 2:58 am, Donald Trump jabbed at his […]

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