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https://cairnsnews.org/2026/08/14/labor-unions-will-control-election-results-for-years-to-come-with-no-voter-id-required/ Comment by enouranois There are many disadvantages to universal suffrage and historically it has not been applied everywhere in the parliamentary system. Experience during the COVID “pandemic” suggests that “most people” (a boring contemporary cliché) want to follow the dictates of what they perceive as “authority” and in many cases also to target their fellow-citizens who are perceived (by “authority”) to be defying authority. This applies as much to the Left as to the Right, because the Right want the Left to be “opposition”, not government, and the Left want to be seen as “relevant players” and not as conspiracy theorists or something unacceptable like that. It should not be taboo to see all these as simple matters of fact. The desideratum is to find ways of minimizing their negative consequences. Would providing an alternative to voting based on universal suffrage help towards achieving such an objective? Sortition (choosing politicians by means of a lottery) had a part to play in the ancient Athenian democracy and should be included among techniques to be given rational consideration. The most obvious relevant problem would be that it could result in the elevation of inappropriate people. This could be countered by having … Continue reading
Wayne Hall Amalgamation of small anti-establishment parties in my view offers no potential for reversing the marginalization of pro-Truth and Freedom political groupings. Since the period of the lockdowns I have argued that there is another possible way for dealing with political fragmentation. Not through perpetuating the logic of parties but through reform of the (or “a”) parliamentary second chamber, eschewing universal suffrage (for it) and making it into an “Independent Citizens Assembly”. Of course a court would need to be instituted with the power to decide who has the right, or better who does NOT have the right, to be deemed an “independent citizen”, with the result that non-independent citizens would be “confined” to the rights enjoyed by citizens today, i.e. the right to vote and the right to be a candidate in universal-suffrage elections. So “confined” is not the right word. Such a reform would give the population as a whole MORE, not fewer, rights than are currently permitted. And for the first time it would appear to be within the realm of possibility for today’s monopoly of party politics and dictatorial mass media to be broken. Direct democracy enthusiasts could then devote their energies to helping lawyers … Continue reading
Στις νότιες ακτές της Σαλαμίνας συναντούμε έναν από τους πιο γραφικούς και καλοδιατηρημένους φάρους της Ελλάδας Του Νικόλα Μπάρδη Η ιστορία των φάρων στην Ελλάδα ξεκινάει ήδη από την εποχή του Ομήρου. Συνολικά στην Ελλάδα υπάρχουν 144 πέτρινοι φάροι, οι 46 εκ των οποίων είναι στελεχωμένοι. Από τα μέσα του 20ου αιώνα και στο εξής η τεχνολογία κατέστησε δυνατή τη λειτουργία των φάρων, χωρίς να είναι απαραίτητη η παρουσία του φαροφύλακα. Μέχρι τότε, οι φαροφύλακες διέμεναν στους φάρους μαζί με τις οικογένειές τους, και ήταν υπεύθυνοι για τη λειτουργία των φάρων κυρίως τις βραδινές ώρες, ενώ έπρεπε να εξασφαλίζουν ότι στρέφουν κανονικά τα κάτοπτρα και ότι τροφοδοτείται το φωτιστικό με καύσιμο, για να μη σβήνει ποτέ η φωτεινή ένδειξη που ήταν άκρως απαραίτητη για τους ναυτικούς και τα πλεούμενα. Στις μέρες μας, ωστόσο, ο ρόλος τους έχει διαφοροποιηθεί αρκετά. Πλέον οι φαροφύλακες είναι υπεύθυνοι για την παρακολούθηση της λειτουργίας των φάρων, για τη συντήρηση και για τυχόν επισκευές που απαιτούνται μέσα στον χρόνο. Η μεγαλύτερη πρόκληση βέβαια που έχουν να αντιμετωπίσουν δεν είναι η δυσκολία της εργασίας, αλλά η απομόνωση. Η ζωή στον φάρο είναι αρκετά δύσκολη και απαιτητική, ενώ μαθαίνει στους φαροφύλακες να στηρίζονται αποκλειστικά και μόνο στις δικές τους δυνάμεις. … Continue reading
https://cairnsnews.org/2026/08/04/labor-shovelling-money-into-islam-to-sustain-rent-a-vote/?sn=c&c=553262#comment-553262 Comment from Enouranois Αustralians who don’t like this development should examine the record of modern Greece’s assassinated first governor Ioannis Capodistrias, who was sworn in as head of the revolutionary new state on the (for Australians) iconic date of 26th January (1828). The “international community” of the day did not recognize this inauguration and modern Greece did not become internationally “respectable” until Capodistrias had been killed and replaced by a Bavarian king. Apart from promoting tribute to Capodistrias himself Australians might also adopt the idea of promoting Captain Arthur Phillip as “the Capodistrias of the global south”. https://halva.proboards.com/post/3270 Arthur Phillip was admittedly no great distinguished diplomat but in a modest way he shared many of Capodistrias’ notable virtues. A policy along these lines would be greatly preferable to being “soft” on racism and (more accurately) Islamophobia. Capodistrias was a pioneer in opposing prejudice against Jews and extending the same rights to Jews as were recognized for Christians. That was what was required in 1828, and is required today. … Continue reading