Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country’s political future.
But the Nobel Prize people said it is 'not possible' for an award winner to pass the prize onto someone else.
There was a story in the paper today about how Richard Nixon successfully leaned on the then Chair of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in the lead up to the 1972 elections to improve his re-election chances. The upshot of this was the inflation rate (which was 3.2% in 1972) rose to over 12% by the end of the decade.
The world economy will get whacked if Donny boy gets to set his own rates by replacing Jerome Powell with a patsy when his term ends in April.
Trump's narcissism is reaching extreme levels now. The John F Kennedy Memorial for Performing Arts Centre in Washington (named 2 months after JFK was assassinated as a living memorial) has had 'The Donald J Trump and....' prefix added. The change was voted by a Board that was selected by Trump himself. and the letters were added the very next day, despite the fact that it would require Congress to agree to the change.
To top it off, the new class of battleship to be built by the US is going to be called the 'Trump Class'........
This country is doomed if they don't get rid of this self-centred flog. They'll be changing the US Dollar to the US Donald next.
List building can only generate success if you have the right development program in place.
Let's hope that the apparent re-directed focus towards recruiting talented youngsters is accompanied by (i) building a development program that allows them to reach their full footballing potential and (ii) increasing the profile of quality role-models among the existing playing group to show the way.
For the first time in many years at CFC, it feels like there is a good core of young guys who may make the grade. I cannot wait to see if the natural enthusiasm of talented youth will drive some of the existing playing group to new heights.
While the players who have left are undoubtedly talented, there was also a fair whiff of prima-donna about them. Give me hard-working, committed players over show-ponies any day.
I am an eternal optimist, but I think we may all be pleasantly surprised by what we see in 2026.
If Trump had nothing to fear, he would have had these files out the minute he took office.
That, and the fact that he has his own FBI stooge making sure the manilla folders don't get opened, suggests there is substantial stuff that he is very aware of.
Just waiting for Ghislaine Maxwell to get her pardon, followed by a Press Conference where she 'exonerates' the Orange One.
One day, just maybe we will find out the whole truth.
I thought the architect of the third quarter was Jess Good - played a great term in the ruck and basically kept the ball locked into out half for the whole quarter.
Given the conditions, the contributions of both Good and Breean Harrington, were remarkable.
And, if only we had a male version of Erone Fitzpatrick....
does that mean left leaning papers just dont consider it newsworthy?
Beware the echo chamber.
Newscorpse has a very well understood and documented approach to "news." It's not really a left or right issue. To characterize news outlets as simply left or right is IMO a mischaracterization.
Newscorp is becoming increasingly biased - they stopped being a media organisation long ago, and now specialise in trying to manipulate consumers into their world view.
When does news end, and opinion begin? That line is very blurry in the halls of Newscorp organisations......
It's supposed to be about Lewis Young, yet the whole last page is talking about a bunch of other players. He can't even get a gig on his own discussion thread!
McGovern is still on the list at the moment. O'Farrell will be out for a lot of next year. There certainly is a role to be filled early next year at CHB. Or forward. There appears to be an opportunity, or two, for Lewis Young next year. Will he step up to it?
McGovern will be wanting much more than one year.......
