<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, I have vented my spleen on local and global political shenanigans for xenoxnews.com and my rants may be found at https://maxgrossarchive.com/]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AY0l!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F996d8b37-0893-4665-ab34-936147a765f3_137x137.png</url><title>Max Gross</title><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:14:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[maximgrosky@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[maximgrosky@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[maximgrosky@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[maximgrosky@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[RUNNING WITH MURDERERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[IDF genocideers to participate in the Sydney Marathon!]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/running-with-murderers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/running-with-murderers</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:48:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-_dK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52410d04-763f-4e4f-8a32-b0d04ac95875_1274x790.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Australia&#8217;s annual 42 kilometre Sydney Marathon is scheduled to be held 30 August and involves more than 40,000 runners from more than 40 countries. One of those countries is genocidal rogue state Israel.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-_dK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52410d04-763f-4e4f-8a32-b0d04ac95875_1274x790.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-_dK!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52410d04-763f-4e4f-8a32-b0d04ac95875_1274x790.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-_dK!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As reported by <a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/idf-soldiers-heading-to-australia-to-compete-in-the-sydney-marathon/">Michael West</a>, <em>&#8220;As many as 40 former and current IDF soldiers and associates are coming to Australia to compete in the Sydney Marathon on August 30, a trip sponsored by AIJAC and the Zionist Council of NSW&#8221;</em>,| because, of course.</p><p>The annual charity event hopes to raise $13 million. Last year it raised a record-breaking $8 million and more than $36 million since its launch in 2000, the money dispersed to genuinely worthy and needful <a href="https://sm26.grassrootz.com/">causes</a> .</p><p>So it&#8217;s pretty fucking grotesque that among those &#8220;former and current IDF soldiers&#8221; are members of Israel&#8217;s notorious Golani brigade.</p><p>It was the Golani brigade that last March attacked who two ambulance convoys in Rafah, Gaza, and then buried the bodies of its murdered victims in a <a href="https://en.safa.news/post/4039/Paramedics-Executed-in-Rafah-Mounting-Evidence-of-a-Targeted-Massacre">mass grave</a> to hide the crime.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fQj4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9df4c51d-3bc6-4aae-820c-304d24856a71_1177x598.jpeg" 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Then the Zionist Lobby can howl as usual about &#8220;antisemitism!&#8221; and thus justify the McCarthyist demands of their Voice to Government agent - the disingenuous Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, <a href="https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/jillian-segal">Jillian Segal</a> - to make the slightest criticism of Israel illegal. Because why? Because that&#8217;s one of the core functions of Israel&#8217;s Zionist lobby: to push the lie that Zionism = Israel = all Jews. Which , of course, it fucking does not! </p><p>Some Jewish individuals and <a href="https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/">organisations</a> condemn Israel&#8217;s ceaseless atrocities throughout Gaza and occupied West Bank, as well as in Lebanon, Syria, Iran and elsewhere. And they need our strong <a href="https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/08/dont-let-israel-define-antisemitism?_sc=ODkwNDIxNyMxMjg2Mg==">support</a>.</p><p>Some Jews but not most Jews, even here in distant Australia where our politicians, corporate media outlets, and other institutions are either cowed or complicit, treating Israel like an untouchable sacred cow. </p><p>One of those policians is <a href="https://cityhub.com.au/chris-minns-electoral-commission/">Chris Minns</a>, the Premier of my home state, New South Wales (NSW).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dvNu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd65f4f0-12b2-4a61-b265-0a9b31615c5b_351x576.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>That is the same Minns who had Sydney&#8217;s iconic <a href="https://johnmenadue.com/post/2023/10/as-palestine-bleeds-sydney-opera-house-drapes-itself-in-the-colours-of-apartheid/">Opera House</a> officially defaced with the blue and white colors of the Israeli apartheid state.</p><p>The same Minns who used the Dural &#8220;antisemitism terrorism&#8221; <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/what-we-know-about-dural-caravan-hoax/105035592">hoax</a> to rush draconian anti-protest legislation through Parliament in order to outlaw public demonstrations against Zionazi Israel. </p><p>The same Minns who ordered <a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/this-was-planned-and-chris-minns-owns-it/">rioting cops</a> to attack people objecting to the morally and ethically grotesque state reception given to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, a genocide advocate. </p><p>The same Minns who proposes to arm Jewish-only <a href="https://www.radiofree.org/2026/08/23/an-armed-jewish-police-force-in-australia-minns-defies-police-and-opens-the-door-3/">&#8220;security guards&#8221;</a> that even the jacked-up NSW police object to.</p><p>And yes, that is the very same NSW police that used Israeli spyware <a href="https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-police-to-be-given-powers-to-access-and-download-phone-content-on-the-beat/">Celebrite</a>  more than 30,000 times since 2022 despite claiming, under questioning during a Parliamentary enquiry, than they never have. Ri-iiiight. </p><p><a href="https://www.punterspolitics.com/">Punters Politics</a> nailed it, saying <em>&#8220;You no longer need to do anything wrong before police use Israeli spyware to read every text that you ever sent.&#8221; </em></p><p>As Greens party member of the NSW parliament <a href="https://www.suehigginson.org/boycottcellebrite">Sue Higginson</a> warns: <em>&#8220;...the NSW police, using data from an Israeli corporation&#8230; can access any message they have ever sent, any photo they have ever taken, their location at any moment, everything they have ever searched and biometric data about who they are.&#8221;</em></p><p>Anytime. Anywhere. Without a warrant. And that downloaded data - your data - can and will be kept indefinitely by police.  And who you reckon they mostly use that spy shit on? Well, we don&#8217;t call the NSW premier Mossad Minns for nothing!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OaVQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc73b839-dddb-468e-8e0e-81ee3c204824_1152x1153.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OaVQ!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc73b839-dddb-468e-8e0e-81ee3c204824_1152x1153.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OaVQ!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Sure, actual antisemitism exists. Definitely. There are genuine antisemites who hate Jews for just being Jews, just as there are those who hate Muslims for being Muslims and those who hate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for having a dark skin tone. But opposing Israel, opposing genocide and supporting Palestinian sovereignty, statehood and rights to self defence and existence, is not antisemitism. </p><p>FFS, to be absolutely clear, the NSW <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/08/19/ihra-australian-state/">Supreme Court</a> has ruled that criticism of Israel does not breach the law:  &#8220;it is not antisemitic to criticise Israel&#8221;.</p><p>As for the Sydney Marathon, there is a distinct risk that the NSW government will once again use the cops to bash and arrest anyone who dares object to the involvement of Israeli Occupation Force killers. So, what to do?</p><p>The Australian government could and should but won&#8217;t revoke the entry visas of those baby killers. The marathon organisors could and should but won&#8217;t ban those Israeli baby killers from participating. Thousand of Aussies could and should gather to protest but we know what Minns will order the cops to do to them. The threat is real. We have seen it before. So I have an idea.</p><p>Boycott.</p><p>If you are a spectator, stay away. If you are a runner, turn up but as soon as the starting pistol fires, walk away. Let the &#8220;Chosen&#8221; run alone. Imagine the news footage of lone IDF criminals plodding along empty Sydney streets!</p><p>But the final obscenity? 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Hades]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/cry-me-a-river-to-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/cry-me-a-river-to-the-sea</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:32:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3jCj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F759a9d90-7997-49d3-aa1e-c749aff12ffa_1080x720.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is anyone else sick and tired of hearing about the so-called &#8220;Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion&#8221;? Well, buckle up, because I&#8217;m here to poke it with a stick.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3jCj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F759a9d90-7997-49d3-aa1e-c749aff12ffa_1080x720.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3jCj!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F759a9d90-7997-49d3-aa1e-c749aff12ffa_1080x720.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3jCj!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The Royal Commission is supposedly <em>&#8220;<a href="https://www.legalaidact.org.au/royalcommissionasc">examining</a> the nature, causes and impacts of antisemitism and failures in social cohesion in Australia, as well as the effectiveness of government, law enforcement, and security responses. It is also investigating the circumstances leading up to the Bondi attack, including security arrangements and information&#8209;sharing between agencies,&#8221;</em> but so far it seems to be little more than a wailing wall for the Zionist lobby.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>No Muslim, Arab or Palestinian testimony is being heard. Or allowed.</p><p>So what became of the &#8220;social cohesion&#8221; aspect of the Commission&#8217;s mandate? It&#8217;s the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. AND!</p><p>Where&#8217;s the feckin&#8217; &#8220;social cohesion&#8221; in refusing non-Jewish testimony in this expensive farce?</p><p>How expensive do I hear you ask?</p><p>The Albanese Labor government has poured more than $AU131 million into the RC, <a href="https://thejewishindependent.com.au/extremism-security-antisemitism-budget/">in addition</a> to the more than $AU600 million &#8220;to combat the influences of antisemitism, violent extremism and hate in Australia,&#8221; as well as $AU1 million a year on Albappeasey&#8217;s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, which includes her daily salary of a meaty $1,070 plus six taxpayer-funded staffers, all of whom &#8211; like her &#8211; are no doubt Zionist lobby apparatchiks.</p><p>Meanwhile, &#8220;Albo&#8221; has sprinkled $AU90 million &#8211; over three years &#8211; on the belatedly appointed Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, clearly a reluctant afterthought. Anyone seen Mr Malik at the Royal Commission hearings? Anyone hear anything about Mr Malik? Hellooo???</p><p>Since the Bondi terrorist attack on 14 December 2025, the <a href="https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1458/analysis/islamophobia-greater-racist-problem-today">Islamophobia Register</a> Australia reported a 740% spike in hate incidents against Muslims and Arabs.</p><p>Read that number again: <strong>740%!</strong> Social cohesion, my skinny old white arse!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8q6R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95c5f128-9f5d-409d-a159-5a30a0c94865_581x834.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8q6R!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>You don&#8217;t build social cohesion by favoring one small but well-funded and very vocal section of the community while excluding others. But that is exactly what Australia&#8217;s prime minister Anthony Albanese did when he bowed to Zionist lobby pressure to establish this choreographed, taxpayer-funded pantomime, further evidence of the strength and depth of Israel&#8217;s foreign interference.</p><p>In the stunned aftermath of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, Albappeasey slapped together the RC after the usual uproar and threats by Israel&#8217;s Zionist lobby (<em>&#8220;Prime Minister, it&#8217;s Mr Leibler on the phone again!&#8221;</em>) which inexplicably blamed him personally while seizing the tragedy to ramp up its core agenda to silence critics of Israel. The lobby marshalled its forces so rapidly one suspects they were already poised to sprint out of the blocks. And no, I&#8217;m not saying the Bondi shooting spree was a False Flag event staged by Mossad. But if it was it wouldn&#8217;t feckin&#8217; surprise me.</p><p>Never coy to push his corpse-filled wheelbarrow, Israel&#8217;s corrupt prime minister &#8211; and wanted war criminal &#8211; Benny Mileikowsky immediately made a very serious face and declared <em>&#8220;I warned the Australian prime minister that certain policies and rhetoric were pouring fuel on the antisemitic fire, and tragically, this is the result&#8230; Antisemitism kills. When it is tolerated, excused or encouraged, it leads to bloodshed.&#8221;</em></p><p>By <em>&#8220;certain policies and rhetoric&#8221;</em> he meant Anthony Albappeasey&#8217;s long overdue recognition of Palestinian statehood. By <em>&#8220;antisemitism&#8221;</em> he meant the slightest scrutiny or criticism of Israel&#8217;s apartheid state, its militarism, its expansionism, its psychotic claims to Ubermensch exceptionalism, its <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/9/they-were-laughing-israels-use-of-rape-and-sexual-abuse-in-prisons">cruelty and depravity</a>.</p><p>If &#8220;Albo&#8221; wasn&#8217;t such a gutless squib he would have imposed total boycotts and sanctions on Israel the moment he became prime minister back in 2022. But no! Mustn&#8217;t trigger the performative ire of the Israel brigade!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!t_zm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde5a562a-9700-4011-bcf2-07aaf6ce82bb_1366x773.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!t_zm!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde5a562a-9700-4011-bcf2-07aaf6ce82bb_1366x773.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!t_zm!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Because no and no. &#8220;Israel&#8221; is illegitimate. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230436113?searchTerm=israel%201948">contravened</a> the Hague convention that makes clear an occupying army must not introduce a new political regime. And no, <em><a href="/__u/mondoweiss.substack.com/p/no-israel-does-not-have-a-right-to">&#8220;You cannot break into someone&#8217;s house and then claim a right to self-defense when they resist you.&#8221;</a></em>  So feck that!</p><p>Chabad&#8217;s <em>Chanukah By the Sea</em> event on Bondi beach in Sydney last year attracted roughly 1,000 people, including two armed men who suddenly fired at the crowd, killing 15 people: 11 men, 3 women, and a 10-year-old girl. Forty one people were injured. All but one of the dead and injured were Aussies: that one was an Israeli. None deserved death but we all deserve to know what really happened and why: before, during and after the attack.</p><p>By now, most people who still give a shit about dead and dying civilians know that the killers were Sajid Akram and his 24-years-old son, Naveed Akram. Sajid, an Indian national and Australian permanent resident, was shot dead by cops. Naveed, an Aussie-born citizen, was wounded, survived, remains in custody, and faces 59 charges, including multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, and &#8220;alleged&#8221; terrorist offences. A court trial is yet to come.</p><p>We were told that the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion would examine the circumstances leading up to and resulting from the Bondi murders; it must report its findings by the first anniversary of the attack, just five months hence.</p><p>From the outset, critics of the terms of reference pointed out that one year isn&#8217;t nearly enough time to thoroughly investigate Australia&#8217;s worst terrorist incident. What were the killers&#8217; motives? Their ideology? The colour of their underpants? Why did they do it? How come Australia&#8217;s extremely well-funded, intrusive and secretive intelligence and security wonks &#8211; ASIO, AFP and all the other statutory intelligence agencies, policy departments, and other government agencies &#8211; didn&#8217;t see it coming? 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Social cohesion is obviously taking a back seat at this televised Jewish group-hug as a chorus line of anecdotal personal grievances against watermelons and slogans moan in the spotlight but let&#8217;s talk about the killers&#8217; motives.</p><p>Antisemitism is such a convenient catch-all tag, isn&#8217;t it? Convenient for rogue state Israel, convenient for the duplicitous Zionist lobby, convenient for anyone hoping to deflect the obvious conclusions to be drawn. Raise an eyebrow at Israel&#8217;s Gaza genocide and voila! you&#8217;re an anti-Semite!</p><p>Woah! Could it possibly be that those two wigged-out, gun-toting <em>vyakti</em> thought yeah nah, feck that?</p><p>Wait, what? What&#8217;s that you say? What have Aussie Jews got to do with Israel&#8217;s <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/06/israel-continues-commit-genocide-and-other-atrocity-crimes-deliberately">crimes against humanity</a>? Apart from the fact that the Israeli government, its Fifth Column the Zionist lobby, and the Christianist End Times cheer squad, insist that the Jewish diaspora and the militant Zionist program of ethnic cleansing and land theft are inextricably &#8211; Biblically! &#8211; linked. Oops! What&#8217;s the word? Blowback?</p><p>Let&#8217;s pick that scab, shall we? For starters, check out what <a href="/__u/theofficialurban.substack.com/p/chabad-mafia">&#8220;Chabad&#8221;</a> actually is. What it believes. What its agenda is. Next, who was at that Chabad event &#8220;by the sea&#8221;? The vast majority were just Aussie Jews, minding their own business, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hanukkah">celebrating</a> <em>&#8220;the Maccabean (Hasmonean) victories over the forces of the Seleucid (Hellenistic Syrian) king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (reigned 175&#8211;164 bce) and the rededication of the Temple on Kislev 25, 164 bce. Led by Mattathias and his son Judas Maccabeus (died c. 161 bce), the Maccabees were the first Jews who fought to defend their religious beliefs rather than their lives.&#8221;</em> Er, okay, whatever. Who doesn&#8217;t like a beach party?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxyG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7635543-59b5-4b63-ba78-b440810894c1_597x398.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxyG!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7635543-59b5-4b63-ba78-b440810894c1_597x398.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxyG!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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Yes, he was wounded to such an extent that he was quickly discharged and went on a multimedia merry-go-round to blame the terrorist attack not just on &#8220;antisemitism&#8221; but on anyone who dares object to Israel&#8217;s unending atrocities and self-appointed historic mission to occupy all of historic Palestine as well as parts of neighboring countries.</p><p>Look him up. Mr O is a professional Zionist provocateur from Ukraine. He spreads Israeli atrocity propaganda. He sneers at International Court of Justice genocide findings against Israel, slanders Palestinians as full of reasonless hatred, and cheers Israel&#8217;s ongoing settler-colonial violence and ethnic cleansing (aka genocide). What a hero! <a href="https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/arsen-ostrovsky">What a Mensch!</a></p><p>Among those killed not just nicked was the &#8220;beloved&#8221; Chabad Rabbi Eli Schlanger. Apparently the Rabbi wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Albappeasey three months prior to being murdered at Bondi, urging the PM to reverse his tepid recognition of a Palestinian state and accusing him of &#8220;betraying&#8221; the Jewish community.</p><p>Yeah, apparently those murders were all Albo&#8217;s fault. And that is precisely what the relentless Zionist lobby and its shrill minions ran with, full bore, until Albappeasey did what he always does: buckle and submit. Murdoch&#8217;s Sky News had a field day. 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I am not condoning what happened at Bondi. There is no justification for mass murder. Ever. There were children on that beach. An innocent ten-years-old girl was killed FFS! I mean, you don&#8217;t bomb an entire house, an entire apartment block, an entire street, an entire town, an entire city just because there might be a couple of bad guys hiding in there, right? Right? <a href="https://www.wionews.com/videos/israel-hamas-war-israeli-strikes-level-tower-blocks-gaza-families-left-in-ruins-1758377253944">Ri-iiight???</a></p><p>The Royal Commission is an absolute farce. Watching Albappeasey&#8217;s egregious &#8220;special envoy&#8221; Jillian Segal&#8217;s obfuscations, evasions and outright lies is proof alone of that. Her job is to lie. Constantly. Ceaselessly. To promote Israel&#8217;s interests and to attempt to muzzle all views contrary to Israel&#8217;s official Hasbara. She is also an unelected private citizen who thinks her opinions (Israel&#8217;s policies) should be imposed on all Australians and their institutions, including on the Australian government. Ideally, Segal would be sacked asap and the Commission reconstituted to investigate Israel&#8217;s foreign interference via its vocal local Zionist lobby</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/gaza-flotilla-activist-rape-complaint-israel-anna-liedtke">Meanwhile</a>, <em>&#8216;Israel has normalised torture of Palestinians held in its jails, while officials have celebrated abuse of foreign activists and denounced the failed attempt to prosecute soldiers over a well-documented assault and rape</em>&#8217;; the increasingly deranged US President Donald J Trump&#8217;s so-called <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/trumps-board-of-peace-drops-full-gaza-recovery-plan-for-tiny-pilot-scheme">&#8220;Board of Peace&#8221;</a> continues to insult our intelligence; and Israel has partially or totally destroyed at least 60 villages &#8211; sixty entire villages &#8211; in <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/the-genocide-of-south-lebanon/">Lebanon</a>.</p><p>The &#8220;world&#8217;s most moral army&#8221; has demolished entire neighborhoods there: homes, businesses, schools, mosques and churches &#8211; with the aim of preventing hundreds of thousands of Lebanese from ever returning or even attempting to rebuild. Just like Gaza.</p><p>Social cohesion hasn&#8217;t a hope in Hades.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!usZH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb52724b-f6f7-40f4-a0bf-2531cf64314e_537x715.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!usZH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb52724b-f6f7-40f4-a0bf-2531cf64314e_537x715.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!usZH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[HERE COMES THE SUN KING!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump's ultimate FAFA]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/here-comes-the-sun-king</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/here-comes-the-sun-king</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:09:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I1YU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd800ced7-9465-46d5-9238-970f8e5cc45b_1123x845.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Donald J Trump, inexplicably still the US president despite being 80 decrepit years old and physically as well as mentally deteriorating on camera, attended the so-called G7 (<a href="https://www.elysee.fr/en/G7evian">The Group of Seven</a>, an intergovernmental political and economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) where he made an absolute dickhead of himself, entering the meeting room late &#8211; a standard tactic for attention-seeking &#8211; and announcing &#8220;I&#8217;m the boss&#8221;, while the other six &#8220;world leaders&#8221; sitting around the round table smirked or chuckled.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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But we all know that the Mango Mussolini &#8211; narcissistic, presumptuous, contemptuous &#8211; really does think he is &#8220;the boss.&#8221;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Much of the time, Donnie Diaper seemed lost and barely conscious of what was going on around him. But the pi&#232;ce de r&#233;sistance of the entire privileged coffee klatch was Trump signing &#8220;an agreement to extend the ceasefire with Iran,&#8221; that leaves Iran in a <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-iran-deal-ceasefire/">far better</a> position &#8211; militarily as well as financially &#8211; than before Israel and the USA bombed it without warning in February, and wa-aay better than Barak Obama&#8217;s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that Trump petulantly scrapped in 2018.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EssL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe43ed221-a574-4376-ac16-f682fc5bb188_1249x879.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EssL!, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>But it is just a Memorandum of Understanding, after all, not actually a decisive treaty to end the war and, as always, Israel continues to do its best to derail any move towards permanent peace.</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/politics/us-iran-memo-annotated-intl-vis">The &#8220;Agreement&#8221; is a doozy:</a> Iran get $300 billion USD, Iran gets all sanctions against it lifted, Iran gets to keep control of the Strait of Hormuz and will be able to charge tolls and fees for passage; Trump ends the US blockade and &#8220;undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran&#8221; AND &#8211; this is the cherry on top &#8211; Iran gets to keep its nuclear program. Just as it was prior to Israel&#8217;s February opening salvo. Just as it was prior to Trump shredding the JCPOA in 2018. The Iranian government can&#8217;t believe its luck!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U2wm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf9052dc-a4c4-450b-be06-ab994cbdde79_1000x666.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U2wm!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf9052dc-a4c4-450b-be06-ab994cbdde79_1000x666.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U2wm!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U2wm!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf9052dc-a4c4-450b-be06-ab994cbdde79_1000x666.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 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entirely lost on the droopy buffoon who was probably so impressed with Louis XIV&#8217;s gold tat that he thought he was in <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-macron-versailles-g7-france-b2997989.html">Trump Heaven</a>&#8230; before nodding off again.</p><p>The original Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 28 1919, ending &#8220;the war to end all wars.&#8221; It humiliated defeated Germany and imposed heavy penalties for losing (Ironically, it also led directly to World War II, so&#8230; stay tuned???).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5tbq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8b1c1fe-abd1-4125-8ac7-72a199264a73_1080x1073.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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southern Lebanon and rain bombs on Beirut.</p><p>Will the US/Iran ceasefire hold? Not if Bibi the Butcher can help it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!30SB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1655640f-ee63-477e-b431-369cd8673f74_425x539.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!30SB!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1655640f-ee63-477e-b431-369cd8673f74_425x539.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!30SB!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><a href="https://maxgrossarchive.com/2026/06/18/here-comes-the-sun-king/">https://maxgrossarchive.com/2026/06/18/here-comes-the-sun-king/</a></figcaption></figure></div><div 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in the head.</p><p>Feel free to add your own descriptors to my short list.</p><p>Entire data centres have already melted down trying to fathom United States Presidoofus Donald J Trump&#8217;s latest public act of onanism, and it has taken me this long to process the farce staged on the South Lawn of the White house celebrating(?) his 80th birthday and pumping up his fragile, needy ego. As always, it was wrapped in enough patriotic red, white and blue bunting to fool the rubes that it was part of Usania&#8217;s 250th Independence Day celebrations, which are actually scheduled next month.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dJxG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8a3fbab-5e11-4047-88e9-704fd1255a83_1427x852.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dJxG!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dJxG!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8a3fbab-5e11-4047-88e9-704fd1255a83_1427x852.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Demonstrating the sincerity and depth of that bare-knuckle patriotism, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) released some A.I. slop showing Trump standing next to a huge American flag&#8230; with just <a href="https://thespun.com/mma/president-trumps-ufc-white-house-event-botches-american-flag">48 stars instead of 50</a> on it.</p><p>Did I watch Donnie Diaper&#8217;s latest shitshow? Feck no. I had a collection mismatched socks to sort. But I saw enough.</p><p>By now, you have probably seen enough too: a <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/trump-s-white-house-ufc-arena-costs-millions-as-south-lawn-becomes-fight-venue-article-13950050.html">&#8220;professional fighting cage&#8221;</a> taller than the White House itself, manufactured in Belgium, flown in and reassembled on the the same lawn where the Easter Egg Roll is among the oldest traditional events held by successive First Families since 1878. Yes, even the Trump Crime Family! (He was told there would be bunnies involved and felt nostalgic for Epstein&#8217;s island frolics).</p><p>But no eggs on Donny&#8217;s big birthday bash, so siree! This was special. This was historic. This was something nobody had ever seen before and hopefully will never see again.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oT0o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3a68309-56d6-42ea-ac67-afc3a65f722a_1381x875.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oT0o!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3a68309-56d6-42ea-ac67-afc3a65f722a_1381x875.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oT0o!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Sweaty, half naked human punching bags parading inside the White House, where the ambushed Ukrainian president Zelenskyy was berated and <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5173580-trump-vance-berate-ukraine-president-zelenskyy/">humiliated</a> by Trump&#8217;s bootlicks for not wearing a suit! Actual serving Marines and US troops used as stage props! In the words of one gushing, MAGA-addled cable sports <a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/49070789/ufc-white-house-america-250-years-old">channel</a> that apparently thought it was a winning comment: <em>&#8220;The fights took place in front of about 1,000 active military, who brought desperately needed energy to a crowd that was otherwise mostly elites and billionaires.&#8221;</em></p><p>Adding to the patriotic gravitas, one of those sweaty half naked punching bags &#8211; center stage &#8211; yelled <em>&#8220;Michelle Obama is a man!&#8221;</em> Gutter-level misogyny and racism that went unremarked by the drooping President or the vexatious feckwit who had handed him the microphone.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Don Jr again &#8211; and I shit you not &#8211; exposed the day before for apparently texting a UFC champion who was working as a commentator at the Mango Mussolini&#8217;s tribute show, for <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2026/06/14/daniel-cormier-eric-trump-ufc-white-house-fights-insider-info-betting/90551955007/">inside information</a> in the hope of placing a safe bet: <em>&#8220;Anything you can tell me about the fighters tomorrow? Who you got winning?&#8221;</em> And <em>&#8220;Are any of the fighters injured that you know of?&#8221;</em> And the rancid cherry on top: <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ll just cut to the chase. Are any of the fights tomorrow rigged?&#8221;</em></p><p>Far from the mixed martial arts sideshow on the South Lawn, fights broke out among the plebs who didn&#8217;t have a million dollars to pay for a ringside seat but had the privilege to watch it televised on giant screens that ran ads for Trump merch, including his <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigations/parsing-trumps-crypto-profits-investors-losses-2026-06-09/">crypto currency scam</a> and a $12,000 &#8220;commemorative&#8221; coin that none of the plebs could afford either.</p><p>Jeez Louise, the human punching bags are also being paid bonuses <em>&#8220;in a form of crypto currency issued by the Trump family business <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto">World Liberty Financial</a>.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Strippers and pole-dancers would have added a touch of class. Perhaps that came later, behind closed doors, who knows? Don Jr would have loved it.</p><p>And the highlight of this freak show? During the fights, the bloated old bag of orange lard was caught on camera napping. Again!</p><p>Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and has been since March 2026 when Iran slammed the door shut after being attacked by Israel and the USA. That vital shipping lane remains shut to all but limited, selective traffic and approved nations, at Iran&#8217;s discretion. 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the last word here should go to <a href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/05/27/complete-travesty-trumps-ufc-spectacle-explodes-into-scandal-after-critics-notice-whos-really-getting-the-best-seats-in-america/">The Atlanta Black Star:</a></p><p><em>&#8220;Supporters see a patriotic entertainment spectacle unlike anything America has hosted before. Critics see another reality television production wrapped in presidential branding. 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[OUT OF THE CISTERN AND INTO THE SEWER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a flush in the pan]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/out-of-the-cistern-and-into-the-sewer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/out-of-the-cistern-and-into-the-sewer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 15:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nv_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0a05cf41-c014-4e67-b555-86b029efd661_940x524.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The voters of Farrer have jumped from the dirty dishwater of the LNP into the boiling sewer of PHON.</p><p>The far right herd of Pauline Hanson&#8217;s One Nation party won yesterday&#8217;s by-election in the former COALition stronghold of Farrer here in my home state of New South Wales.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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its crown &#8212; a seat it had held for nearly 80 years.&#8221;</p><p>This is the first time in PHON&#8217;s erratic and corrupt history that it has won a Lower House seat in Australia&#8217;s federal parliament. That said, these days the L/NP coalition is not much different to the mouth-breathing, flag-waving, knuckle-dragging cranks, bigots, anti-vaxers, chemtrail alarmists, chancers, cheats, obscurantists and racists of PHON.</p><p>After all, way back in 1996, Poor Lean was an LP candidate until LNP PM John fucking Howard gave her the boot. The little bastard even had her briefly <a href="https://themidland.com.au/kristian/why-did-pauline-hanson-go-to-jail/">jailed for corruption</a> where she developed a <a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/devastated-pauline-hanson-breaks-down-on-air-during-interview-with-karl-stefanovic/news-story/9ccbe1fde276ac0b0d0a0170b2ff016c">fear of thongs</a> (or flip-flops, for you Kiwis).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_G0v!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4926c158-92b3-4fd0-a1e8-d06b548bc198_511x288.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_G0v!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The irony, of course, is that the Lying Rodent then appropriated her racist dog-whistle and turned it into a fog horn.</p><p>The seat of Farrer was formerly held by the laughably incompetent <a href="https://ozlnp.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/sussan-ley-key-controversies-in-australian-politics/">Sussan Ley</a> for 25 fucking years but was up for grabs when she quit after being shafted by her colleagues: she was briefly LP &#8220;leader&#8221;, but only for crash test dummy purposes.</p><p>A Trump worshipper, the barely coherent and sublimely ignorant Hanson is insufferable at the best of times &#8211; most recently when she received a &#8220;donation&#8221; from <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-court-ruling-in-gina-rineharts-mining-dispute-reveals-a-lot-about-the-nations-inherited-wealth-280721">Gina Rinehart</a>, the grotesque &#8220;billionaire mining magnate and businesswoman, and the richest person in Australia&#8221; &#8211; but after this the raving redhead will be screeching even louder.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Gina the Hutt&#8217;s donation? A brand new Cirrus G7 worth $1.3 million. At the same time, $2 million in cash was showered on Hanson like manna from the fossil fuel mining industry by stockbroker Angus Aitken, Gina&#8217;s Hancock Holdings CEO Adam Giles, and Ian Pilmer, the notorious anti-science scientist.</p><p>So much for Poor Lean&#8217;s ceaseless claims of caring for the average Aussie battler! She just takes their mad money and lurches off into the tall grass. When she sheds crocodile tears for the &#8220;forgotten people&#8221;, Hanson doesn&#8217;t mean the foolish plebs who have made her a multi-millionaire during her 30 &#8211; THIRTY! &#8211; embarrassing years as a Senator, she means the rotten rich rightwing extremists who are her real backers.</p><p>But one thing seems a certainty: following One Nation tradition, winning pop-up candidate David Farley will probably soon quit the party and declare himself an Independent. Yes, folks, more than two-thirds of all elected One Nation members have exited before the end of their term.</p><p>So, no need to panic. This PHONey win is just a flush in the pan. 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE AGE OF MONSTERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are governed by maniacs and Quislings]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/the-age-of-monsters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/the-age-of-monsters</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:02:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FJVd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac8cb994-9d59-4072-a736-9637ec2a542e_1080x780.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israel has sabotaged the Iran/US/Israel ceasefire.</p><p>That&#8217;s what it always does. Remember the Gaza <a href="https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/09/trumps-gaza-peace-plan-an-abject-failure-say-humanitarian-groups/">&#8220;peace plan&#8221;</a> that US Presidense Donald J Caligula announced in September last year? Israel continues to kill Palestinians there with complete impunity.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Naturally, within hours of the old orange pedophile&#8217;s announcement of a two-week suspension of war against Iran, Israel <em>&#8220;unleashed one of its largest coordinated attacks against Hezbollah, striking targets across Lebanon,&#8221;</em> according to the pusillanimous ABC News which usually parrots Zionist talking points: <em>&#8220;The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched 100 different attacks on the Iranian-backed militant group in a 10 minute window on Wednesday.&#8221;</em></p><p>In just ten minutes, the Zionazi regime slaughtered about 300 people and injured more than 800 others across Lebanon, including central Beirut. Are we supposed to believe that all those dead and injured are Hezbollah &#8220;terrorists&#8221;???</p><p>The Israeli psychopaths even admitted they are using their Gaza template.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5x54!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa601bb6-f4e1-491a-88c5-f0dab61e2390_1078x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5x54!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa601bb6-f4e1-491a-88c5-f0dab61e2390_1078x1080.jpeg 424w, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Iran says Lebanon was included by the two-week ceasefire, but Israel and its US accomplice in war crimes claim it wasn&#8217;t, contradicting <a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/pakistan-pm-says-us-iran-ceasefire-covers-everywhere-including-lebanon-1.500499605">Pakistan</a>, the key mediator in the ceasefire talks.&#8221; And, just like clockwork, Trump once again resorted to unhinged threats, saying US forces will remain in the Middle East until a &#8220;real agreement&#8221; is reached, ignoring the agreement that Pakistan had just mediated and all had agreed to.</p><p>Over and over again, Israel and the USA prove they cannot be trusted.</p><p>As for Australia&#8217;s response? A report in The Guardian says it all: <em>&#8220;Even as other world leaders called out the madness of a war without clear objectives, the Australian prime minister was cautious, even mealy-mouthed.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NPEl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8c7e8ff-4feb-4905-bdaa-dfe1fb31f8f0_526x530.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NPEl!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In a press conference, Anthony <a href="https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1451/analysis/jewish-groups-call-pm-cut-ties-israel-over-palestinian-death-penalty-law">Albappeasey</a> managed to squeak up that &#8220;the Australian government also firmly believes that this [ceasefire] has to apply to Lebanon as well. We want to see peace in this region, and it will make a difference&#8221;. But he didn&#8217;t say if his government would send assistance to Lebanon or to help Australians stuck there, as it did for the United Arab Emirates. And he sure as fuck didn&#8217;t blame <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu">Bibi the butcher</a> and Donnie Diaper for starting the war.</p><p>As usual, both he and utterly discredited Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed their &#8220;concern&#8221; while actually doing nothing that might effect Israel &#8211; or the USA &#8211; in any tangible way. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WEEKEND WARRIOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump is the oldest POTUS in US history. He is also insane.]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/weekend-warrior</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/weekend-warrior</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:06:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/56979aad-a49f-44b8-9f48-1457c7d4e214_1080x1374.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the US/Israel war against Iran spirals out of control, the demented old US President has issued yet another threat and yet another &#8220;or else&#8221; deadline.</p><p><em>&#8220;Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin&#8217; Strait, you crazy bastards, or you&#8217;ll be living in Hell &#8211; JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6K8a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92897717-eb80-4e6b-a672-c2fd318bfea5_829x551.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6K8a!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92897717-eb80-4e6b-a672-c2fd318bfea5_829x551.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6K8a!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Those are the words of the <em>&#8220;most stable genius&#8221;</em>, as Trump called himself in 2018. He also said <em>&#8220;Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.&#8221;</em></p><p>What he is now is a war criminal.</p><p>According to a report in The Guardian: <em>&#8216;The war has killed more than 3,500 people across the region, including more than 1,200 people in Lebanon who have been killed in Israel&#8217;s bombardment and partial occupation, and displaced more than 4 million people across Iran and Lebanon.&#8217;</em></p><p>Bibi and Donnie&#8217;s war has also screwed just about everybody.</p><p>Their weekend &#8220;victory&#8221; is now in it&#8217;s second month and Iran&#8217;s leaders know they don&#8217;t need to win, they only need to survive. They know what they are doing. Trump has no idea. Netanyahu? He is taking the opportunity to kill more Palestinians and Lebanese.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!grbv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac48cba4-6e47-40fb-bfee-7de6d09c80e7_799x686.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!grbv!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac48cba4-6e47-40fb-bfee-7de6d09c80e7_799x686.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!grbv!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Democracy, Iran is charging some ships the equivalent of $2 million USD to transit the Strait of Hormuz. But the toll Iran demands is paid not in US dollars but in Chinese yuan. And that&#8217;s how to hit the Seppos where it hurts!</p><p>While Donald J Caligula brags and blusters like a spoiled child, the adults go about their business, regardless.</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-cognitive-decline-2676623995/">Miles Taylor</a>, a former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security, said the obvious: <em>&#8220;Aides to the President of the United States are being &#8216;careful&#8217; not to speak truth to power. They are being &#8216;careful&#8217; not to challenge the president&#8217;s disconnection with reality and cognitive obsession with believing he has achieved total success when, in fact, his actions have caused oil prices to skyrocket, U.S. allies to fear uncontrolled catastrophe, and the West&#8217;s enemies to seize the advantage against us. 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that the Mango Mussolini showed <em>&#8220;progressive deterioration in memory, thinking, ability to use language, behavior, and both gross and fine motor skills,&#8221; adding that he felt &#8220;an ethical obligation to warn the public, and urge the media to cover this national emergency.&#8221;</em> And that was in 2024.</p><p>Just yesterday, &#8216;senior medical analyst&#8217; Dr <a href="https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/senior-medical-analyst-says-what-millions-already-think-about-donald-trump-25th-amendment-talks-gain-momentum/">Vin Gupta</a> listed Trump&#8217;s clearly observable symptoms: <em>&#8220;erratic, can&#8217;t finish sentences, often confused, illogical train of thought, word finding difficulties, developing and worsening gradually over time.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Worse still &#8211; and this could really break us &#8211; the cost of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/03/fish-chips-fuel-crisis-how-far-price-of-classic-meal-soar-australia">fish and chips</a> is &#8220;set to surge.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;ll leave the last word to Congressman <a href="https://www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/congressman-says-trump-is-senile">Seth Moulton</a>, who says Trump is senile and has no clue what is happening in Iran: <em>&#8220;Ever since you started this war, Mr. President, they weren&#8217;t shooting missiles and drones at all. All our allies in the Middle East, they hadn&#8217;t destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars of US military equipment. Well over a billion now, when you add in that F-15. This is all thanks to your war of choice, which you are losing.&#8221;</em></p><p>Trump is the oldest POTUS in US history. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELL TO PAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[There will be university courses: The Trump Fiasco!]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/hell-to-pay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/hell-to-pay</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lM56!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9d7aea7-307f-4724-8e52-57386bc22d50_1020x916.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The war that Israel and the USA started with Iran continues to escalate. Today, ABC News provided the following latest &#8220;developments&#8221;:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lM56!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9d7aea7-307f-4724-8e52-57386bc22d50_1020x916.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lM56!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9d7aea7-307f-4724-8e52-57386bc22d50_1020x916.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lM56!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Syphilitic dementia is a tragic disease</em></figcaption></figure></div><ul><li><p><em>US President Donald Trump said early this morning that Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz before &#8220;all Hell will reign down on them.&#8221;</em></p></li><li><p><em>Iran&#8217;s central military command has rejected the threat, warning &#8220;the gates of hell will open for you&#8221;.</em></p></li><li><p><em>US officials have told multiple news agencies that the air force officer who went missing after his F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday has been rescued.</em></p></li><li><p><em>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it destroyed a US aircraft in central Iran during the search and rescue operation for the missing F-15 crew member, according to Iranian media reports.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Kuwait and Israel have both reported more incoming missiles and drones.</em></p></li><li><p><em>The UN nuclear watchdog is &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; by reports of another strike near the Bushehr nuclear power plant.</em></p></li><li><p><em>US satellite imagery company Planet Labs said yesterday it will stop publishing high-resolution aerial pictures of the area involved in the Middle East war, following a request from US President Donald Trump&#8217;s government.&#8217;</em></p></li></ul><p>So what will it be? The gates of hell opening or hell &#8220;reigning&#8221; (sic.) down? Either way, there&#8217;s hell to pay, but the sick old malignant narcissist has issued so many threats and deadlines, shifting timelines and dancing goalposts, that they are meaningless. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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reports: <em>&#8216;Lebanon is being ravaged as Israel&#8217;s escalated assault enters its second month. More than 1,300 people have been killed, including over 120 children, and over 4,000 injured in a relentless onslaught... UNIFIL [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,] troops have also limited their movement after Israeli airstrikes killed three Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon over a 24 hour period last week.&#8217;</em></p><p>In Palestine, <a href="https://dailyasianage.com/news/350025/west-bank-dwellers-blame-israeli-settlers-for-organized-terrorism">&#8220;settler&#8221; fanatics</a> continue to terrorise non-Jews in the Occupied West Bank and, of course, Israel continues to target the trapped population in the devastated Gaza Strip. Despite last year&#8217;s supposed &#8220;ceasefire&#8221; and &#8220;peace deal&#8221;, Israeli forces still kill Gazans with complete impunity. </p><p>Officially, Israeli forces have murdered more than 75,000 people in Gaza since the October 2023 prison break but that is generally considered an undercount. Many bodies are buried under rubble. Others have been vaporised by Israeli bombs, never to be recovered, and the Gaza Ministry of Health only counts recovered corpses.  </p><p>And while Netanyahu&#8217;s psychotic government ministers drink champagne after passing <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/04/israels-death-penalty-law-constitutes-discriminatory-regime-capital">death penalty</a> legislation aimed at Palestinians (but not Jews), the petulant orange pedophile is slapping his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/trump-naming-spree-presidents">brand</a> name on everything in sight, as if his deranged legacy isn&#8217;t already cemented for all time. There will be university courses: The Trump Fiasco!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ulCb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3f853559-1a92-4c5c-bea3-916eb283e956_640x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ulCb!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3f853559-1a92-4c5c-bea3-916eb283e956_640x960.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ulCb!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ulCb!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3f853559-1a92-4c5c-bea3-916eb283e956_640x960.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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American history are &#8216;megalomania&#8217; and &#8216;pathological narcissism&#8230;.&#8217; The invasion of Iran has exposed his combination of paranoia and lack of impulse control, which is now on display in a war that has no clear objectives and no end in sight.&#8221;</em>  </p><p>And this is &#8220;the peace president&#8221; who was going to end the Russian war against Ukraine on &#8220;day one&#8221;! </p><p>Tsar Putin&#8217;s war has entered its fifth grueling year.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yso8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69ead191-aae3-405c-8d06-e28996bc5adc_567x392.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yso8!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME]]></title><description><![CDATA["So Trump's plan to end the war and reopen the strait is to ... not do either of those things" - Matthew Yglesias, American blogger and journalist.]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/show-me-the-way-to-go-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/show-me-the-way-to-go-home</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:35:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DoiB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94929927-9db5-4720-90e7-d6765830b255_1531x691.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anthony Albappeasey, Australia&#8217;s prime minister, gave a mealy-mouthed Address to the Nation last night (Yes, this is serious, Mum) but feck knows why he even bothered. Don&#8217;t mention the war!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DoiB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94929927-9db5-4720-90e7-d6765830b255_1531x691.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DoiB!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94929927-9db5-4720-90e7-d6765830b255_1531x691.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DoiB!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Doing a fine impersonation of his smirking predecessor, &#8220;Albo&#8221; told us that, despite the crisis, we should just <em>&#8220;go about your business and your life, as normal&#8221;</em>, sounding like <a href="https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/prime-minister-scott-morrison-under-fire-over-night-at-footy-while-victoria-battles-coronavirus-c-1161325">Scott feckin&#8217; Morrison</a> during the Covid pandemic telling us to enjoy our weekend and go to the footy ( To date, 28,855 Aussies have died of <a href="https://covidlive.com.au/states-and-territories">Covid19</a>, with an average of 339 infections logged per week. Yes, kiddies, it&#8217;s still out there).</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>The Australian government&#8217;s gutless submission (We see you too, Penny Wrong!) to Trump&#8217;s lunacy is not just an embarrassment, it also stinks of complicity. In his three minutes pre-recorded televisual speech, Old Anthony Jellyback vowed Australia would <em>not</em> join Trump&#8217;s &#8220;excursion&#8221; in Iran. Really? </p><p>Albappeasey was the first world &#8220;leader&#8221; to declare support for Trump and Netanyahu&#8217;s terrorist attacks on Iran, and he&#8217;s the one who then  sent our Australian Defence Force boys and toys to help defend the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a corrupt shit hole hosting US military assets that&#8217;s never held a democratic election.  But Australia does have a permanent military foothold at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE. Why? It sure isn&#8217;t there for the exotic night life and camel beauty contests. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9quw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5a3aa9c-4a2b-4b94-b40d-a142eb134ffa_1332x847.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9quw!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5a3aa9c-4a2b-4b94-b40d-a142eb134ffa_1332x847.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9quw!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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near Alice Springs, Kojarena near Geraldton, North West Cape near Exmouth, Shoal Bay Receiving Station near Darwin, and US bombers at Tindal RAAF base at Katherine NT.  As for <a href="https://lsj.com.au/articles/aukus-necessary-deterrent-or-costly-sellout/">AUKUS</a>, which also ties us to the batshit crazy Trump regime, it may have been (was!) Morrison&#8217;s brain-fart but Albanese signed the feckin&#8217; deal. He had eight months - eight months! - to either renegotiate or cancel but went ahead and rubber-stamped the feckin&#8217; thing, pissing $400 billion up against the White House <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/judge-blocks-trump-white-house-ballroom-plan">Ballroom</a>. </p><p>The US and Israel - Trump and Netanyahu and their enablers - started this latest Middle East clusterfuck and have committed war crimes by targeting Iranian citizens and non-military infrastructure but &#8220;Albo&#8221; didn&#8217;t mention any of that in his TV pantomime. It&#8217;s as if the rising cost of petrol is the fault of unicorns. 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he managed to enlighten his fellow Usanians - and the world - that he has won again, that he has &#8220;obliterated&#8221; Iran (How many times is that now?), that he is the greatest, nobody has ever seen anything like it before (except for the last time he babbled for hours) and that he is bored and going back to <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-documents-b2475210.html">Mar-a-Pedo</a> with his bat and ball and pencils and dolls, and we can clean up the massive dump that he and his psychotic handler Bibi just took on us all. </p><p>The tangerine tyrant also clarified his rationale for joining Israel&#8217;s surprise attack on Iran - during negotiations - by saying &#8220;I don&#8217;t care&#8221; about Iran&#8217;s uranium stockpiles. Oh, and there was yet another &#8220;or else&#8221; deadline. I&#8217;ve lost count of those as well. Earlier this week, TACO Donny said the US would retreat from Iran &#8220;very soon&#8221;, giving a timeframe of &#8220;two weeks, maybe three&#8221;. Clear. As. Blood. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-zSn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0348b365-45f5-48b1-bb7a-e405fb3fc325_726x548.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-zSn!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0348b365-45f5-48b1-bb7a-e405fb3fc325_726x548.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-zSn!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Meanwhile, Hezbollah launches drones and rockets at northern Israel, Iranian missiles continue to rain down on Tel Aviv and on US strategic assets in neighbouring Arab countries; Israel continues to steal Lebanese territory and kill Lebanese citizens as well as continuing to kill Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, where it it also stealing more land; and somebody inside the Trump regime is making a killing on the stockmarket as oil prices go up and down like a yoyo with every changeable, contradictory, incomprehensible Trump announcement.</p><p>But I&#8217;ll leave the next-to-last word here to Democrat Congressman <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/congressman-at-a-loss-after-trump-addresses-the-nation-im-not-a-child-psychologist/">Seth Moulton</a>, apparently a Marine Corps veteran, speaking on MSNBC in Usania: <em>&#8220;The president is senseless. He&#8217;s senile and he&#8217;s downright sleepy. I mean, it was a pretty pathetic address that just showed how weak and clueless he is. It would be almost comical if the stakes were not so high, but the stakes are incredibly high, and that&#8217;s why this is so dangerous for us and for our troops.&#8221;</em></p><p>To quote my dear departed Granpa Gross, Trump is the kind of bloke who would get lost in a phone box and starve to death because he couldn&#8217;t figure out how to call for help.</p><p>(<a href="https://maxgrossarchive.com/2026/04/02/show-me-the-way-to-go-home/">First published in The Max Gross Archive</a>)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9wkA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbfb7980f-086e-4c45-b871-c146596e208c_375x500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9wkA!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE MUTATED NATIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA["Still negative function, sir!"]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/the-mutated-nations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/the-mutated-nations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:12:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRYH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07d524ae-21b8-41b4-8dfb-48c6fcc3f528_881x881.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever wonder why the so-called United Nations is so feckin&#8217; useless in stopping wars or Israel&#8217;s genocidal rampage? It is headquartered in New York, USA, not a neutral country, but a belligerent participant.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRYH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07d524ae-21b8-41b4-8dfb-48c6fcc3f528_881x881.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRYH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07d524ae-21b8-41b4-8dfb-48c6fcc3f528_881x881.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRYH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRYH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07d524ae-21b8-41b4-8dfb-48c6fcc3f528_881x881.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This from the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348324/netanyahu-says-israel-will-widen-its-invasion-southern-lebanon">South China Morning Post</a>: <em>&#8220;More than 3,000 people have been killed in the war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran that triggered Iranian attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf Arab states. Meanwhile, Israel has invaded Lebanon while targeting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.&#8221;</em> </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Israel is once again using Hezbollah as an excuse to advance it&#8217;s Zionazi &#8220;Eretz Yisrael&#8221; Lebensraum ambitions. And Netanyahu&#8217;s useful American idiot is helping. </p><p>The demented US President Donald J Caligula seems about to launch a ground invasion of Iran: an additional <em>&#8216;2,500 US Marines trained in amphibious landings arrived in the Middle East.</em>&#8217; If so, it will be an absolute bloodbath. </p><p>Must the whole world go up in flames because of Israel? </p><p>Interestingly, no Israel &#8220;Defence&#8221; Force (IDF) soldiers will join the apparent US ground assault. Well, after all, the IDF is only trained to fight unarmed women, children and bedridden invalids.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BvDM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62745b0e-90fb-4d61-8a8e-ea20bf0001bd_283x348.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BvDM!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62745b0e-90fb-4d61-8a8e-ea20bf0001bd_283x348.gif 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BvDM!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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against the fat old orange maniac&#8217;s authoritarianism and Israel&#8217;s Zionazism. There were similar massive crowds in other countries.</p><p>Here in Australia, such public protests are all but illegal; criticism of Zionazi Israel is verboten. Weird! Jews make up less that 1% of the entire population but have 100% of the government&#8217;s and news media&#8217;s support. Welcome to <a href="https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/antisemitism-directive-exposes-australia">South Israel!!!</a></p><p>And as the Israeli/US war against Iran continues and your fuel and food costs increase, Israel maintains its suicidal <a href="https://www.timesnownews.com/world/middle-east/the-samson-option-israels-nuclear-annihilation-doctrine-of-last-resort-why-is-it-critical-now-more-than-ever-article-152078132">&#8220;Samson Option&#8221;</a> and the USA remains the only nation to have used nuclear weapons against civilians. </p><p>Are you getting any sleep yet?</p><p>But hey! there is one way to stop this: arrest Trump and his accomplices. </p><p>Regime change USA!</p><p><em>[ First published in the <a href="https://maxgrossarchive.com/2026/03/30/the-mutated-nations/">Max Gross Archives</a> ]</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[RED HERRINGS & BODY BAGS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those Epstein Files must really be something!]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/red-herrings-and-body-bags</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/red-herrings-and-body-bags</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:19:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LQpg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc711bbdd-a942-425f-ad0e-691a904ce6ef_1920x1037.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The economic and daily cost-of-living repercussions of Netanyahu and Trump&#8217;s totally avoidable war with Iran continue to fan out across the world.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LQpg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc711bbdd-a942-425f-ad0e-691a904ce6ef_1920x1037.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LQpg!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The Guardian online reports: <em>&#8216;Petrol stations are reporting a surge in demand of up to 25% in the past fortnight alone on top of already major spikes earlier in the Iran war as Anthony Albanese comes under pressure to devise a national plan to cushion Australia against the &#8220;biggest energy crisis in history&#8221;.&#8217;</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Meanwhile, the spray-tanned, dementia-addled 79-year-old US president says one thing one day and something else the next, constantly bragging, threatening, demanding, changing his mind and contradicting himself like a child with Tourettes.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!31YR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F98cea72d-8347-4d13-963b-7bc92ae98ad7_1420x774.jpeg" 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Also according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/27/trump-takes-swipe-at-not-great-australia-among-complaints-about-global-lack-of-support-for-us-in-iran-conflict">The Guardian</a>: <em>&#8216;Australia&#8217;s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, again said he had not received any direct requests for help from Trump, and noted the government had not been given any advance notice of the US-Israel military strikes on Iran.&#8217;</em></p><p>But two weeks ago, two-way Albappeasey sent an <em>&#8216;E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and unspecified quantity of advanced medium range missiles, known as an AMRAAM&#8230; to bolster Gulf nations&#8217; defences against Iranian retaliatory strikes&#8217;</em>, according to rightwing ratbag Kerry Stokes&#8217; digital mouthpiece <a href="https://thenightly.com.au/politics/middle-east-conflict-australia-to-play-role-in-us-israel-iran-war-as-albanese-confirms-request-for-assistance-c-21890967">The Nightly</a>, and <em>&#8216;While the Prime Minister has maintained that the decision was prompted by a request from the United Arab Emirates it came just hours after a phone call with US President Donald Trump early Tuesday morning.&#8217;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2m49!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53d799be-0e93-4cd6-aa75-899c164c348c_849x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2m49!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Iran, coordinated in not-so-secret secret with the Trump regime, and this catastrofuck shows no sign of ending any time soon.</p><p>Remember Ukraine? Remember Afghanistan? Lebanon? Gaza??? Remember the dead, damaged and traumatised?</p><p>According to <a href="http://www.chinaview.cn/20260327/70442899d5484eb4bdf59d6df6b848cc/c.html">Xinhua News Agency</a>, <em>&#8216;The Iranian Ministry of Health reported that as of Wednesday, 23,000 casualties from the hostilities, including 1,801 children and 4,150 women. The ministry also reported 23 deaths and 112 injuries among health care workers as of Wednesday.&#8217;</em></p><p>Meanwhile, Turkish daily <a href="https://en.yenisafak.com/world/lebanon-death-toll-tops-1100-as-israeli-strikes-continue-3716342">Yeni &#350;afak</a> reports that <em>&#8216;Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon killed at least 22 people on Thursday, pushing the total death toll to 1,116 since the latest round of hostilities began on March 2, according to Lebanon&#8217;s Health Ministry. The ministry also reported 110 new injuries, bringing the overall wounded to 3,229. Among the casualties, 83 women and 121 children have lost their lives, while 454 women and 399 children are among the injured.&#8217;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KPj_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9434769-47b4-45dc-9fe2-f3aa0d18ae1e_582x541.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KPj_!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9434769-47b4-45dc-9fe2-f3aa0d18ae1e_582x541.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KPj_!, 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Murdoch&#8217;s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-u-s-military-assets-damaged-or-lost-in-the-iran-war-b651127a">Wall Street shit rag</a> (Yes, I&#8217;ll quote anybody and anything!) reports <em>&#8216;Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost or significantly damaged since the U.S. and Israel began striking thousands of targets across Iran more than three weeks ago. The bulk of the damage on the ground has been caused by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.&#8217;</em></p><p>The Mango Mussolini has sent tens of thousands of extra cannon fodder to the Middle East as part of his on-again-off-again what-day-it-it peace-war-Epstein-files plan. Not being complete feckin&#8217; idiots, the Iranian government &#8211; or what remains of it &#8211; is refusing to submit or return to negotiations that were underway when Trump and Bibi suddenly attacked.</p><p>And it needs to repeated until the cows and body bags come home: in 2018, to spite former President Obama, Trump scrapped the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was reached between Iran, the United States, and five other countries in 2015. The Plan included no Iranian development of nuclear weapons as well as regular inspections of Iran&#8217;s nuclear power infrastructure by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR4T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1b44779-dedb-49d6-9ce4-a6a6ac471335_1008x1159.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fR4T!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1b44779-dedb-49d6-9ce4-a6a6ac471335_1008x1159.jpeg 424w, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The current shit show persists entirely because of Trump and Netanyahu.</p><p>And just where is Bibi? Where is the 21st Century&#8217;s Jewish version of Hitler?</p><p>The internet is flooded with claims that the evil bastard is dead, killed in an Iranian missile strike, that recent videos of him are <a href="https://aitoolly.com/ai-news/article/2026-03-17-benjamin-netanyahus-struggle-against-ai-deepfake-conspiracy-theories">AI-generated fakes</a> &#8211; six-fingers! multiple ear holes in one ear! coffee that defies gravity! &#8211; but my favourite rumour is that wily old Benny Mileikowsky is very much alive but in hiding to avoid not only assassination but also war crimes and corruption charges, and that AI is being used as a red herring.</p><p>Red herrings and false flags? Israel excels at that shit!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xn0S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1654b527-0ed8-4437-800b-e2f112f72497_537x715.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xn0S!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1654b527-0ed8-4437-800b-e2f112f72497_537x715.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xn0S!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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All in!]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/chaos-pretty-much</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/chaos-pretty-much</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!br2T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ea23cc4-60ae-4893-8fc3-91558e5cb39b_1229x821.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open a can of worms and what do you get?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!br2T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ea23cc4-60ae-4893-8fc3-91558e5cb39b_1229x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The Guardian reports online: &#8220;US intelligence indicates that Iran&#8217;s leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless US and Israeli bombardment&#8230;The intelligence reporting underscores the cohesion of Iran&#8217;s clerical leadership despite the killing of &#8216;supreme leader&#8217; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the US and Israeli strikes.&#8221;</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>In just two weeks, Israel and its US sponsor have reduced the entire Middle East to chaos, spreading ripples of economic panic across the world.</p><p>Meanwhile, the orange-tinted <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/06/politics/trump-genius-tweet-analysis/">&#8220;very stable genius&#8221;</a> and his wind-up G.I. Joe cosplay guy, continue to whistle in the dark.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1KbD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5bf0a5e-da7a-401e-a7fe-d03a6d18983c_1052x1505.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1KbD!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5bf0a5e-da7a-401e-a7fe-d03a6d18983c_1052x1505.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1KbD!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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href="https://newrepublic.com/post/207642/hegseth-bans-press-photographers-pentagon-ugly-photos">Pete Kegsbreath</a>.</p><p>Have there ever been two greater examples of incompetence and cognitive dissonance?</p><p>Friendly reminder. In 2022 Donnie declared he would end the Russian war with Ukraine within 24 hours of being elected POTUS. Four years on, that bloody <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/36a7f6a6f5a9448496de641cf64bd375">quagmire</a> still has no end in sight. But at least now all criticism of Tsar Putin is redundant.</p><p>Adding to Donald J Caligula&#8217;s latest catastrofuck, &#8220;The United States will release 172m barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to reduce oil prices that have soared due to supply shocks from war.&#8221;</p><p>Oops! Everyone but the batshit crazy Trump regime predicted &#8220;<a href="https://theconversation.com/iran-oil-shock-the-eu-has-very-few-options-to-limit-the-wars-economic-impact-and-prevent-a-recession-277992">supply shocks</a> from the war&#8221;! 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Yes, Iran responded to the Zionazi rogue state&#8217;s surprise attacks by returning fire on Israel as well as bombing neighbouring Arab states hosting US military infrastructure and personnel. It has also mined the Strait of Hormuz, the main transit passage for the global oil trade. Foreign oil tankers have been directly targeted by Iranian boats packed with explosives and apparently hundreds of ships are anchored around the region to avoid being attacked.</p><p>How long will they wait before the money runs out?</p><p>So far, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan are among the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-israel-war-uae-qatar-dubai-b2935279.html">nations</a> that Israel and its US sponsor have sucked into their thoroughly avoidable war of choice. Want some? Get some! One in? All in!</p><p>Even distant vassal state Australia has thrown its Akubra into the Israeli ring of fire, with its pusillanimous prime minister <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/australia-to-send-aircraft-and-air-to-air-missiles-to-gulf-to-protect-and-defend-civilians-pm-says">announcing</a> he will send surveillance aircraft, air-to-air missiles and personnel to &#8220;protect and defend&#8221; civilians.</p><p>But not Iranian civilians, obviously. And certainly not Iranian <a href="https://www.vpm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2026-03-11/pentagon-probe-points-to-u-s-missile-hitting-iranian-school">schoolgirls</a>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOyx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc3225a1-c97c-480b-a52a-04f239dd8dd6_960x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOyx!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc3225a1-c97c-480b-a52a-04f239dd8dd6_960x960.jpeg 424w, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There are around 40,000 to 50,000 US troops currently spread across at least nineteen military bases in the Middle East, from Egypt&#8217;s Mediterranean coast to Oman&#8217;s Arabian Sea shoreline. They are now all legitimate targets as Iran lashes out in all directions in self-defence.</p><p>Iran has even targeted Azerbaijan and Cyprus. Cyprus hosts a RAF base; the UK is one of the countries from which US launches its bombing runs against Iran. But Azerbaijan? Why? As far as I could tell, the Yanks have no military infrastructure there, so I did some digging and realised Azerbaijan is a &#8220;strategic ally&#8221; of the United Snakes, with recent agreements having &#8220;further solidified this partnership, enhancing bilateral relations.&#8221;</p><p>Hilariously, the Charter on Strategic Partnership between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, that the two countries signed just last month, states they &#8220;Reaffirm their support for each other&#8217;s sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders as the foundation of their bilateral relations.&#8221;</p><p>Who knew that El Presidente Naranja gives a flying fuck for sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders? Just ask Greenland, just ask Denmark, just ask Canada, just ask Mexico, just ask Cuba, just ask Venezuela. Just ask Iran!</p><p>Faaark! I&#8217;m going out for more vodka. I have a feeling that Iran and its allies are only just beginning.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a9VQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b0aac26-4031-4a5f-9511-5d5380785399_709x945.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a9VQ!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b0aac26-4031-4a5f-9511-5d5380785399_709x945.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a9VQ!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMERICA LAST: REDUX]]></title><description><![CDATA[End of Daze?]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/america-last-redux</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/america-last-redux</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:29:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!isC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7cf8db6-1f6a-4708-9693-661d9c16bf8a_1057x1057.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran escalate, billions flow into conflict while Australia backs the alliance without question.</p><p>I recently wrote that the world was clearly reaching some sort of horrific tipping point.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>And so it did.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!isC2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7cf8db6-1f6a-4708-9693-661d9c16bf8a_1057x1057.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!isC2!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Scripted, acted, parroted worldwide. </p><p>Australia&#8217;s spineless Prime Minister immediately declared his support for the illegal attacks, saying the Iranian regime has been a &#8216;destabilising force&#8217; for decades.</p><p>What does Anthony &#8220;Albo&#8221; Albanese think Israel is? What does he think the U.S. Presidunce is?</p><p>Decades of deference to Israel and the U.S. have poisoned Australia&#8217;s foreign policy and shattered its always wonky moral compass.</p><p>No doubt the not-so-secret secret U.S. spy bases Pine Gap and North West Cape in Australia were involved in the attacks, providing intel and targeting coordinates, despite Foreign Minister Penny Wong&#8217;s abject denials.</p><p>So far, the Israeli and U.S. missiles and bombs have liberated hundreds of &#8220;brave Iranian people&#8221; from life, including more than 100 kids killed when missiles struck two schools.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LrFp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aaca3f8-1986-4a45-8fd4-83d2b4bbd5e9_1024x1536.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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A &#8216;key U.S.-operated early warning radar system stationed in Qatar&#8217;, worth about US$1 billion (AU$1.4 billion), is among Iran&#8217;s successful strikes.</p><p>Obviously, Israel and all U.S. military bases and its interests in the region are now legitimate targets.</p><p>Let&#8217;s recap, shall we?</p><p>In 2018, to spite former President Obama, Donald Trump scrapped the 2015 nuclear deal that the USA and others had with Iran, which included no Iranian development of nuclear weapons as well as regular U.N. inspections of Iran&#8217;s nuclear energy facilities.</p><p>Bored with peace, Trump recently ordered the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, parking the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Sea and threatening war unless Iran agreed to a nuclear deal that he himself had broken.</p><p>And all this just to distract from releasing the notorious Epstein files unredacted and in full? Or is it just to gee-up Israel&#8217;s territorial objectives so that the Trump Crime Syndicate can make a motza building a Gaza Riviera on top of a mass grave?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UOMQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd7bf43cc-943b-42b5-9d2a-020f81367c03_775x766.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UOMQ!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd7bf43cc-943b-42b5-9d2a-020f81367c03_775x766.png 424w, 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supplies for national security reasons, but analysts warn U.S. stockpiles already are dissipating.&#8217;</p><p>Uh oh! Not enough bang-bang for their buck-buck? Has Trump finally bitten off more than he can chew-chew?</p><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin &#8220;Bibi the Butcher&#8221; Netanyahu seems to think so. He fled Israel and is reportedly hiding out in either Greece or Germany. Yes, Germany. Oh, the irony. He did a runner in June last year, too, after bombing Iran. What an &#220;bermensch!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SlHp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F636c33dd-730d-4072-b208-3431ab1e5282_621x709.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SlHp!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F636c33dd-730d-4072-b208-3431ab1e5282_621x709.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SlHp!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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F-22 air superiority jets, alongside F-15s and F-16s. So far, this vast, belligerent military farce has cost the U.S. taxpayer more than US$500 million (AU$708 million), with a daily cost of up to US$40 million (AU$56.6 million) just for carrier groups and &#8220;heavy airlift operations&#8221;.</p><p>And that was before a single shot had been fired at a single Mullah in Tehran. Bibi the Butcher thinks he has won the global lottery at last.</p><p>The U.S. has also gifted at least US$21.7 billion (AU$30.7 billion) on bombs, guns and bullets to Israel since the Gaza prison breakout on 7 October 2023, with total U.S. military expenditure there blowing out to around US$34 billion (AU$48 billion). Just so Israel can continue its genocidal rampage.</p><p>Now that&#8217;s what I call a &#8220;special relationship&#8221;.</p><p>Helpless Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. &#8220;foreign aid&#8221;. Currently, the annual donation bleeds out at US$3.8 billion (AU$5.3 billion).</p><p>According to that fount of online wisdom, Factually.com:</p><p><em>&#8216;&#8230;reported totals include a $71.9 billion [AU$101.8 billion] disbursement in FY2023&#8230; and about $82.3 billion [AU$116.5 billion] obligated in FY2024&#8230;&#8217;</em></p><p>I sure hope Americans appreciate the sacrifice they are making for Israel&#8217;s expansionism, especially when they can&#8217;t afford a roof over their heads or life-saving surgery or get hauled off to a gulag or get shot in the face by one of Trump&#8217;s I.C.E. 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[HISTORY ALWAYS REPEATS]]></title><description><![CDATA[What could possibly go wrong???]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/history-always-repeats</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/history-always-repeats</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:05:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bmVz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F97563319-59f0-42a1-9b73-7de7c95cdf0a_624x422.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, rogue state Israel began bombing Iran, and its US accomplice soon followed. </p><p>Australia&#8217;s gutless, lickspittle prime minister immediately declared his support for the illegal attacks, saying the Iranian regime has been a &#8220;destabilising force&#8221; for decades. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>What does &#8220;Albo&#8221; think Israel is? What does he think the senile, orange-painted pedophile US president is??? </p><p>No doubt the US spy bases Pine Gap and North West Cape in Australia were involved in the attacks, providing intel and targeting coordinates.</p><p>So far, the Israeli and US missiles and bombs have liberated hundreds of &#8220;brave Iranian people&#8221; from life, including more than a hundred kids killed when missiles struck two schools.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ns2-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8afcf972-f5c6-484e-be6d-7b875da8bf1d_657x652.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ns2-!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Oh, except for a &#8220;key US-operated early warning <a href="https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-destroys-us-an-fps-132-radar-qatar-irgc-missile-defense-gulf-escalation/">radar system</a> stationed in Qatar&#8221;, worth about US$1 BILLION!</p><p>Obviously Israel and all US military bases and its interests in the region are now legitimate targets. </p><p>The only prediction I am confident of making is&#8230; blowback. And slack-jawed dimwits everywhere standing around scratching their heads and asking &#8220;why do terrorists hate us?&#8221;</p><p>That&#8217;s all I can say for now. 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Again? And so soon?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In 2018, to spite Saint Obama, US Presidense Donald J Caligula scrapped the 2015 nuclear deal the USA and others had with Iran which included NO Iranian development of nuclear weapons as well as regular U.N. inspections of Iran&#8217;s nuclear energy facilities.</p><p>Now, in the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Mango Mussolini has parked the US Navy in the Arabian Sea and is threatening war unless Iran agrees to a nuclear deal.</p><p>He is fucking insane!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kC2c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F078119ea-9775-4ddd-82a5-231aa826801c_1020x916.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kC2c!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>And all this just to distract from releasing the notorious Epstein files unredacted and in full? Or is it just to further psychotic Israel&#8217;s expansionist Zionazi objectives so that the Trump Crime Syndicate can make a motza building a Gaza Riviera on top of a mass grave ?</p><p>But how can the US Navy fight when its guys and gals can&#8217;t even take a <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/us-iran-tensions-uss-gerald-r-ford-toilets-malfunction-13983585.html">dump</a>?</p><p>And there&#8217;s <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/iran-weapons-trump-troops-defense-00797801">another problem</a>. &#8216;The Defense Department doesn&#8217;t detail its weapons supplies for national security reasons, but analysts warn U.S. stockpiles already are dissipating.&#8217;</p><p>Uh oh! Not enough bang-bang for their buck-buck? Has the senile orange pedo finally bitten off more than he can chew-chew?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5xes!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa264e368-1f42-446a-9c50-f11f23ebfe1e_1440x960.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5xes!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa264e368-1f42-446a-9c50-f11f23ebfe1e_1440x960.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5xes!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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jets, alongside F-15s and F-16s.</p><p>So far, this vast, belligerent military shitfuckery has cost the US taxpayer more than $500 million, with a daily cost of up to $40 million just for carrier groups and &#8220;heavy airlift operations&#8221;.</p><p>And that&#8217;s before a single shot has been fired at a single Mullah in Tehran.</p><p>The U.S. has also gifted at least $21.7 billion on bombs and guns and bullets to Israel since the Gaza prison breakout on October 7, 2023, with total US military expenditure there blowing out to around $34 billion. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Now that&#8217;s what I call a &#8220;special relationship.&#8221;</p><p>Helpless Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. (*cough!*) &#8220;foreign aid.&#8221; Currently, the annual donation bleeds out at $3.8 billion. According to that fount of online wisdom <a href="https://factually.co/fact-checks/finance/us-foreign-aid-totals-2017-2025-foreignassistance-gov-633253">Factually</a>, &#8220;reported totals include a $71.9 billion disbursement in FY2023 (ForeignAssistance.gov via Pew) and about $82.3 billion obligated in FY2024.&#8221;</p><p>I sure hope Americans appreciate the sacrifice they are making for Israel&#8217;s illegal <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/what-do-israels-latest-measures-west-bank-mean">expansionism</a>, especially when they can&#8217;t afford a roof over their heads or life-saving surgery or get hauled off to a gulag or get shot in the face by one of Trump&#8217;s I.C.E. Gestapo.</p><p>So, yeah, let&#8217;s all give a loud cheer for <a href="https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us-data-shows-437-million-people-in-poverty-with-president-trumps-agenda-set-to-further-impoverish-families-and-inflame-inequality-oxfam/">&#8220;America First&#8221;</a> as it continues to slide into Fascism.</p><p>Now, let&#8217;s order a pizza via Uber and see what&#8217;s trending on Netflix&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2Cjo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4bd9445b-799a-4e8f-a86e-ad9fd40cf3e5_1126x704.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2Cjo!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOCIAL COMBUSTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting away with mass murder has never been easier]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/social-combustion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/social-combustion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aBY3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff52fe03f-773d-42ab-8683-413bbe3cd7ce_1350x1688.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish to congratulate our Prime Minister Anthony &#8220;Albo&#8221; Albanese and the NSW State Premier Chris Minns for driving a stake through the heart of &#8220;social cohesion&#8221; in Australia on behalf of Israel and the Zionist lobby.</p><p>The obscenely-timed state visit of Israel&#8217;s President Isaac Herzog, invited cynically by the fanatical local Zionist lobby and then formally by the submissive <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251223-australian-pm-albanese-to-invite-israeli-president-herzog-following-anti-semitic-attack">Australian Government</a> supposedly to provide comfort to Australia&#8217;s Jewish community after the massacre of 16 people, most of them Jews &#8211; at a Hannukah beach party at Bondi in Sydney &#8211; is not only morally bereft but politically tone deaf.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Let&#8217;s review.</p><p>On 14 December 2025, as if out of nowhere, a couple of gunmen, apparently inspired by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), targeted a Hannukah-by-the-Sea event organised by Jewish extremist cult Chabad.</p><p>Interestingly, the two killers were father-and son Indian nationals &#8211; the former a fruit shop owner, the latter an unemployed bricklayer. The father, shot dead by cops, was a permanent Australian resident, his son an Aussie citizen, now on remand in prison and charged with 59 offences, including 15 murders.</p><p>Unlike the failed 26 January bomb attack on a mostly Indigenous gathering in Boorloo Perth to commemorate <a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/perth-could-have-been-as-deadly-as-bondi-some-are-questioning-why-the-responses-are-so-different/esnxicixp">Invasion Day</a>, the Bondi attack was immediately declared terrorism by the government, by the mainstream media and by the Zionist lobby vultures.</p><p>Herzog&#8217;s visit is scheduled to run from February 9&#8211;12. And run he must, as protests throughout Australia are also scheduled. I guess Izzy will cautiously sneak around our wide brown land showering his benign presence and Zionazi grace on all and sundry, molly-coddled by government and provided with cover stories by the mainstream media, while Israel continues it&#8217;s ceaseless destruction of Palestinian culture, history and people.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nc2k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50d596e4-1972-441e-bd8f-ac2b1a8abc3f_1630x2048.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nc2k!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nc2k!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50d596e4-1972-441e-bd8f-ac2b1a8abc3f_1630x2048.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The International Court of Justice order on the genocide in Gaza has confirmed Herzog&#8217;s complicity, and the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that he &#8220;incited the commission of genocide&#8221; against Palestinians in Gaza. Infamous photographs of Herzog signing bombs to be dropped on Gaza are familiar to anyone following this appalling saga.</p><p>To quote from <a href="https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/posts/australia-hrf-jewish-council-and-anic-demand-arrest-or-entry-ban-of-israeli-president">The Hind Rajab Foundation</a>: <em>&#8216;In a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia. The groups, represented by renowned barrister Robert Richter KC, allege that Herzog has incited genocide and aided and abetted war crimes, rendering him unfit to enter the country under Australian law.</em></p><p><em>The 30-page submission, sent yesterday to Attorney-General Michelle Rowland, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and the Australian Federal Police (AFP), warns that the President&#8217;s visit is &#8220;highly inflammatory&#8221;. The groups are calling on the AFP to initiate a criminal investigation of Herzog under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.&#8217;</em></p><p>In the words of former Human Rights Commissioner Chris Sidoti, <em>&#8220;Herzog is a political leader, not a religious leader. He is divisive in Israel and his visit could be divisive in Australia. If the prime minister wanted to support the Jewish community, he would have done better to invite a respected Jewish religious leader.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vE0R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b32ef09-0ec7-4695-bfa3-e2e2ccfb91eb_1920x1352.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vE0R!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1b32ef09-0ec7-4695-bfa3-e2e2ccfb91eb_1920x1352.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vE0R!, 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It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved. It&#8217;s absolutely not true.&#8221;</em></p><p>Hear that? Every Palestinian man, woman and child is a legitimate target. But I suppose Israel&#8217;s victims in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem should be grateful that Izzy confirmed Palestine is indeed a nation.</p><p>Meanwhile, here in my somnolent home state of News South Wales, where Herzog&#8217;s plane will land, the state Premier Chris Minns is threatening protesters that police will not allow &#8220;conflict on Sydney streets&#8221;. That conflict is, obviously, being stoked by Minns and his Zionist lobby backers. He has even warned people to stay away from Sydney&#8217;s CBD.</p><p>Let&#8217;s hear it again for social cohesion!</p><p>The Guardian reports:<em> &#8216;The NSW government has invoked special powers ahead of the Israeli president&#8217;s visit next week&#8230; On Saturday, Minns said the government had declared the president&#8217;s visit would fall under the state&#8217;s &#8220;major event&#8221; legislation. This allows police to put additional measures in place to manage crowd safety, maintain separation between different groups, and &#8220;reduce the risk of confrontation in busy parts of the city&#8221;, the government said in a statement.&#8217;</em></p><p>And all these continuing government threats and all these draconian laws and all these attempts at suppressing public protests just to provide cover for a foreign politician complicit in genocide!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aBY3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff52fe03f-773d-42ab-8683-413bbe3cd7ce_1350x1688.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aBY3!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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<em>&#8220;as soon as prosecution commenced, lawyers for someone like Isaac Herzog would claim before a court that &#8230; as sitting head of state, he enjoys what&#8217;s called head of state immunity.&#8221;</em></p><p>So, there is that. Getting away with mass murder has never been easier.</p><p>Meanwhile, Zionazi forces continue multiple attacks across devastated Gaza, slaughtering at least 574 people, with 1,518 wounded, since the so-called October 10 &#8216;ceasefire&#8217;.</p><p>The Australian government will no doubt again express its &#8220;concern&#8221;&#8230; or possibly it will be &#8220;very concerned.&#8221; Hard to tell the difference really because &#8220;Albo&#8221; never actually does anything more than bleat. Unless dropping his pants, bending over, and parting his cheeks for the Israel lobby qualifies as doing something.</p><p>My marching days are over until my knee replacement op is done and dusted, but if <em>you</em> are able bodied and have a functioning moral compass&#8230; GO! There are protest rallies being organised everywhere and there is sure to be one nearby. This Monday, not only Herzog but also our governments &#8211; federal and state &#8211; must be sent a loud and clear message.</p><p>Silence is not only acquiescence, it is also complicity.</p><p>Oh, and just one more thing. If you do join one of these rallies, stay alert and be aware of Zionist lobby and actual fucking neo-Nazi provocateurs. 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I think we&#8217;re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I&#8217;m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s insane about it&#8221; &#8211; John Lennon</em></p><p>That Donald J Caligula is deranged beyond redemption has been obvious for a decade but his growing mental instability is now a global threat.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YAsF!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2758fc9-e9ee-40da-8736-c523f813f551_877x666.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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Venezuela&#8221;, one in the Atlantic, the other in the Caribbean: <em>&#8216;The British military helped with the seizure of one ship, angering Moscow, which says Russian citizens aboard must be treated humanely and quickly released&#8230; Democratic Senator Chris Murphy called it &#8220;an insane plan. They are talking about stealing the Venezuelan oil at gunpoint for a period of time undefined as leverage to micromanage the country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The scope and insanity of that plan is absolutely stunning.&#8221;&#8216;</em></p><p>Wow. A Democrat said a thing! What, they couldn&#8217;t wake up Chuck Schumer?</p><p>And the fat old orange fuckwit continues to threaten Greenland! Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nato-greenland-trump-russia-deterrence-threat-07d6c18ed968c25736eca2c25d935edb">reports</a>: <em>&#8216;U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one, for an alliance focused on external threats that could now face an armed confrontation involving its most powerful member.</em>&#8217;</p><p>Of course the US empire has attempted to acquire Greenland before but not by force. AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-greenland-denmark-history-trump-b5e10babd57ae8ab4069e52df09d91df">again</a>: <em>&#8216;At the outset of the Cold War, President Harry Truman&#8217;s administration formally offered Denmark $100 million in gold to buy Greenland, citing its strategic importance. During World War II, a U.S.-built airfield on the island had served as a major refueling point for military planes en route to Europe. Denmark rejected Truman&#8217;s offer, though the U.S. retained military access. That presence continues today at the remote Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Department of Defense&#8217;s northernmost installation.&#8217;</em></p><p>And what has Anthony &#8220;Albo&#8221; Albanese, MY prime minister, got to say about this madness? Nothing more than his usual insipid bleats.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3PC5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F160e21ea-4dd2-4ed0-9eef-eef14d0dc9e9_777x587.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3PC5!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F160e21ea-4dd2-4ed0-9eef-eef14d0dc9e9_777x587.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3PC5!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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Buzzing outback in the Central Australian desert, Pine Gap intel is provided to Israel to facilitate genocide as well as to US military assaults elsewhere. US troops are permanently stationed in the Top End (&#8220;on rotation&#8221; but always there), and nuclear armed US navy vessels and air force killing machines come and go at will. </p><p>Shee-it, the US builds military infrastructure up there without even bothering to ask for the Australian government&#8217;s rubber-stamp of approval.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b-sH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdda1d4c-0bea-4966-8d92-baa2cc8ea218_1041x753.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b-sH!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Australia is a US vassal state regardless of which of the Quisling LNP/ALP duopoly gets its turn at government.</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/11/whitlam-coup-us-cia-kerr">Gough Whitlam</a> was the first and last Aussie prime minister who dared question that status. He wanted to know what the fuck the Seppos [N.B. Seppo= septic=septic tank=Yank) are doing out there in the middle of fucking nowhere. And we all know what they did to him.</p><p>So what happens when one NATO member state invades another?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lI4s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe960a080-626a-45f9-8c70-46b50f84908a_455x120.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lI4s!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe960a080-626a-45f9-8c70-46b50f84908a_455x120.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lI4s!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAG THE DOG 2.0]]></title><description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Caligula is a desperate man]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/wag-the-dog-20</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/wag-the-dog-20</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:55:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HN5F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6be52b54-666b-4857-9696-e6fc41b9d161_612x361.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I keep tediously repeating, the USA &#8211; and Israel &#8211; are the biggest threats to stability in the world. Having committed piracy and extrajudicial murder at sea, the Trump regime has now invaded Venezuela and abducted its president. This is US/Western gangsterism on a global scale.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8ZN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ac57490-894d-483f-b563-34daecfba9a9_425x400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8ZN!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ac57490-894d-483f-b563-34daecfba9a9_425x400.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8ZN!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T8ZN!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ac57490-894d-483f-b563-34daecfba9a9_425x400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>What&#8217;s more,  the US bombing and incursion to kidnap Nicolas Maduro and his wife killed at least 40 people.</p><p>It gives Putin carte blanche. All international condemnations and sanctions against Russia can now be scrapped. Russia has permission to kidnap Zelenskyy. And China can invade and occupy Taiwan with impunity. Israel, of course, has had permission to kill anyone, anywhere, anytime for decades. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>So, the batshit crazy US president kidnaps the president of Venezuela and Australia&#8217;s prime minister &#8211; my prime minister &#8211; just rolls over, tail wagging, tummy ready for a jolly rub like an obedient US lapdog.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Gb7j!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F658f7716-dd0c-4860-854e-aa5985a70b9d_624x422.jpeg" 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his support</a> for a &#8220;peaceful, democratic transition&#8221;, saying &#8220;we urge all parties to support dialogue and diplomacy in order to secure regional stability and prevent escalation,&#8221; apparently without any sense of irony.</p><p>We urge? Who the fuck are &#8220;we&#8221;? Truly a nauseatingly shameful spectacle. What he should do is firmly condemn Trump&#8217;s illegal acts of aggression and cancel AUKUS but he won&#8217;t. &#8220;Albo&#8221; will never, ever rock the boat. I just hope he can wash that orange paint off his lips.</p><p>Journalist Chris Hedges said it best: &#8220;The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife solidifies America&#8217;s role as a gangster state. Violence does not generate peace. It generates violence. The immolation of international and humanitarian law, as the U.S. and Israel have done in Gaza, and as took place in Caracas, generates a world without laws, a world of failed states, warlords, rogue imperial powers and perpetual violence and chaos. If there is one lesson we should have learned in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, it is that regime change spawns Frankensteinian monsters of our own creation. The Venezuelan military and security forces will no more accept the kidnapping of their president and U.S. domination &#8212; done as in Iraq to seize vast oil reserves &#8212; than the Iraqi security forces and military or the Taliban. This will not go well for anyone, including the U.S.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HN5F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6be52b54-666b-4857-9696-e6fc41b9d161_612x361.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HN5F!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6be52b54-666b-4857-9696-e6fc41b9d161_612x361.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HN5F!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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All critics of Putin should now STFU. As for <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-nobel-peace-prizes-legitimacy-crisis-maria-corina-machados-2025-award-and-the-end-of-moral-authority/">Maria Machado</a>, the woman whom Trump and his oily cronies prefer as Venezuela&#8217;s leader, anyone who thinks she is a beacon of democracy really doesn&#8217;t know anything about her.</p><p>In 2020 she signed an bipartisan agreement with Bibi the Butcher&#8217;s extremist, far right Likud party. She even invited Israel to attack Venezuela! But unlike Machado, Maduro is not an Israeli stooge, nor an US sphincter-kisser.</p><p>This attack by the USA on Venezuela obviously has nothing to with &#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221; or &#8220;democracy&#8221;. This is about Venezuela&#8217;s vast oil reserves. This is the standard US assault on anyone who refuses subjugating themselves to American demands. And this is Donald J. Pedophile doing anything and everything he can to distract from the full disclosure of the Epstein Files. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqIf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9adc5a23-cc7c-4891-af76-1dd3f071da66_914x718.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqIf!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9adc5a23-cc7c-4891-af76-1dd3f071da66_914x718.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqIf!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqIf!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9adc5a23-cc7c-4891-af76-1dd3f071da66_914x718.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As Robert Reich succinctly says: <em>&#8220;That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.&#8221;</em></p><p>But all is not lost for Maduro. All he has to do is pay Trump the usual <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/190513/donald-trump-lobbyists-gifts-bribing-politicians">bribe</a> to be set free.</p><p>Trump&#8217;s raging, egocentric unilateralism has been obvious for at least a decade now. He only ran for President to spite Obama, who had <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-campaign-obama-beef-election-b2639129.html">mocked</a> the thin-skinned old creep at a White House Correspondents dinner in 2011.</p><p>Since Trump became POTUS, common decency and normal standards are abandoned. Institutions are undermined. Laws mean nothing. The Supreme Court is stacked. Congress is impotent. I expect (if he hasn&#8217;t carked it beforehand) the deranged orange pedo will suspend or delay elections by declaring martial law. Any excuse will do.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQqa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aacfa8e-ebd6-4cff-bfdd-c1df5febd200_1032x1040.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQqa!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aacfa8e-ebd6-4cff-bfdd-c1df5febd200_1032x1040.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQqa!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, 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corrupt. Surrounded by opportunistic flunkies, sycophants and cronies, America&#8217;s Caligula is a desperate man, mentally and physically deteriorating before the eyes of the entire world, and it is clear he will do anything he can to distract from the Epstein files.</p><p>What&#8217;s the old saying? 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PRqb!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F851a41d5-d518-49ca-b5cf-a5c7be4083fe_510x131.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAPPY NEW FEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nobody is safe until everybody is safe]]></description><link>https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/happy-new-fear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://maximgrosky.substack.com/p/happy-new-fear</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Gross]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:47:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nseA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F409547be-cb5d-4339-aaee-b74aabd6bb8c_865x650.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deadly bushfires and a cyclone in Western Australia, lethal floods in Queensland and sicko looting in Tasmania: &#8216;looters have targeted the Dolphin Sands community on Tasmania&#8217;s east coast, just weeks after the town was ravaged by a bushfire that destroyed 19 homes&#8217;, according to ABC News.</p><p>But that&#8217;s nothing compared with what Palestinians endure every fucking day.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://maximgrosky.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VHGj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0864fb9-a63d-46e4-a5e4-eb1ef964f139_434x270.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VHGj!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, 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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>And as it continues its genocidal spree in Gaza, Israel has shut down thirty seven essential aid groups, including <a href="https://www.thejournal.ie/doctors-without-borders-37-ngos-israel-ban-gaza-6915549-Dec2025/">M&#233;decins Sans Fronti&#232;res</a>, while winter storms and floods add to the misery of the surviving population.</p><p>Since October 2023, Israeli occupation forces have murdered more than 1,700 aid workers in Gaza , an average of two per day!</p><p>Here in Australia, there has been a surge in Islamophobic &#8220;incidents&#8221; since the Bondi beach terrorist attack, and Muslims are taking precautionary and security measures, with people sleeping in mosques. The government &#8211; federal as well as state &#8211; has done fuckall to allay their fears, while bending over backwards to reassure Aussie Jews of their safety.</p><p>The self-defeating political overreach continues. &#8220;Public assemblies&#8221; have been banned in Sydney. Excluding last night&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve firework extravaganza on the harbour, of course! The New South Wales police commissioner immediately used these new powers to declare the South West Metropolitan, North West Metropolitan and Central Metropolitan areas &#8220;restricted&#8221; from assemblies. The declaration msy be extended fortnightly for up to three months&#8230; or more.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nseA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F409547be-cb5d-4339-aaee-b74aabd6bb8c_865x650.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nseA!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F409547be-cb5d-4339-aaee-b74aabd6bb8c_865x650.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nseA!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_848, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Do the cops or their boss NSW state premier Minns or any one else genuinely believe that these new draconian anti-protest laws &#8211; obviously aimed at pro-Palestine activity &#8211; would have prevented the Bondi massacre? Does he really think those two perps would have abandoned their plans for mass murder? Does he seriously expect people to believe the killers would have given a single solitary shit???</p><p>It&#8217;s absurd. And all to appease the treasonous <a href="https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/mark-leibler-on-his-lobbying-power/">Zionist lobby</a> that is actively undermining Australia on Israel&#8217;s behalf.</p><p>Happy fucking new year!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!s_Iq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F29691860-5e9c-44de-8474-8f6b6cfd30da_425x539.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!s_Iq!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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ABC News reports. All pretty arbitrary.</p><p>And right on cue, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog has been invited by both Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) for a formal state visit early in the new year.</p><p>That&#8217;s the Israeli president who war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to grant him a pardon from long-standing corruption charges.</p><p>The Israeli president who last year was photographed &#8211; for publicity purposes, among grinning occupation forces &#8211; writing the phrase &#8220;I rely on you&#8221; on a shell to be dropped on shattered Gaza.</p><p>The moment he sets foot Down Under, Herzog should be arrested for his role in genocide but is more likely to be given a big wet Aussie kiss on the arse.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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attack.&#8221;</strong></p><p>The news reports states <em>&#8220;Threats and hate speech against Muslim Australians have surged in the wake of the Bondi beach attack, with one mosque receiving dozens of offensive phone calls and reports of people being targeted in the street&#8230; The Islamophobia Register Australia received 126 reported hate incidents in the week after the 14 December shooting &#8211; 10 times more than it had received each of the two weeks prior.&#8221;</em></p><p>In other words, threats and hate speech against Aussie Muslims was commonplace prior to the 14 December Bondi Beach atrocity but it&#8217;s even worse now.</p><p>In other news, The Guardian reports that <em>&#8216;A former jihadi who claims to have knowledge of how the Islamic State works in the Philippines says he believes it is unlikely the alleged Bondi gunmen met with the group when they &#8220;haphazardly&#8221; travelled to the country before the attack.&#8217;</em></p><p>And Eduardo A&#241;o, the Philippines&#8217; national security adviser, is quoted as saying <em>&#8220;it is clear the Bondi gunmen never left Davao nor received military-style training in the Philippines.&#8221;</em></p><p>The killers apparently took a flight from Sydney to Manila to Davao, leaving an obvious ID trail. As for their purported links to ISIS, if the Philippines government can&#8217;t find ISIS, how likely is it that some random Aussie tourist did?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWCw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8f5fdb-6cfa-48b9-8813-5cac8c6cbf3c_2048x1445.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWCw!, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/w_424, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/maximgrosky.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8f5fdb-6cfa-48b9-8813-5cac8c6cbf3c_2048x1445.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWCw!, 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Four. Wow. And &#8220;farmers&#8221; will be allowed up to ten firearms to keep those cockatoos and wedge-tailed eagles on the run.</p><p>So, if the Bondi murderers &#8220;only&#8221; had four guns&#8230; what difference would it have made? But banning public protests against genocide will protect the&#8230; er, public? From what? Orchestrated Zionist lobby pile-ons?</p><p>Meanwhile, taking the Bondi bloodbath as an opportunity for self-promotion, a certain has-been temporary prime minister that didn&#8217;t last for even one term has been busily doing the rounds again, yammering about antisemitism and gun control. Yes, our old mate, Tony Abbott aka the Mad Monk, the bloke who approved the eight-shot Adler shotgun as a Category B firearm in 2015.</p><p>Firearms categories A, B, C and D include long guns such as rifles and shotguns. Categories A and B include guns available for use by civilians with a standard gun licence. Standard! Category C licences are apparently strictly restricted and only available to those worthies &#8211; mainly farmers, again &#8211; who can prove a specific need for rapid-fire shotguns or low-powered rifles. Ah, all that pesky native wildlife!</p><p>Now here&#8217;s the punchline: the weapons apparently used by the two murderers at Bondi Beach were&#8230; wait for it&#8230; category B Adler straight pull shotguns.</p><p>Finally, a friendly reminder. In July the Federal Court of Australia ruled that criticism of Israel, Zionism and the Israel Defense Forces are <em>not</em> antisemitic and therefore do not breach the law. 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