Don't worry so much. The world is not going to end and you are not going to hell.

Can America continue to afford to keep borrowing money from China to pay whole countries every day to hate China and Russia? China doesn't expect America to ever pay its debts to them, of course, and so is off-loading the loan/currency to Russia at a discount. America is not so smart when desperate.

Can America continue to afford to keep borrowing money from China to pay people to hate China?

I note Mr Duterte, the president of the Phillipines, is well on the way to working out a good permanent understanding with China regarding issues in the South China Sea through dialogue and neighbourly respect. I expect the response by the USA will be to declare him a dictator, to fund insurrection, and to make a mess as they always do. But, they will be spread a bit thin now with the demise of King Rama IX of Thailand, Thailand, their other past friend.

Letter to the Editor of the Cairns Post re the growing populist legion of detractors in regard to the Cairns Hospital: Dear Editor Having lived in Cairns for 30 years, I am appalled by the detractors in regard to the Cairns Hospital. I look forward to the good work of Mr Terry Mehan in fixing things up. There have only ever been two minor problems with the Cairns Hospital. 1: Where it is 2: What it is. Thankyou John Fitzpatrick Cairns

All in all, the third and final US Presidential Debate was quite good and was effectively held together by the moderator. When one looked at the Presidential Poise aspect, Hillary was quite good, but when you looked at the Content, Donald actually had much better ideas and far fewer expensive mad war-like horror ideas. I tend to prefer thinking that does not include horror and invasion as the first choice in dealing with international issues.

I expect many Australians who believe deeply that they are or wish to be somehow profoundly "Apprentice Wannabe Americans" will support Clinton. Fortunately, the election is only open to the Americanese themselves. I wish the Americanese well in working out what is best for all of them in their own nation...and I deeply hope they stop fucking up the world for the rest of us.