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Month: June 2016

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Culture / Happiness / Life / Politics

It’s the end of the blogging world as we know it, and I feel fine

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I last blogged some eleven years ago. I guess that makes me a veteran; not a pioneer perhaps but certainly one of the early adopters. After building it up to …

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Culture / Politics

America’s UnFantastic Four

June 6, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

How the hell, in a nation of 320 million, did we end up with these four anti-superhero losers as the last ones standing in the 2016 election contest?     …

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1989
Life / Politics

Ballots and bullets: Poland and China, 27 years on

June 6, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

On June 4, 1989, two communist countries on opposite sides of the world chose different paths to the future. In Poland, the first round of democratic parliamentary elections was held, …

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Culture / Life

Fox dog-whispers dead baby

June 5, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As a rule I never assume that celebrities are necessarily smart and/or sane, but once in a while a story pops up on the news that makes even me go …

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Life

Sage advice from Uncle Chrenk

June 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Enough said.

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antitrump
Politics

Dear anti-Trump protesters

June 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

This election campaign is only going to get more serious the closer to November we get. Which means Trump will become even more unbearable, which means you will feel obliged …

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coffee-communism_0
Culture / Life / Politics

On first dates and communist restaurants

June 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A first date tonight. She likes Vietnamese. Not too many options in Brisbane inner north. Her: “What’s that Vietnamese place that was named after some dictator that attracted all the …

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CFMEU3
Politics

The experts have spoken

June 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As most of you might be aware by now, over the last few weeks and in the course of the federal election campaign, I have developed a deep and personal …

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Taraneh
Culture / Politics

The Girl With A Feminist Tattoo

June 2, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Take a look around the world and it puts everything in perspective; suddenly, all the huge “controversies” at home turn from mountains into molehills and all the activists seem less …

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dalailama
Politics

Dalai Lama, that ugly right-winger

June 2, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I love the sound of leftie heads exploding from dissonance. This is going to generate a few pops: The Dalai Lama, who has himself lived in exile for over half …

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euflag
Life / Politics

European Union – time for Chrenxit?

June 2, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Europe should have really just stuck to being a common market. Don’t take me wrong, I do understand and have some sympathy with the Pan-European sentiment of the founding fathers …

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Culture / Politics

Trump no longer ronery, endorsed by the Norks

June 1, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Well, maybe not. I hate it when the headline is more exciting than the story itself. Like this one: “North Korea says Trump isn’t screwy at all, a wise choice …

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morrison
Life / Politics

Don’t call me Shirley – or a guy

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Guy of the Year, er, sorry, the Australian of the Year, wants you to stop using words like “guys” in your workplace. “I have now removed that from my …

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merve
Culture / Politics

Miss Turkey gets turkey slapped by the Islamists

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

From the freedom of speech files in a country which wants to join the European Union: A former Miss Turkey was handed a 14-month suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for …

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