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Month: July 2016

Erdogan
Politics

Did Erdogan stage the coup against himself?

July 17, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Did President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stage the coup against himself? So says – very tentatively – his former political partner and now an opposition figure, Fethullah Gulen, living in exile …

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Turkey
Politics

Going cold Turkey (UPDATED)

July 16, 2016July 16, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

11:21am: Erdogan speaking from the Istanbul airport. In the background, Turkey’s founding father Kemal Ataturk looks on and thinks, “you Islamist scumbag”.                 …

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Nice
Politics

Nice (UPDATED)

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

10:21pm: Nice airport evacuated. 10:04pm: Not the first use of a vehicle as a terrorist weapon, not even in France. Meanwhile, it’s a method much encouraged by the Palestinian propaganda …

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OKCupid
Happiness / Life / Politics

Shooting range vs yoga

July 14, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“Like the outdoors or going to the shooting range? So do a majority of conservatives interested in love. Liberals looking for love prefer museums, yoga and crying.” This is one …

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Culture / Politics

Pokemon Go jumps the shark

July 14, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

OK, so I finally broke and stopped resisting the craze. Downloaded. Started playing. Now I’m disgusted and disturbed. Never again.

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glocks2
Politics

Glocks easier to get than books? Depends what you mean by “easier”

July 13, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Rightly or wrongly, the most talked about bit of President Obama’s speech at the memorial service in Dallas is his observation “We flood communities with so many guns that it …

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OWG
Politics

One World Government – it begins in Brisbane

July 12, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Dresden has recently hosted the Bilderberg group meeting, causing the conspiracy theorists’ and anti-globalists’ heads to spin again (how many global conspiracies publish their guest lists online? Yep, they are …

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BLM
Politics

Let’s make all Black Lives Matter

July 11, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I guess it’s probably just my white privilege talking, but I was never very interested and never wrote a lot about racism and racial issues. As a honkey, born and …

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5headlines
Politics

Democrats – the parallel universe, in 5 easy headlines

July 10, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

There are the known unknowns and the unknown knowns, and then there is the Democratic Party reality.

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grimcost
Politics

The grim cost of no war in Iraq

July 8, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The left loves fighting wars – against wars. The release of the Chilcot report in Britain has given the anti-Iraq war left the new lease of life in re-fighting 2003. …

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thirdparty
Politics

In which I agree with John Howard – the case against a conservative third party

July 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Me and J-Ho? Not really shocking. John Howard at a press conference today: Mr Howard acknowledged that the Liberal Party was in danger of splintering when he reached out to …

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dontmolest
Politics

From Europe with love

July 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A few vignettes from Europe, circa mid-2016: Germany: A young left-wing German politician has admitted she lied to police about the racial background of three men who raped her in …

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edelman5
Politics

The Great Malaise: First the US and the UK, France next

July 7, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

We are living in the midst of the Great Malaise, the time of cynicism, disenchantment and distrust. The elites are revolting against the masses and the masses are revolting against …

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nevergreat
Politics

#AmericaWasNeverGreat isn’t that great

July 6, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Nothing perhaps gives me shits more in politics than the smarmy and self-satisfied self-loathing of the Western lefties. The “My country, always wrong” attitude is not only self-indulgent and morally …

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turnbull
Politics

Chrenk’s election post-mortem-palooza

July 5, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s possible that with Malcolm Turnbull as the Prime Minister, the Liberal/National Coalition avoided a landslide defeat at the hands of Bill Shorten’s Labor. It’s possible that had Tony Abbott …

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Onenation1
Politics

Please explain Islam

July 5, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Sometime over the course of the election campaign a small flyer landed in my letterbox from a new party called the Australia Liberty Alliance (the ALA, pronounced Allah). I was …

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christianmingle
Happiness / Politics

Looking for love in all the wrong places

July 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Chalk up another great victory for equality. As a result of a settlement flowing from a class action brought by two gay plaintiffs, a number of Christian internet dating sites …

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4July
Life / Politics

Happy birthday America, and please pick up your act

July 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Today, the United States of America is celebrating the 240th anniversary of the original Brexit. Despite some initial reasonable showing from the Remain campaign, the Leave folk did eventually manage …

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wiesel
Culture / Life / Politics

Elie Wiesel

July 4, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

While we were busy electioneering in Australia, Elie Wiesel passed away in New York at the age of 87. A Romanian Jew, he was the only one of his immediate …

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Politics

The morning after

July 3, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Apologies for the dearth of posting; democracy is a jealous mistress. A few quick thoughts and reactions: 1.The lackluster results reflects the lackluster campaign by lackluster parties. 2. Senator Jackie …

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