MULTICULTURAL ENRICHMENT DEVICES STRIKE BACK – Via Tim Blair: Tired of being stereotyped as passive defensive barricades against Islamic terrorism, Parliament House bollards have lately […]
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TIME TO BUST? – Two interesting (and long) pieces about the Four Horsemen (sorry, Horsepeople (Centaurs?)) of App-ocalypse. Scott Galloway at “Esquire”: And “Eve Smith” […]
Continue reading »“INDIGENOUS VOICE” – Has it really been ten years since Kevin Rudd’s national apology to Indigenous people? Time flies. An indigenous voice will be added […]
Continue reading »SOCIALISM + NATIONALISM = … – Vox goes boldly where others fear to tread: Socialism and nationalism together. What a brilliant idea! Why haven’t anyone […]
Continue reading »INTERNATIONAL IRONY ALERT – Mr De Niro goes to the Emirates: Hollywood star Robert De Niro took aim at the Trump administration’s stance on climate […]
Continue reading »NUCLEAR WINTER GAMES, CONT. – The American media wins gold for fawning over a totalitarian nightmare (thanks to the wonderful T Becket Adams who trawled through […]
Continue reading »THE SADDEST POST OF THE DAY – From Glenn Reynolds: THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN PROJECT, ACCOMPLISHED WITH HELP FROM THE IRS: Republicans Repeal The Tea Party. […]
Continue reading »NUCLEAR WINTER OLYMPICS – CNN hearts She-Kim: Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics https://t.co/ian9ZiurVm pic.twitter.com/fBXuFEyXAj — CNN International (@cnni) […]
Continue reading »RIP ROSIE THE RIVETER – It was a few weeks ago, but bears remembering: Unsung for seven decades, the real Rosie the Riveter was a […]
Continue reading »AUSTRALIA DENIAL – So many friends have tagged me in this story that I might as well share: This is Ashley Arnold, a 27-year-old resident […]
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Screwing the crew
If politics is, as some maintain, Hollywood for ugly people, then lots of ugly people are having lots and lots of sex. This is a […]
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Salon: “Why is the Bible so badly written?”
Salon publishes and unpublishes: Why is the Bible so badly written? https://t.co/lOJ9MGxNUP pic.twitter.com/4FdDnPw9AL — Salon (@Salon) February 8, 2018 Thank you for your feedback. We […]
Continue reading »PRICE IS RIGHT – Good news from the Northern Territory: Jacinta Price will bid to enter federal politics at the next election by nominating for […]
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Tanks on the streets
Trump sure as hell knows how to stir up the left: President Trump has asked the Pentagon to explore holding “a celebration” for Americans to show […]
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To the far right of the far left
One of my pet peeves is the mainstream media using the label “far-right” not as any sort of an accurate description but as a dog-whistle […]
Continue reading »IS HONOUR KILLING A PEOPLESLAUGHTER? – Oh Canada! Your Celebrity-in-Chief, Prime Minister Justin Castro, er, Trudeau, continues to deliver. Mostly laughs, though often you don’t […]
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All hate is equal (but some hate is more equal than others)
In Western Australia, the police spring into action, News.com.au reports: Police are investigating those involved in an Australia Day party last week that gained attention […]
Continue reading »LIFE IMITATES HARRY POTTER, AGAIN AND AGAIN – It’s not just that no one talks about government debt anymore – no one thinks about it […]
Continue reading »LIFE IMITATES HARRY POTTER, AGAIN – Whoopi Goldberg talking to David Axelrod: GOLDBERG: “There was a lot of fear. There is fear anyone in power […]
Continue reading »YOUR FEEL-STRANGE STORY OF THE DAY – The seemingly unlikely allies: The legendary former Mossad agent who led the operation to capture Holocaust mastermind Adolf […]
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