Skippy the bush tucker kangaroo
Thanks to The Daily Chrenk you now know which states in America allow you to own a kangaroo without a licence, and you also know this makes the United States …
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ASMR, or I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
There is plenty of disturbing stuff going on in the world – like a Saudi journalist walking into a Saudi consulate and being dismembered and carried out in pieces – …
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Traumatised by Trump
Yesterday I wrote about what I see as mass hysteria gripping significant sections of the left, namely the seemingly genuine conviction that Donald Trump is Hitler and that the United …
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Social media giants aren’t even pretending anymore
Sure, they are private businesses and so they can do whatever they want with their users, but at least in the past they used to be less blatant and arbitrary about …
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Dear Resistance, listen to my lived totalitarian experience – you have no effing idea what you’re talking about
In a world that the identity politics has wrought, lived experience is a trump (apologies for the use of a triggering word) card: your viewpoint or opinion on an issue …
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I swiped on a sexbot
Well, not really. If I did, it would have made for a fascinating blog post, and I, no doubt, would have had a more enthralling online conversation than many one …
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Big Trouble in Little Wentworth
While the counting is close and will take another few days, it’s still more likely than not that the woke independent Dr Kerryn Phelps will narrowly win the seat vacated …
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The end of The End Of History
Francis Fukuyama got famous, at least in the nerdy political circles, almost thirty years ago when he wrote an article for the neo-con magazine “The National Interest”, which he expanded …
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Generals of the damned
Over the past few days two public figures have received flak for acknowledging the military talents of historically incorrect generals. The first case was a typical fake news beat-up, the …
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When Frankie met Mickey
Old socialist and climate change activist meets a has-been American film director. Pope Francis talks with director Michael Moore during his weekly general audience, in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican …
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The kitten diplomacy
There should be more of it: The US embassy in Australia has apologised for an email invitation featuring a cat dressed in pyjamas that was mistakenly sent out by the …
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Of course it’s all about money
An undiplomatic incident in a Canberra restaurant: Environment Minister Melissa Price has been accused of offending a key Pacific leader by declaring the region was “always” seeking cash from Australia, …
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Welcome to China’s new vocational education colleges
Totalitarianism, as Orwell noted, has always been big on euphemisms to disguise the true nature of its activities. Chinese Marxism-Leninism-Maoism has given the modern world its fair share of innocuously …
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Make Dating Great Again
Tired of being constantly dumped by your dates after they discover you are an ugly right-winger? Looking for a soulmate you can build a wall and drain a swamp with? …
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Ecuador to Assange: clean up the KittyLeaks
Julian Assange is, next to Rupert Murdoch, the most controversial Australian alive. Love him as the shaker and stirrer and speaker of truth to power or hate him as a …
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Only a woman can write this
Perhaps not even any woman, but a “survivor”. I can imagine the howls of outrage if Lionel Shriver was male (she’s not, despite the first name). Instead, there will simply …
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As a 1/512,000th Mongol, I sympathise with Elizabeth Warren
People have been telling stories and myths about their ancestors from the time immemorial; in fact the importance of knowing where you come from has been a universal attribute of …
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Right to bear kangaroos
A friend and a reader from the United States, Chuck, has sent me this informative chart and asked about the situation in Australia: For starters, God bless the great states …
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The Curse of Tay-Tay
Almost a week ago, the country-turned-pop diva Taylor Swift has finally broken her famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) silence on all things political and posted on …
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The Mysterious Case of a Missing Journalist
A Saudi journalists disappears inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey and is now presumed dead, so you know you can count on “The Huffington Post” for the take so hot …
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