Germany is a stellar example that culture, while difficult to change, can change. Not all of it, not completely, and it might take a war, a devastating defeat, an occupation, …
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So FBI will be releasing “partial transcripts†of the calls made by the Orlando murderer Omar Mateen to law enforcement agencies from inside Pulse nightclub. Attorney General Loretta Lynch explains …
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I love the Gosford Anglican Church. It’s the church I would be attending if I wasn’t interested in the actual religion but my favourite pieties were political. Which is why …
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I have been around politics for some 22 years and in my time I’ve heard some pretty disgusting sentiments being expressed by our elected representatives, but this observation from our …
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It has not been a good few days for Sheikhs in Australia. First the Shiite hit the fan, after a few individuals armed with all the investigative resources of Google …
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Remember when politicians were just politicians and not semi-divine beings? Ah, the good old days. Roughly pre-2008. So technically not all that long ago, yet today, in June 2016, they …
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Belated happy birthday, US Army! You might be 241 but you don’t look a day over 21. Mr Donald Trump, at a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, chose to celebrate …
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Days on, the Orlando tragedy continues to be the Rorschach test of stupid (for the first installment click here). 1.Former (unrepentant) Weather Underground terrorist and Barack Obama’s mentor, Bill Ayers: …
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That pretty much sums it all up, I think. Missed anything? Tell me in the comments.
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(Damn it, tabloids; beat that headline!) Every day I miss Boris Johnson more and more. The new Mayor of London, Labour’s Sadiq Khan, having managed to solve all the other …
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Considering how many people there are in the world and the ubiquity of the social media, it’s actually a miracle there have been so few. 1.Chase Strangio, a Staff Attorney …
Read More Two (Update: three) quick thoughts about Orlando: 1) Can we please stop branding anyone who might have some issues with same-sex marriage or transgender bathroom use a homophobe? It detracts …
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Now listen here; this is it.  I’ve had an absolute gutful of all this racism and prejudice. You might have gotten away with having a go at all the illegal …
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Twenty-nine years ago today – when America had a real president and the Free World a real leader: As I looked out a moment ago from the Reichstag, that embodiment …
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I’ve just finished watching an oldish (8 years) doco about Iron Maiden’s 2008 “Somewhere Back In Time†world tour and it got me reflecting on the wonder that is music. …
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I am well and truly speechless. Doesn’t anyone on the campaign media team look after these things?
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Everyone’s making history these days. Come November, America might have the first female President, hard on the heels of the first African-American President. The US certainly has the first female …
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File it under “Colour me completely astonishedâ€: The vast majority of Australian Defence Force personnel believes the Muslim religion promotes Âviolence and terrorism, despite “cultural sensitivity training†by the ADF …
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Earlier today, Labor have released a 32-page booklet called “10 Year Plan for Australia’s Economyâ€, probably because “5 Year Plan for Australia’s Economy†is no longer considered a thing on …
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