When your whole country gets cancelled
As of this morning, Australian media outlets – as well as government agencies – are not able to post anything on Facebook, and their articles and stories cannot be shared …
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Gone In 60 Weeks
Joe Biden is not meant to govern. If he manages, and whatever he manages, that’s all well and good, and a bonus but that is not his purpose. His mission …
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The Daily Chrenk’s Person of the Year: You, You Poor Fucker
The venerable (yes, I’m joking) “Time” magazine has just named their Person of the Year: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/o97QNlSBrl pic.twitter.com/KuoBoebBN4 …
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Rupert ditches Donald
The love affair between Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump is well and truly over. Trump has been repeatedly complaining about the Fox coverage of his presidency for a year or …
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Against the Great Satan
Back in 1996, I and three friends had the privilege (having handsomely won the election) of editing the University of Queensland student newspaper “Semper Floreat”. The Latin name means “always …
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Dr Scherenkoss, I presume?
It’s 2020, so everything is racist, including misspelling non-Anglo names. Over to Samoan-Australian journalist at ABC, Tahlea (or Tali) Aualiitia (and I cut and pasted it because I’m very likely to …
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Ultraviolet Wrong Because Orange Man Bad
This is an incredible story of science versus the political-media complex: I ran an obscure pharmaceutical company until a few days ago. Then we got famous. Early in the Covid-19 …
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COVID killed the radio star: the winners and the losers of the viralmageddon
Joel Kotkin, a sensible urbanist (rare, I know), has been sounding an alarm about the hollowing out of our economy and our society for a while now. His news book, The …
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We’re fine but the world is going to hell
According to Gallup, Donald Trump has been Making America Happy – or Happier – Again. Well, of course they don’t frame the issue like that, but the results of their …
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Is Australia still there?
Myself, as well as other people with families and friends overseas, are getting concerned and panicky messages to check if we’re safe in light of the catastrophic megafires that have …
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ABC’s Secret Life of Us
ABC has recently released its new editorial guidance note on “Hate Speech, Terrorism and Mass Killing”. While the document is rich in comedic possibilities, one part of it in particular …
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Who’s your Baghdaddy? A tale in five obituaries
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, having blown himself and his three children up while being chased …
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Fake news – not just an American problem
Earlier this week, Conservative Polish President, Andrzej Duda, took time during his visit to the United Nations to meet with a group of Jewish leaders – resulting in a story titled …
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1619 and all that
A very good piece from Andrew Sullivan about “The New York Times Magazine” and it’s “1619 Project”, which dismissed the entire history of European settlement in North America as a …
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No Good News From Anywhere
Is it the media or is it us? It’s been a long running question at The Daily Chrenk and previous to that at the Chrenkoff blog. Bad news rules. Some …
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Epstein and Clinton, or the tale of two searches
I have written about the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein before; in any case, he’s all over the news again so you can get an update elsewhere. While everyone’s favourite ex-President, Bill …
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“Sharia Illustrated: The Swimsuit Edition”
In perhaps the most pointless piece of pandering to the gods of diversity and inclusivity, the venerable “Sports Illustrated” decides to cover up: Halima Aden makes history as the first …
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Christians pounce
We are truly back to business as usual, where the reaction to an event becomes more of a concern for the media than the event itself. First, of course, we’ve …
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Business as usual
It has not been a good Easter season this year. It started with a massive fire, which has almost destroyed one of the most famous churches in Christendom and it …
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The Collusion Delusion
I’ve always remained sceptical of the claims of conspiracies between Trump and Putin. It’s not because I’m a fan of Trump’s (and definitely not Putin’s). And it’s certainly not because …
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