Author Archives: @ndy

About @ndy

I live in Melbourne, Australia. I barrack for the greatest football team on Earth: Collingwood Magpies. The 2012 premiership's a cakewalk for the good old Collingwood.

Goodbye Monsieur Venner, Hello French Hammerskins!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by @ndy

French far-right historian Dominique Venner (April 16, 1935–May 21, 2013) has committed suicide in a rather spectacular fashion. Venner’s action was apparently prompted by his fear that France was becoming ghey and Muslamic. You can read his suicide note here; … Continue reading →

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Bullying is bad, mmmkay David?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by @ndy

D’oh! The Age today reports that a Federal Court judge has ruled that RMIT done wrogn when it fired a professor, Judith Bessant, breaking workplace laws intended to prevent employers from silencing critics (RMIT professor unfairly sacked, Clay Lucas, May … Continue reading →

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Your rights with ASIO – advice for activists (Dale Mills)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by @ndy

Dale Mills has some advice for activists on how to deal ASIO if it comes knocking: Personally, I think ASIO does a superb job.

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#studentstrike #brokenleg #solidarity #usyd

Posted on May 14, 2013 by @ndy

Around Australia, thousands of students (seemingly concentrated in Melbourne and Sydney) went on strike and rallied and marched today, in protest at the cuts ($2.3 billion) by the Federal government to the tertiary education sector. Their protests will of course … Continue reading →

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Delta Goodrem has a great sense of humour

Posted on May 13, 2013 by @ndy

Updaterer : Mia Freedman (The boy who cried ‘racist’, mamamia, May 16) reckons: “Blackface IS racist, no question. But to me (admittedly, a white girl so I welcome comments from those with a different perspective, please leave them below), there … Continue reading →

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[War is the health of the patriarchal state]

Posted on May 11, 2013 by @ndy

I thought that this passage from Terry Eagleton’s book Reason, Faith & Revolution (2009) — summarising Susan Faludi’s observations on 9/11 and US culture — was neat. It also helps to explain, I think, the mentality of many on the … Continue reading →

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The Christian Brothers & child sex abuse : An accident of history (including GST)

Posted on May 8, 2013 by @ndy

The leadership of the Christian Brothers in Oceania appeared before the Victorian state government inquiry into child abuse yesterday on Friday, May 3. Given before a packed audience, their testimony was enlightening in some respects, contradictory in others, but otherwise … Continue reading →

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International Clitoris Awareness Week + ClitorAid = Raelian wEiRdNeSs?

Posted on May 6, 2013 by @ndy

Credit where it’s due. In a publicity coup, a mob called Clitoraid [ClitorAid.org] have launched ‘International Clitoris Awareness Week’ (May 6–May 14), asking the public to donate money to the charity in order for it to conduct reparative surgery on … Continue reading →

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Helen Razer on Teh Left and the stoopid : Crikey!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by @ndy

Yeah. I thought I might as well throw this up. It’s kinda wEiRd. I mean, who and what is Teh Left? Apparently, “people who like rainbow crossings, petitions at change.org, and People with a Disability”. Liberals, in other words. Has … Continue reading →

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A few thoughts on May Day in Melbourne (2013)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by @ndy

[A post prompted by some disco elsewhere on the Internets...] May Day in Melbourne this year (2012) was a small affair — tiny even. Perhaps 30 or 40 people (overwhelmingly male) attended the 8 Hour Monument at midday, and sometime … Continue reading →

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