Tyler Cassidy : Inquest

Posted on October 19, 2010 by @ndy

15 year old Tyler Cassidy was shot dead by police in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote on December 11, 2008. An inquest into his death has just opened. Note that, a week or so after the shooting, the White nationalist political party ‘Australia First’ declared that its members “will demonstrate at the Coroner’s Court when an investigation is held into Tyler’s Cassidy’s death”. It also claimed that:

A submission to the Coroner will state that the police who attempted to arrest Tyler Cassidy were undermined in their duty of care by inflammatory and inaccurate intelligence contained ‘on line’ for use by police. This false information directly contributed to his death. This information must be revealed in full to the public.

No doubt the media and the coroner will sit up and take notice…

See also : Interested Party Ruling – Tyler Cassidy (Coroners Court of Victoria) | 4 Corners : Lethal Force (October 26, 2009) | Tyler Cassidy (August 31, 2009).

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Australia First ~versus~ Australian Protectionist Parties: Sutherland Shire

Posted on October 17, 2010 by @ndy

It’s history in the making as Australia’s two premier White nationalist political parties go head-to-head for the first time ever, in a ding-dong battle for the much-coveted ‘Ward D’ seat on the Sutherland Shire Council. Using all their senses, skill, creativity, they have prepared political programs never tasted before.* And if ever a challenger wins over the Establishment, he or she will gain the people’s ovation and fame forever. Every battle, reputations are on the line in Sutherland Shire, where master tacticians pit their political creations against each other. What inspiration did yesterday’s challenger bring? And how will the Political Establishment fight back? The heat will be on!

Who takes it? Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

At this stage it appears that the honour goes to…

The Australia First Party!

Full results are available here, but in brief, Darrin Hodges (APP) got a total of 584 votes (2.5%), while Matt Hodgson (AF) got 931 votes (4.0%).

Congratulations to Matt and to Australia First.

For Hodges, the good news is that this is an improvement upon his previous effort: standing for the same seat in 2008, he received just 333 votes (2%). Further, as in 2008, in 2010 Hodges was unable to capitalise upon having the name of his party on the ballot.

(Oh, and the actual winner was some other bloke.)

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“@ndy is the undisputed Jewish king of Victorian anti fa”

Posted on October 15, 2010 by @ndy

…sez Jim Perren of the Australia First Party. He goes on to add that:

@ndy[‘]s mates [are] mostly in their mid to late 50’s and almost entirely Jewish [and] operate and run some rather interesting projects. From Heroin drug shooting galleries in Sydney to Anarchist book stores and web sites in Australia and New Zealand. Not to mention … rather nice blocks of land [i]n the Blue Mountains NSW.

We all know that he has some rather well placed and well known Jewish friends. Some of them go all the way back to the 1970’s when at least back then they had the guts to stand publicly by their screwed up beliefs…


Above : My grandfather, Salomon Sorowitsch, the real-life Jewish “king of the counterfeiters”.

Elsewhere, Jim maintains that “the Australian Anarchists and Marxist movement has been run by Zionist Jews. All with one purpose. To do their bidding.” In referring to The Curious Case of Brendon O’Connell, “@ndy has forgotten his cover as a[n] Anti Racist Anarchist and shown us all who he works for. Israel and the Zionist controlled Government.” He asks: “Do anarchists post News articles from the Australian Jewish News? Do they hang around Jewish Lawyers or the children of Prominent Jewish Leaders? Of course not.” After all: “Who would work relentlessly with a declared Statist group like Fight Dem Back who, in their very own words, are backed by many key establishment figures including several wealthy Jewish Lawyers?”

I could go on, but I’m assuming that by now the point is clear.

NSW Senate candidate for the 2010 Australian Federal election, Nick Folkes (of the Australian Protectionist Party), on the other hand, sez I’m “a racist anti-semitic goat molester”, “an arrant wasted orgasm”, “boring and senile, not worth a bedpan of piss”; a “self loathing ghoul” who “just like Marx” ‘despises his own people’ — a “piece of shit!”; an “anti-Semite”; “a racist wanker”, “Marxist Nazi turd” and “Nazi bastard”.

What’s a poor slack bastard to do?

Obviously, there’s only one solution.


Overcome Stress By Visualizing It As A Greedy, Hook-Nosed Race Of Creatures

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The University of Adelaide & WebSense ~versus~ slackbastard

Posted on October 14, 2010 by @ndy

As noted previously, this site is blocked by a number of different institutions, including public libraries in Bristol, Spanish engineering companies, internet cafes in Athens, and — closer to home — the University of Adelaide.

The University of Adelaide employs a US company named WebSense to undertake monitoring and censoring of content available to users. In being blocked by WebSense slackbastard is in pretty good, albeit controversial, company: in November 2007, it blocked the website of Norman G. Finkelstein on the basis that, in the opinion of WebSense, the site was racist. My own site is blocked on the basis of its ‘antigovernment’ content. According to WebSense:

Militancy and Extremist – Sites that offer information about or promote or are sponsored by groups advocating antigovernment beliefs or action.

Until August 2009, WebSense software was also being used by the Yemeni government to filter Internet access.

Assuming that the University of Adelaide agrees that being ‘against government’ is unacceptable, this is fair enough. However, if this rule is to be applied fairly, I would urge University authorities to examine the contents not only of blogs such as mine, but also its library shelves, as a quick search of the library’s online catalogue reveals the existence of not one or two or even three items classified as ‘anarchist’, but almost eight thousand titles.

Of course, having purged its library of books that offer information about or promote or are written by authors advocating antigovernment beliefs or action, the University will need to begin to examine the contents of its courses more closely, as well as the general calibre of its academics…

Amirite?

See also : Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering | Ronald Deibert, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Jonathan Zittrain, eds., Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering, (Cambridge: MIT Press) 2008.

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Australia world’s ‘dumb blonde’; Or: Simon Anholt — Benedict Anderson for Dummies

Posted on October 14, 2010 by @ndy

And here’s me thinking Australia was renowned for its intelligentsia.

Foreign smarty-pants Simon Anholt — the genius who “developed the concepts of the ‘nation brand’ and ‘place brand’ in the late 1990s, and today plays a leading role in this rapidly expanding field”; a kind of Benedict Anderson for Dummies — reckons “Australia has Les Patterson, and I don’t think that’s enough”.

I agree. I think we need more Leses, not less.

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Briggs : The Wrong Brother

Posted on October 13, 2010 by @ndy

Local MC Briggs has a NEW! album, called The Blacklist, out on Golden Era rekids. The debut single is called ‘The Wrong Brother’ — which is kinda appropriate as far as this blogger is concerned…

Also, Vents reckons he’s recorded a track called ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’ — but I’ll believe that when I hear it. (Word on The Street is that the B-side is gonna be titled ‘Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste’.)

Whatever. Two reviews of The Blacklist:

    This album is kind of a big deal, it happens to be Golden Era Records (The Hilltop Hoods’ new label) first new full-length release beside the Hoods’ own product…

    One thing’s for sure, Briggs has not arrived quietly. Quiet being the exact opposite of his style. Invite this 22 year-old Shepparton MC to your house party, and he’d announce his appearance by bellowing his name through the doorway and smashing a couple of empties all over your welcome mat. Classy, right? Class is not what we’re aiming for here. Take a listen to any track from debut album The Blacklist and you’ll find Briggs raging out of your speakers, foul-mouthed, cocksure and pissed off at…well, everything…

Anyway, congrats and er ‘props’ to Mister Briggs. You can see The Milkman perform live in October w/- Ice Cube.

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What is it with the Left and violence?

Posted on October 13, 2010 by @ndy

On Monday, Andrew Bolt — who normally adopts a happy-go-lucky approach to The Left — thanked reader Owen for bringing to his attention an article published on September 12 on the ‘Business Insider’ business news site; the BI article in turn credits an article in the online version of ‘Greece’s International English Language Newspaper’ ekatheremini: ‘Left-wing, anarchist terror on rise’ (September 11, 2010). The article reports on the publication by EuroPol of ‘The European Union (EU) Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2010’ (PDF).

The Left is now more dangerous than the Right
Andrew Bolt
October 11, 2010

What is it with the Left and violence? Indeed, with all forms of collectivism – not least Islam – and violence?

    With European governments paring back the social safety net, and businesses blamed for creating a crisis, left-wing terrorism in Europe is on the march, according to a new report from EuroPol (the European Police Office).

    Spain, Greece and Italy reported a total of 40 attacks by left-wing and anarchist groups for 2009. This constitutes an increase of 43 % compared to 2008; the number of attacks more than doubled since 2007.

For all the media paranoia about Right-wing violence, it’s the Left that’s most likely to hurt you. But the prize for violence is still held by Islamist and separatist terrorists – although Spain’s ETA should count as both separatist and Leftist.

(Thanks to reader Owen.)

While Bolt chooses, unusually, to spin the story into an attack upon ‘the Left’ and its likelihood of harming you and your children, Matthew Harwood of ‘Security Management’ sees thing in a slightly more cheerful fashion: ‘Terrorism Attacks and Arrests in Europe Down for Second Straight Year’ he wrote on September 15.

I’m not sure if it’s worth pointing out all the flaws in Bolt’s untypically flawed analysis, but I suppose a few points may suffice. First, the title of his article is not supported by its contents. Secondly, he conflates ideology with political strategy. Thirdly, leaving aside questions of methodology, the number of attacks referred to in the Report is tiny (40), the majority involved property damage (typically arson directed at political or commercial operations) and, when directed against individuals, aimed at police or politicians, not the general public. The sole death attributed to leftists occurred in Greece in June when a policeman was shot dead. The murder has been attributed to the ‘Rebel Sect’ or ‘Sect of Revolutionaries’ group — the group also claimed responsibility for the murder of a journalist in July 2010, although in neither case have there been convictions.

In other words, on the basis of these statistics, the likelihood of ‘you’ being hurt by ‘the Left’ is fantastically small.

Finally, note that the Report was released almost six months ago, in April, and reported on at the time. See, for example: Terrorist attacks decrease in Europe, Valentina Pop, EU Observer, April 29, 2010.

Bonus Terrorism!

Bonus Insurgency!

Added Bonus Terrorism!

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Epaminondas Korkoneas : Life in prison

Posted on October 12, 2010 by @ndy

Korkoneas continues to proclaim his innocence. The trial was held in the remote town of Amfissa in order to mitigate against the possibility of any disturbance.

Greece: Police Officer Convicted in Killing That Led to Riots
Associated Press
October 11, 2010

A police officer was convicted of murder on Monday and sentenced to life in prison for the shooting of a teenager in central Athens that sparked nationwide riots in December 2008. The officer, Epaminondas Korkoneas, was found guilty of intentionally shooting Alexandros Grigoropoulos in the Exarchia district, an area of bars and cafes popular with self-styled anarchists. Another officer [Vassilios Saraliotis] was convicted of complicity and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Both are expected to appeal. Mr. Korkoneas had insisted that the youth was killed inadvertently by a ricocheting bullet he fired as a warning shot following an altercation with some youths during a night patrol. The killing led to the worst civil unrest Greece had seen in decades. Youths rampaged through cities nightly for two weeks, burning cars and buildings, smashing windows, looting stores and clashing with riot police officers. It also led to a resurgence of anarchist attacks, mostly focusing on police and government targets.

See also : Anarchy in the font of democracy? (December 8, 2009) | Failure to communicate : Epaminondas Korkoneas in court (December 12, 2008).

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Antifa: Chasseurs de Skins (w/ English Subtitles)

Posted on October 12, 2010 by @ndy

Antifa: Chasseurs de Skins is a 2008 French doco on how groups of youth in Paris generated a backlash against the neo-Nazi skinhead subculture, and by doing so earned themselves the nickname Chasseurs de Skins or ‘Skinhead Hunters’.

Playlist

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Egg, meet face.

Posted on October 11, 2010 by @ndy

At the 2006 census, Crows Nest had a population of 1,443. Town facilities include a Sports and Show Pavillion, Showgrounds and a Swimming pool.

At the 2006 census, Melbourne had a population of 3,592,591. It can has more facilities than you can count on two hands — and two feet.

There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

See also : Antifa ‘Slackbastard’ Outed And Named. By Morons. (October 11, 2010).

Bonus Betty!

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