Category Archives: War on Terror

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

“Aunty” Paul & “Uncle” Al

Posted on February 22, 2006 by @ndy

The people at the Danish Consulate & Embassy in Egypt are nice. Last week, I sent them an email requesting confirmation that the Danish Ambassador to Egypt, Bjarne Sørensen, had indeed read an issue of Al Fagr at the time … Continue reading →

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Mate, this ideology wouldn’t go “voom” if you put four million volts through it!

Posted on February 19, 2006 by @ndy

‘Communism bad, capitalism good’ is an old joke. Here’s another: “What’s the difference between capitalism and communism?” “I don’t know, what is the difference between capitalism and communism?” “Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the reverse.” … Continue reading →

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Seven years bad luck

Posted on February 16, 2006 by @ndy

Today’s Age contains an interesting editorial on the subject of the Federal Government’s proposal to alter the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill to make lawful the monitoring of citizen’s private communications without i) their knowledge or consent and ii) a magistrate … Continue reading →

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Leunig saved from free-fall

Posted on February 15, 2006 by @ndy

This is what happens when the fact slams into me that I have been secretly and maliciously set up and framed and that the story will soon be on the wire and the twisting and distorting of my life is … Continue reading →

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Against Terror, Against the State

Posted on February 12, 2006 by @ndy

While foolish humans in the US Government (as well as “Government officials from… Canada, Australia and England and executives from Microsoft, Cisco, Verisign and others”) have been “working from basement offices at the Secret Services headquarters in downtown Washington” in … Continue reading →

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Suspended Sentence

Posted on February 12, 2006 by @ndy

SUSPENDED SENTENCE… Read the paper – humdrum Henley Regatta – page one Eat die – ho hum Page three – big bum Giving a lunatic a loaded gun He walks – others run Thirty dead – no fun Foreigners feature … Continue reading →

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“To make shame more shameful still by making it public”

Posted on February 8, 2006 by @ndy

Today’s edition of The Age contains a report on Ciaron O’Reilly’s interrogation by ASIO. Says Ciaron: “I guess my best protection is to be as loud about it as possible… That is why I am saying this has happened to … Continue reading →

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Tricksy ASIO keen to keep the preciousss fires of war burning

Posted on February 6, 2006 by @ndy

Ciaron O’Reilly Questioned by ASIO After Landing in Brisbane on Friday Night Ploughshares Monday February 06, 2006 Ciaron O’Reilly arrived in Brisbane, Australia on Friday February 3 after a 30-hour flight from Ireland. He was immediately met by two ASIO … Continue reading →

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“That’s freedom”

Posted on February 6, 2006 by @ndy

Bill Hicks: ‘Hey buddy, my daddy died for that flag.’ ‘Really? I bought mine. Yeah, they sell them at K-Mart and shit.’ ‘He died in the Korean War.’ ‘Wow, what a coincidence. Mine was made in Korea.’ No one – … Continue reading →

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“If someone has a go at me I’ll always have a go back”

Posted on February 6, 2006 by @ndy

Caricatures of Mohammed are the same as portraits of Jesus with an erect penis, according to Danish vice prime minister Bendt Bendtsen. Which is interesting, ‘cos Barricade (anarchist) infoshop got busted for obscenity for selling a t-shirt with that image … Continue reading →

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