Category Archives: !nataS

APEC 2007, ASIO… and CHOGM 1978

Posted on December 12, 2006 by @ndy

Spy chief issues APEC summit warning By Nick Butterly The Australian December 11, 2006 AUSTRALIA’S top spy has warned of possible violent protests and terrorist attacks at next year’s APEC summit of world leaders in Sydney. [Australian] President George W … Continue reading →

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It’s Official: ‘Chicks in Bikinis’ prefer Beaches to Mosques

Posted on December 10, 2006 by @ndy

In a stunning display of common sense, Australian women have said ‘no’ to inflammatory political stunts, and ‘yes’ to having a good time… at the beach! On a stinking hot weekend, on the coastlines of the world’s driest inhabited continent. … Continue reading →

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Good riddance to MORE bad rubbish

Posted on December 9, 2006 by @ndy

[Update : see also Bill van Auken, Jeane Kirkpatrick: from “social democrat” to champion of death squads, WSWS, December 12, 2006 | Waving of beret: Michael Berrell] First Milton Friedman, now Jeane Kirkpatrick : 1926 — 2006. The crucifixion of … Continue reading →

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Jack Thomas and A Paranoid State

Posted on December 8, 2006 by @ndy

This week, while the Crown argues for a re-trial, Jack Thomas‘ defence lawyers argue for the lifting of the ‘control order’ the Government — in the person of the Attorney-General, Montgomery Burns — has placed on him. According to Thomas’ … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March… Again!

Posted on December 8, 2006 by @ndy

‘The Great Australian Bikini March’ meme has legs, and it knows how to use them. Even when cancelled. In the upside-down world of (US) right-wing blogging, even Michelle Malkin has got in on the act. Knowing nothing about Australia (“are … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March : Unplugged, Undressed & Cancelled

Posted on December 7, 2006 by @ndy

One of the great attractions of patriotism — it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. … Continue reading →

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A Good Fascist

Posted on December 3, 2006 by @ndy

Mick ‘Belsen’ Sanderson : 1964 — 2006. Founder of a weird-arse mob from the UK called Wolf’s Hook White Brotherhood — which formed as a tiny splinter group from the BNP in 2004 — and, it seems, yet another neo-Nazi … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March: Cancelled in Brunswick… and Lakemba?

Posted on December 3, 2006 by @ndy

The road to hell is paved with good intentions… Mosque to get police guard for bikini rally Taghred Chandab and Matthew Benns Sydney Morning Herald December 3, 2006 POLICE have been asked to protect Australia’s largest mosque next weekend because … Continue reading →

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Fill the ‘G // With the heads of the bourgeoisie

Posted on December 2, 2006 by @ndy

“Mr. Block is legion,” wrote Walker C. Smith in 1913. “He is representative of that host of slaves who think in terms of their masters. Mr. Block owns nothing, yet he speaks from the standpoint of the millionaire; he is … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March. Postponed.

Posted on December 1, 2006 by @ndy

Word on the street is that Christine Hawkins, organiser of The Great Australian Bikini March, has been forced by circumstances fully within her control to postpone the March until January, 2007: presumably, Invasion Day. Word on the street is that … Continue reading →

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