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Who is Peter Watson?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by @ndy

Above : Peter Watson holds a copy of his zine The Spearhead (Warwick Daily News). *sigh* Given the nature of much of the media commentary that’s been generated in the wake of his forced resignation from the ALP, there’s likely … Continue reading →

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Peter Watson on homosexuality and paedophilia

Posted on February 21, 2012 by @ndy

Stone the bloody crows. FTR, Peter Watson’s comments on homosexuality and paedophilia — as made famous in a Courier Mail report — were originally published as a comment on my blog on March 26, 2009 (not 2007 as some media … Continue reading →

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Twits and Nazi flying saucers

Posted on February 17, 2012 by @ndy

Um… OK. Twitter sued over Hardy tweet Michelle Griffin The Age February 17, 2012 See also : Moaron Defamation (December 27, 2011) | #MTRsues. In other news, NAZIS! FLYING SAUCERS! Nazi sci-fi film Iron Sky becomes Berlin talking point Emma … Continue reading →

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Greece, Hedges, black blocs, anarchy… Straya!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by @ndy

Update : #Anonymous Takes Down #Greek Police and Government Web Sites as #Athens Erupts (February 13, 2012) | Occupied London/From the Greek Streets and Teacher Dude’s Grill and BBQ provide ongoing coverage and commentary in English. Here’s to the Greeks. … Continue reading →

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John Roskam ~versus~ George Orwell

Posted on February 5, 2012 by @ndy

John Roskam: John Roskam’s political sensibilities were kindled at age 14, when he read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” in one night. Combined with his parents’ small-business, anti-Communist leanings, the book inspired a passion for free market liberalism that continues 30 … Continue reading →

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Straya

Posted on January 30, 2012 by @ndy

“We spend an enormous amount of time in this country navel-gazing about what kind of society we are. It seems that, on some occasions, we engage in a form of public fretting about what it really means to be an … Continue reading →

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Happy Australia Invasion Shoe Survival Day 2012

Posted on January 26, 2012 by @ndy

Yeah so indigenous peoples lost a continent. On the other hand, the Prime Minister lost a shoe. A shoe! Straya.

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Emma Goldman on The Traffic in Women (1910)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by @ndy

“OUR REFORMERS have suddenly made a great discovery – the white slave traffic. The papers are full of these “unheard-of conditions,” and lawmakers are already planning a new set of laws to check the horror. It is significant that whenever … Continue reading →

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#MTRsues Part Deux

Posted on January 17, 2012 by @ndy

More confusion : All of a twitter as legal threat to blogger adds spice to the public battle, Bianca Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald, January 18, 2012 | Legal threats as insults exchanged, The Age, January 18, 2012 | MTR … Continue reading →

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Dieter Samoy : Still Dead Baby, Dead

Posted on January 15, 2012 by @ndy

Oh hai. January 15, 2012 is the second anniversary of the death of Dieter Samoy. Samoy, a Belgian neo-Nazi skinhead, committed suicide several days after being sentenced to two years in jail for taking part in a violent, racially-motivated assault … Continue reading →

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