Category Archives: History

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Fear of Islam

Posted on November 3, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. One of Jenny’s audience guests was Yassir Morsi. He has a blog and a crack at Waleed Aly, Salam Cafe, and liberal (‘moderate’) Muslims here. (Oh, and postmodernism too. But then, that prolly goes without saying amirite?) [See : … Continue reading →

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I like Stephen Newnham‘s dirt unit. I like Pike.

Posted on November 2, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. From the people who brought you Senator Steve Fielding comes Brian Walters, the State Member for Melbourne. Srsly. Much to the (presumed) chagrin of Bronwyn ‘I like Stephen Newnham‘s dirt unit’ Pike. Green candidate Brian Walter’s ‘dirty work’ for … Continue reading →

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What is Fascism? Robert O. Paxton

Posted on October 31, 2010 by @ndy

The moment has come to give fascism a usable short handle, even though we know that it encompasses its subject no better than a snapshot encompasses a person. Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (october 30, 2010)

Posted on October 30, 2010 by @ndy

Oh yeah. In Russia: Vasily Krivets, 22, was convicted of 15 counts of murder motivated by ethnic hatred and sentenced to life in prison while his nutzi accomplice, Dmitry Ufimtsev, 23, who unlike Krivets pleaded guilty, got 22 years in … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s Ghost by Christopher Hitchens

Posted on October 27, 2010 by @ndy

Hitler’s Ghost Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair June 1996 Cherry blossoms are bursting over the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial as I ascend the steps of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. There is to be a learned seminar today, … Continue reading →

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The more things change the more things change

Posted on October 26, 2010 by @ndy

Again. George Orwell (Eric Blair), ‘As I Please’, Tribune, May 19, 1944 A SPECIMEN of Tribune’s correspondence: TO THE JEW-PAID EDITOR, TRIBUNE, LONDON. JEWS IN THE POLISH ARMY. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY ATTACKING OUR GALLANT POLISH ALLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW … Continue reading →

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Two shoes one HoWARd

Posted on October 26, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. Television. Angered at his poor answers to some questions, poor rich old John HoWARd had some bloke chuck shoes at him for his trouble — one for the Iraqi dead, and one for the Iraqi living, apparently. “Host Tony … Continue reading →

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Tyler Cassidy, Southern Cross Soldiers and ‘skinheads’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by @ndy

Last week, the inquest into Tyler Cassidy’s death heard evidence regarding Tyler’s membership of the ‘Southern Cross Soldiers’ (Tyler Cassidy had been kicked out of an Australian pride group, inquest told, AAP, October 21, 2010). The SCS have been variously … Continue reading →

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Brown Pride Velasquez v Lesnar the Republican

Posted on October 24, 2010 by @ndy

[For Eddie]

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Kevin Bracken and 9/11 conspiracy theories

Posted on October 20, 2010 by @ndy

*sigh* Kevin Bracken — Maritime Union of Australia Victorian Branch Secretary and Victorian Trades Hall President — has been claiming that 9/11 is a conspiracy for years. Last year, he helped to organise the Melbourne leg of ‘The Hard Evidence … Continue reading →

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