Category Archives: Television

drug of the nation

From Melbourne to London…

Posted on November 15, 2010 by @ndy

…no one likes a rat! THEN: G20 riot suspects unmasked The Age January 18, 2007 Police have released images of 28 “people of interest” as they tighten the net on rioters wanted over the violent G20 protests in Melbourne. A … Continue reading →

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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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“Reverse racism” in Denmark / Shootings in Sweden

Posted on October 28, 2010 by @ndy

Ra Ranunkel — chairman of something called the ‘cooperation council’ of the Vollsmose neighborhood of the Danish city of Odense (pop.160,000+) — is now a * courtesy of a coupla mouthy kids armed with rocks. Or as my handy machinetranslation … 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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S11 + 10

Posted on August 28, 2010 by @ndy

The term ‘September 11’ is now forever associated with the terrorist attacks upon New York and Washington in 2001; in 2000, however, ‘S11’ was the name given to ‘three days of protest + carnival’ against the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit of … Continue reading →

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Labour exploitation? No, it’s Asians taking Aussie jobs (and strawberries)

Posted on July 24, 2010 by @ndy

Frances Simmons and Brynn O’Brien work at the Anti-Slavery Project at the University of Technology Sydney, a specialist legal service for trafficked and exploited people. Referring to an upcoming episode of Today Tonight, they reckon it’s troubling that abuse of … Continue reading →

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“Anarchy in Bangkok”

Posted on May 19, 2010 by @ndy

The talking head on Channel 9 News tells me that there’s anarchy on the streets of Bangkok. Burning banks, shopping mauls and TV stations… May 20 – Day of Action in Solidarity with the people of Thailand Melbourne solidarity rally … Continue reading →

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From the Fox Desert, Glenn Beck Comes

Posted on May 5, 2010 by @ndy

Glenn Beck is FUCKING AWESOME!!! Beck the spotter gives mad props to: AK Press (We Are an Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008) & Workers World Party & Socialist Party USA & World Socialist Web Site … Continue reading →

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Here they come, la la la la la la, la la la la la la, the TV ad jingle writers

Posted on April 28, 2010 by @ndy

First,* Transplants wrote ‘Diamonds & Guns’ to help sell ‘Garnier & Fructis’, then Le Tigre went revolution grrl style NOW! with the help of Telus & Goldmark & Nivea… & now the TV Personalities’ ‘Part Time Punks’ is the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Oh dear…

Posted on April 13, 2010 by @ndy

You’ve read the transcript, now buy (sic) the t-shirt. [Shake of the sauce bottle : Doctorc via Crikey.]

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