Category Archives: State / Politics

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Jock Palfreeman : Guilty.

Posted on December 2, 2009 by @ndy

UPDATE OCTOBER 2019 : Almost 10 years later, Jock remains in prison, despite having won parole in September 2019. minus two Even moar meeja: Bulgarian court sentences Australian to 20 years, Malcolm Brown and Ari Sharp (and AAP), The Age, … Continue reading →

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OMGWTF! The Mad Monk! ROFLMAO!

Posted on December 2, 2009 by @ndy

Go Tories! Women demand more rosaries on their ovaries! The argument on climate change is absolute crap! (And who remembers Bernie Banton anyway? He’s dead!) See also : Tony Abbott, the mad monk ascendancy, and get your memorabilia and images … Continue reading →

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Used & Recommended By : World War 4 Report

Posted on December 1, 2009 by @ndy

World War 4 Report has been monitoring the Global War on Terrorism and its implications for human rights, democracy and ecology since the immediate aftermath of 9-11. With an international network of contacts and correspondents, we scan the world press … Continue reading →

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[For Dion] Russia ~versus~ Terrorism

Posted on December 1, 2009 by @ndy

Update : Blood on the Tracks, Roland Oliphant, Russia Profile, November 30, 2009: The Professionalism of the Attack Suggests Islamist Terrorists from the North Caucasus Have Struck Deep Inside Russia Once Again. “The attack on the Neva Express has traumatized … Continue reading →

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SDA : Australia’s Worst Union?

Posted on November 30, 2009 by @ndy

Ah… The ‘Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association’ (SDA), aka “the Shoppies”. One of the handful of unions who can legitimately challenge the AWU for the title of ‘Australia’s Worst Union’. The SDA, which claims to have 230,000 members, is … Continue reading →

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Political football

Posted on November 30, 2009 by @ndy

Jews eh? If it’s not John Safran complaining about his Eurasian fetish, it’s the ECAJ complaining about anti-Semitism, or Barry O’Farrell complaining about Eric Roozendaal playing with cards. Jewish groups concerned at dramatic rise in attacks Matthew Benns The Sydney … Continue reading →

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The Idealistic Faces Of “Australianism”

Posted on November 28, 2009 by @ndy

IN 1973 Al Grassby, immigration minister in the Whitlam government, announced the end of the white Australia policy. “It is dead,” he said. “Give me a shovel and I will bury it.” But the policy’s passing does not mean that … Continue reading →

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Football & Politics

Posted on November 27, 2009 by @ndy

Ball gets wish to join Pies Michael Gleeson The Age November 27, 2009 AFTER an agonising two months, Luke Ball finally got his wish and Collingwood its when the former St Kilda captain survived through the draft and landed with … Continue reading →

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Boing Boing: Authority

Posted on November 25, 2009 by @ndy

Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism Boing Boing November 23, 2009 Mike sez, “Bob Altemeyer’s excellent book ‘The Authoritarians’ is online in full pdf format. It’s a result of 30+ years of research into what he calls ‘right-wing authoritarianism’- right in … Continue reading →

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400,000+ visits (inc. some from some StRaNgE pLaCeS)

Posted on November 25, 2009 by @ndy

So as I was saying: 400,000+ visits blah blah blah. Recently, visits have spiked. The reason for this is that blog entries on the case of Jock Palfreeman have been linked to by some rather odd sources: bg.altermedia.org, the Blood … Continue reading →

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