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“Keep away from Durban” Mr KRudd

From the Department of White Phosphorus for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner: Israel warns Rudd off racism forum Jason Koutsoukis The Age February 16, 2009 SENIOR Israeli diplomat Dan Gillerman has urged Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd not to send a … Continue reading

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Victory for Israeli Right : Bringing the Zionist Dream to Life

Elections to The Knesset (The Israeli Parliament) done come and gone. The ‘right-wing’ have been the big winners, and on that basis will presumably continue to ‘Bring the Zionist Dream to Life’ for some time to come. Results: Kadima (Forward) … Continue reading

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Uncle Hugo & the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela

Update : Chavez wins vote to scrap term limits in Venezuela, Niko Price, AP, February 16, 2009. ‘Chavez called the victory — which allows all public officials to run for re-election as many times as they want — a mandate … Continue reading

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The ALP ♥s Families… Working Families… First

The Victorian ALP is engaged in a further round of back-slapping following Steve Fielding’s declaration of sleeplessness during negotiations with the KRudd government over its $42 billion economic ‘rescue’ package. In 2004, the Victorian ALP put Working Families First by … Continue reading

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God Hates Fags (and Victorians)

Update : Costello tries to hose down Catch the Fire connection, Bernard Keane, Crikey, February 11, 2009: “What an appalling hypocrite Peter Costello is… It was only a fortnight ago that Peter Costello was happily sharing his own deeply-held religious … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Communist Party. Watch.

Hmmm… A new blog has emerged: “RCP/LM watch, an occasional blog keeping an eye on the activities of the organisation that used to be known as the “LM Project”, and before that the Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)”. It notes that … Continue reading

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THE QUEEN v ABDUL NACER BENBRIKA, et al

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror, and is also the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms, including Australia. The … Continue reading

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British Workers Go Back to British Work (w/- BONUS! British Babes)

Striking UK refinery workers vote to end walkout Jill Lawless LONDON (AP) — Striking workers at a British refinery voted unanimously Thursday to end their wildcat walkout over the hiring of foreign workers. Staff at the Lindsey oil refinery in … Continue reading

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Everybody Knows

BISHOP ANTHONY FISHER, CO-ORDINATOR OF WORLD YOUTH DAY, 16 JULY, 2008: “Happily, I think most of Australia was enjoying [and] delighting in the beauty and goodness of these young people and the hope for us doing these sorts of things … Continue reading

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British Jobs for British Workers?

The recent (and seemingly ongoing) wildcat strikes at British oil refineries (Lindsey, Teesside, Devon…), triggered by the awarding of a contract by the French company Total to the Italian company IREM (which has shipped in its own staff), has provoked … Continue reading

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