Category Archives: State / Politics

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Burn baby burn?

Posted on February 26, 2006 by @ndy

Recently, left-wing ALP maverick Bob Gould has weighed in on the subject of the DSP/Resistance and the burning of flags. From Bob the (Socialist Movement) Builder’s perspective, “It would be easy to dismiss this initiative as a dopey student prank, … Continue reading →

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Thomas found guilty of receiving $3,500, a plane ticket, and having a dodgy visa

Posted on February 25, 2006 by @ndy

Thomas found guilty of receiving Al Qaeda funding ABC News Online Sunday, February 26, 2006. 2:57pm (AEDT) A Victorian man has been found guilty of receiving funds from a terrorist group. Joseph Terrence Thomas, 32, of Werribee, near Melbourne, was … Continue reading →

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The Gospel According to Peter

Posted on February 25, 2006 by @ndy

After careful consideration, polling, the opinions of his advisers, a quick check with a physician and a priest (to confirm that he remains without a beating heart or a living soul) and, last but by no means least, a corruption … Continue reading →

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To burn or not to burn, that is the question

Posted on February 23, 2006 by @ndy

OK, so the antiwar movement may not have quite turned out to be the wild-orgasm-of-anarchists-sweeping-across-the-country-like-a-prairie-fire all right-thinking, political moderates such as myself were hoping for, but… Heated debate has erupted on University campuses. Well, kinda. Yesterday a few people shouted … Continue reading →

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“Aunty” Paul & “Uncle” Al

Posted on February 22, 2006 by @ndy

The people at the Danish Consulate & Embassy in Egypt are nice. Last week, I sent them an email requesting confirmation that the Danish Ambassador to Egypt, Bjarne Sørensen, had indeed read an issue of Al Fagr at the time … Continue reading →

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Sue Bateman is a bit like a drunken arsehole at a dinner party

Posted on February 21, 2006 by @ndy

Well, she’s not exactly a wordsmith now is she? 09-01-2005, 10:38 AM Re: The reason WN orgs are unsuccessful For an argument to be debatable it must contain the words and meanings that broaches a decision between the people you … Continue reading →

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Aussies bringing a msg of peace, goodwill… denial and stupidity

Posted on February 20, 2006 by @ndy

Recently, two Aussies have been caught doing their level best to change the world, one stupid public appearance at a time. First, accountant Simon Patkin. To the bemusement of a few security guards protecting a local McDonald’s restaurant from the … Continue reading →

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Mr. Irving Goes to Jail

Posted on February 20, 2006 by @ndy

Gentleman, scholar and Nazi apologist David Irving has finally been granted his wish for political martyrdom, an Austrian court on Monday sentencing him to three years in jail for denying the Holocaust. Bizarrely, The Guardian reports that “Irving had pleaded … Continue reading →

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My name is Suebdoo2! How do you do?

Posted on February 20, 2006 by @ndy

Today’s edition of The Australian contains an article stating that Sue Bateman, One Nation Party (ONP) candidate in the upcoming (March 11, 2006) Victoria Park state by-election in Western Australia, denies that she is a white supremacist and frequenter of … Continue reading →

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Mate, this ideology wouldn’t go “voom” if you put four million volts through it!

Posted on February 19, 2006 by @ndy

‘Communism bad, capitalism good’ is an old joke. Here’s another: “What’s the difference between capitalism and communism?” “I don’t know, what is the difference between capitalism and communism?” “Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the reverse.” … Continue reading →

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