Monthly Archives: February 2006

“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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Burn-A-Flag-For-Lenin Week!

Posted on February 18, 2006 by @ndy

Confronted with a recent and continuing downturn in membership, the youth wing of the neo-Trotskyist Democratic Socialist Perspective appears to have hit upon a brand new (sic) idea to try and reverse the trend (or at least make a few … Continue reading →

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Al Fagr

Posted on February 16, 2006 by @ndy

Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, ‘Let’s be honest about cartoons’, February 11, 2006: “Then there’s the question of why there was no reaction whatsoever when Al Fagr, one of Egypt’s largest newspapers[!], published these cartoons on its front page Oct. … Continue reading →

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“A congaline of suckholes” for Kerry

Posted on February 16, 2006 by @ndy

Peter McGregor If John Howard, Kim Beazley and co. are to give Kerry Packer a send-off, why shouldn’t we hold our own anti-state, anti-capitalist “dis-memorial” at the same time? After all, it’s us, the taxpayers, who are paying for Packer’s … Continue reading →

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Seven years bad luck

Posted on February 16, 2006 by @ndy

Today’s Age contains an interesting editorial on the subject of the Federal Government’s proposal to alter the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill to make lawful the monitoring of citizen’s private communications without i) their knowledge or consent and ii) a magistrate … Continue reading →

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