Daily Archives: February 16, 2006

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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