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She Tore their Boats to Splinters but She Gave Them Dreams to Dream.

She Tore their Boats to Splinters but She Gave Them Dreams to Dream.

“There are about two dozen people who have the judgment, the depth, the scale of knowledge, who have got the wit, and the sensibility to come forward and say ‘Look I’m going to run this yarn whether you like it or not. Let’s talk about whether it can be done safely.’ ” – Mike Pezzullo, Pistol Pete’s confidence man in the Department of Fear. To paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, one of the rather despicable things about governments of oppression is their…

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Ghost Busting, a Definition.

Ghost Busting, a Definition.

The Young Liberals – a union, GetUp – a union, I.W.W – a union, AMA – a union, CFMEU – a union, Those united against the oppression of Centrelink’s RoboCops – a union, Wind n Sewage Boadriders – a union, IAFDF – a union, LNP – a union, ALP – a union, Pistol Pete’s Secret Thieves Club – a union. So, what is that His Disgrace’s ruling clique – a union – objects to in people with shared interests combining…

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GetUp, Democracy & The King with No Clothes

GetUp, Democracy & The King with No Clothes

His Disgrace, our King, is really ramping up his neo-battle against democratic action. It always happens this way defend free speech by prosecuting it. As His Disgrace has said before, ‘his opinion is worth more than ours’ … he’s King. Typical fascist ideology. So what is it that the King says is so immoral or is it sinful about this organisation of kids interested in their futures? “Afraid of being challenged or held to account on having no policy on…

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He’d Rather be a Hammer but Should be Nailed!

He’d Rather be a Hammer but Should be Nailed!

Its seems to be the greatest fear in this modern neoliberal society – Questions. Once, it was not only considered to be a privilege to be asked a question but it was pretty much a necessity. How else does one get on and learn? in fact when I was young something was thought to be ‘not quite right’ with a youngster who didn’t ask questions. Teachers and parents used to goad one into asking questions. That’s not to say that…

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Suppurating Fascism, Australia 2019.

Suppurating Fascism, Australia 2019.

John Richardson writes: ‘The claim by Home Affairs assistant secretary Derek Bopping that “citizenship is a privilege” may have come as a shock to some of our precious parliamentarians but Australians should not be under any illusion that this is the view of those who believe that everything should fall within the remit of government. After all, what better way to ensure compliance? This bent and broken thinking has been permitted to infect our nation’s psyche by those who support…

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Zen & the Art of War Import

Zen & the Art of War Import

I see that Pistol Pete’s retreating into what he calls Zen Meditation in an effort to clear his conscience and relax after all the heavy hitting he’s compelled to do to keep the rest of us safe and free. I’m not sure that he’s either in need of a clear conscience, or that this meditation will help clear it for him … What I’d suggest is 10 days in the Vipassana Retreat up at old Mt Boyce. The girls there…

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Talking Utopian Truths

Talking Utopian Truths

You know, if our economy depends on coal mining .. and we are told it does, if our future depends on cotton farming, as example, I know it sounds like I’m pickin’ on cotton but I’m not, if our economy depends on sucking water out of our only major river system to grow crops not suited to our land and that no one needs – yes, no one needs – at our shared environments expense. (I’m sure there is enough…

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Mr Blue Buggy.

Mr Blue Buggy.

I’m wrong of course, as usual. We should all be so extremely grateful to the King and his Merry Men for being able to see their ways to doling out 75 smakaroos, 75 big ones out of their slush funds, to all the poor people of Australia. True, he’s not doling it out to all the poor people in the country but only to the 2nd and 3rd class. It is after all, 75 bucks that could be used in…

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Oh, Was that a Question?

Oh, Was that a Question?

Lord, the words men must die for. Must we really be lied to so continuously? What is it with this mob of neoLibNats and the English Language? Why can they not answer any of our questions? Is it possible that they don’t have the answers or does one just get the impression that their answers, like their obfuscation and their corruption of our values is unacceptable to the vast majority of Australians? Can you imagine Christ Porter, Pistol Pete and…

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But Does the Cash Still Flow ..

But Does the Cash Still Flow ..

“There may have been no dams blocking the torrents of words. But those words were not advocacy, arguments or selling points. They were excuses, abuse of the opposition and rhetorical flourishes. One never got the impression that the King, or his economic ministers, were infused with and excited by ideas, or keen on the processes by which debate sharpened and improved a policy or a program. Indeed, particularly on economic matters (such as company tax cuts, the environment or kowtowing…

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