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…
Who on Earth could read about Giordano Bruno* in 2019 and draw parallels with the world today? What sort of a twisted mind could see in the world of the 1590s and the battle against conformity to a bigoted and oppressive world view the mirror to todays deceit and fear-mongering. Of the divine rights of so called conservative ‘progressive’ governments to act in our own best interests .. as they see fit. The use of fear in order to maintain…
When I was in my mid-teens a group of my friends decided that we wanted to have our own Lunar Club. A friend Mark A. and I had both read Ben Franklins Autobiography and we liked the idea of getting together around a table and discussing weird and wonderful ideas. It was much easier then .. there was no Internet, so when you learnt things you actually had to trawl through information instead of just getting any old answer that…
There can be no better person to represent the face of the new Australia than Pistol Pete Dutton. He’s an utter disgrace to humanity, an ex cop with the moral corruption of a petty king. As I said, no better representative of the arresting reputation of the Lucky Country. What on earth is Australia’s minion of State Security doing running about in foreign lands in an attempt to sell his image of the future’s beautiful people? Shouldn’t he back back…
Well, Billy Boys railing on about the Kings contempt for Democracy .. and so should he. Lets face it, its not exactly a surprise. The King and his Cretins don’t believe in democracy. The ‘party’, the boys group they belong to, doesn’t believe in democracy nor anything like transparent process. So now our noble King believes he can draw out the inevitable. I’m not one by the way who believes in the King’s usurped divine rights .. shock and horror….
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…
Surely it would be cheaper, less admin costs, if the King was to give our dosh directly to his Corporate buddies rather than to a bunch of Aussies of the second or third class? Has this man no shame? Not only is he prepared to bribe us Aussies with good character, the very act of this bribery – should we accept it – taints our good character. As a collective mass we should say, “No King, don’t blacken us with…
“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…
How we can distil the will of a whole country into the pettiness of one man and say ‘ it’s ours’ .. Or rather, let that one man say, ‘it’s yours!’? Australia says ‘He does!’. Fiji says, ‘He doesn’t’. So, our Kings off with a bag of our cash to ensure .. or perhaps to convince Fiji that ‘he does!’. Don’t we have those new Jet Fighters yet? Surely we can put more pressure on a small Pacific Island like…
All the talk about getting kids back into a love and a desire to play Test Cricket … Talk wont do it. What they mean is how do they get the crowds back to the long game? How do you teach kids to build innings or to learn the nous to take wickets when you’re being belted all around the neighbourhood? I hear that today in Junior Cricket – and in Australia, juniors I’m told, don’t play red ball cricket…