Paul Keating at his philosophical best, calm and measured, and besting the Liberal opposition with every barb. Although this clip is from 1992, you can see the Liberals for what they truly are and what they have devolved into: A… Read More ›
Month: November 2013
The unbelievable Andrew Bolt
Originally posted on TruthInNewsMedia:
Comment and analysis By Barry Tucker 22 November, 2013 Andrew Bolt is an experienced and senior journalist, a former editor and, today, a newspaper columnist who has…
The ABC must be silenced in the name of free speech, and we must all fight for peace!
“Fighting for Peace is Like Screwing for Virginity” Graffiti from the 70’s A work colleague complained that speed cameras were just a way of raising revenue, and that they had nothing to with safety. “Really,” he complained,”having to take your… Read More ›
Letter to the editor of THE AIMN
I received a letter from a Facebook acquaintance. His name is Morrie and he lives in the exclusive Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He doesn’t have a very high opinion of me or this blog. He dared me to publish his… Read More ›
Mark it in Textor and a Liberal Excuses Bingo Update
Clarification: At the time of writing, I believed that Mr Textor was referring to the Indonesian President, but I’ve since learned that he was actually referring to Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa. I therefore offer my apologises to Mr… Read More ›
Some may want to Charge Andrew Bolt and The Murdoch Press with Treason!
Now, I know some of you approach Andrew Bolt like some people approach climate change. If we just ignore it, it will go away. Unfortunately, that’s not true. So, if you’re one of those people that hates reading about Bolt,… Read More ›
Book Review: Joe Cinque’s Consolation, by Helen Garner
You might think true crime is an unusual genre for book club reading, but I’m glad my book club chose Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2004). Not only does it recount a shocking story that should be better known, it is also… Read More ›
A proxy for the future
Governmental and community denial of the fundamental truths of climate change can’t last forever. Climate change impacts are going to operate over the long term. That’s why we can’t immediately envisage the danger and it’s why climate change isn’t regarded… Read More ›
Indonesian President Yudhoyono responds to Tony Abbott
The Indonesian President has taken to social media to let the world know exactly what he think of the actions of the Abbott-led Australian government. The last tweet in this sequence indicts just how much damage Tony Abbott’s bull-in-a-china-shop diplomacy… Read More ›
Satire Has Become Impossible – There’s No Way To Make These Men More Ridiculous Than They Actually Are!
“Somewhere there are still peoples and herds, but not with us, my brethren: here there are states. A state? What is that? Well! open now your ears unto me, for now will I say unto you my word concerning the… Read More ›
The New Politics of the Right
Originally posted on Left in Limbo:
The Federal Election of September 7, 2013 was one fought on a psychological rather than policy battlefield. Policy matters were almost an after thought, a distraction from the real game in play. It was…
Love and Other Madness
A Selection of Romantic Poems (for those who like that sort of malarkey) by Dan Rowden “A Song” I gazed upon two ponds today: Blue as the sky, Clear as a baby’s conscience. A myriad of beings were swimming there;… Read More ›
Disclosure of My Political Affiliations
A few weeks ago I wrote about the formation of a new party called The Australian Arts Party in an interview with one of its founders. So far it has 268 foundation members and needs to reach 500 to register. I… Read More ›
A Week’s A Long Time in Politics. Hopefully Three Years doesn’t seem an Eternity.
The newspapers I read in Bali had very little mention of Tony Abbott. The International New York Times had an article about how strange Abbott’s Direct Action concept was, while the Jakarta Post mentioned him briefly on a couple of… Read More ›
The Australian Independent Media Network 