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 Clinton reveals sordid but TRUE American Character
peptide, Friday, May 23 2008, 10:01pm
Did we all notice how quick America, France and other western nations were to send naval “assets” to the coast off Burma to ‘assist’ in the humanitarian crisis left in the wake of a horrendously destructive, global warming induced, giant cyclone that devastated the rice bowl of Burma? Is America and other affluent, energy hungry nations rushing to compensate Burma for destabilising the earth’s climate? Not on your life! (story and 1 comment and 2 images)
Last Commented Saturday, May 24 2008, 12:50am
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Ill-advised Oz PM weighs into Art debate
finch, Thursday, May 22 2008, 10:14pm
The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is a known media prancer/show pony; he rarely (never) makes decisions without considering the level of political gain derived from media exploitation. However, the media is a two-edged sword and Rudd may have just inflicted a deep wound on himself in an attempt to capitalise on a controversial photographic exhibition by world-renowned Australian photographer, Bill Henson. (story and 4 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Sunday, May 25 2008, 11:23am
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 The Real Enemy
evo, Tuesday, May 20 2008, 9:17am
The world today is awash with misinformation, disinformation, disinfected news stories, simplistic solutions, outrageous propaganda and the illusion that warring/opposing forces are distinct. Bush, his neo-cons, Bin laden, Al-Qaeda, Christian, Jewish and Muslim fundamentalists ALL have one thing in common -- they are all CONSERVATIVE! (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Tuesday, May 20 2008, 5:49pm
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Sydney’s ‘thought crime’ raids
yarra, Friday, May 16 2008, 12:39pm
Remember the ‘new sweeping terrorist laws’ the previous conservative Howard government instituted? New draconian laws the current (useless) Rudd government is happy to leave in place. The conservatives felt obliged to emulate America and introduce police state laws though the nation had not suffered any direct terrorist attacks. Civil liberties groups and other concerned citizens protested vehemently regarding intrusions on personal liberties, privacy, and the new draconian/intrusive powers accorded law enforcement agencies, which could easily be abused!
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Israel Address: Bush reveals the psychopathology of his America
jan, Friday, May 16 2008, 1:40am
The Gettysburg address it isn’t! George ‘dubya’ Bush, the most criminally incompetent President the U.S. has ever known, delivered an address to the Israeli Knesset Thursday 15/5/08, and what a pathetic piece of drivel, fantasy and diatribe it was! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, May 16 2008, 9:17pm
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Israel/America: the flea wagging the dog
fish, Thursday, May 15 2008, 12:07am
In lands far removed from the intrigues of American politics, the lopsided relationship and disproportionate power that Zionist Israel wields over gentile America appears absolutely grotesque; how is it that the world’s most powerful nation continues to kowtow to the wishes of tiny, extremely troublesome, Israel? It presents a most extraordinary sight from afar! Perhaps the advantage of a distant vantage may assist in obtaining an objective appreciation of the REAL reasons behind this absurd relationship. (story and 1 image)
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Open letter/email to: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
Cleaves Editorial Team, Tuesday, May 13 2008, 12:05am
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja has served in the Australian Senate for many years and has always been a voice for the underdog and a vigorous supporter of many unpopular but nevertheless important causes. She will soon be retiring from the Parliament to pursue her role as mother and whatever else takes her fancy.
We wish her all the best and thank her for the many years of selfless work and support she has given to the Australian community. We are especially grateful for her support for the many 'unpopular' issues, like lobbying for the release of David Hicks etc. She has assisted many people and has been a tireless proponent of many causes that mainstream politicians view as career 'impediments.'
She is a woman of integrity and gracious disposition, characteristics rare in Australian parliamentarians. We are extremely sorry to see her go but understand her need for change; she has earned our respect and the respect of the Australian community. We sincerely hope that someone is able to fill the space she leaves in the Australian Senate – we are far from impressed with the current crop of dunderheads and ineffective verbose wafflers!
(story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 21 2008, 8:59am
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Underground water set to soar in value
budgie, Sunday, May 11 2008, 11:16pm
The story from the San Francisco Chronicle (see link) on water scarcity, compounds the crisis of skyrocketing rice, wheat and maize prices around the globe! We are ALL facing starvation and unprecedented social unrest on a global scale but are we ready?
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Cycles of life/death: a time to Kill
major mitchell, Friday, May 9 2008, 10:55pm
Is there really a time to kill? A question that has bedevilled pacifists, philosophers, theologians and ALL sentient beings throughout the ages? I would state clearly and emphatically now that all sane humans find killing other human beings the most repugnant act possible! Killing is aberrant behaviour to the extreme and comes at huge cost for the killer, regardless of whether we/society sanction the killing -- soldiers/military, police etc -- or not! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, May 10 2008, 7:46am
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It’s bad news week, very Bad!
harley, Wednesday, May 7 2008, 8:02am
It hasn’t been good for planet earth this week; a killer cyclone hit Burma and is predicted to take 100,000 lives, but no one has mentioned the liability issue of climate change/killer storms and the affluent nations that are clearly responsible! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 7 2008, 7:09pm
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Australia, remember?
major mitchell, Monday, May 5 2008, 10:16pm
Australia is making a weak gesture to remember its once proud rebel fighting past. Furnished with a cringing government grant of $120,000, archaeologists are undertaking a dig at Glenrowan, the site of Ned Kelly’s last stand against colonial oppressors and the corrupt authorities of the time. They hope to unearth new artefacts and solve some popular folk legends that Kelly's brother escaped the siege. It is encouraging that Australia -- now in the most cowardly phase of its history -- reminds itself that it once possessed a fearless, indomitable, fighting, INDEPENDENT spirit. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 14 2008, 8:38pm
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Rich-poor divide no longer a ‘gap’ now a yawning, unbridgeable chasm
gan, Sunday, May 4 2008, 7:52am
For a very brief period in the second half of the twentieth century, ‘first world’ nations experienced relative equality. The poor could, with immense difficulty, bridge the affluence gap and become wealthy. Today everyone but the cliques and privileged insiders are shut out permanently! The world has returned to the enduring paradigm of privileged elites and everyone else; the access corridors to equity/equality have been shut tight – why share the remaining spoils and perhaps increase competition for the rapidly decreasing commodities and resources of the world? (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Monday, May 5 2008, 9:08am
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Rice's bastard child, Albanian Kosovo
peptide, Friday, May 2 2008, 1:47am
The one thing a bastard can never achieve is legitimacy! Regardless of all the efforts of monarchs, peasants, Albanian criminals and U.S. war whores – a bastard is forever ILLEGITIMATE! (story and 1 image)
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Robert Gates threatens Iran, ho hum!
finch, Thursday, May 1 2008, 8:22pm
In full view of the Iraqi holocaust and cognisant of the fact that America and Israel are the only expansionist, invasive, plundering, murdering, nations in the world today, let’s call a spade a spade. The criminal USA has deployed another aircraft carrier to the 'Persian' Gulf in a show of force and possibly to prepare for an attack on Iran – China and Russia have no illusions regarding the U.S. military build-up in the region. Uncle Sam may get a bigger shock than anticipated – aggressive warfare comes at great cost though the time of payment may not be immediate! (story and 1 image)
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Haneef Inquiry: a toothless tiger
yarra, Wednesday, Apr 30 2008, 12:44am
The Haneef inquiry has adopted the political strategy of the current Oz PM, Kevin ‘poseur’ Rudd. Ring those ‘bells,’ blow those ‘whistles’ but for God’s sake don’t actually DO ANYTHING to threaten the status quo! After months of inaction on the important issues it may prove revealing to contrast the style of the previous (despicable) Howard government with Rudd and his mob of no-hopers!
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Will Serbia sell its soul for EU membership?
dragan, Tuesday, Apr 29 2008, 8:09pm
What is the EU really offering Serbia after the ICC acquitted KLA war criminal, Ramush Haradinaj, of heinous war crimes charges? It is now clear western interests seek the dissolution of the Serbian State. The West’s support of known criminals in secessionist Kosovo is additional proof of the lengths to which the West will go to (illegally) secure sovereign Serbian territories. (story and 1 image)
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Oz PM sacrifices Aussie lives for U.S. criminal enterprise
barra, Sunday, Apr 27 2008, 8:37pm
The justification the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, offers families and the Australian public for the needless deaths of our servicemen in Afghanistan is that al-Qaeda attacked ‘his’ ally the USA! Al-Qaeda is Bin Laden’s organisation; they are clearly not Afghanis! The people responsible for actions against western occupation forces in Afghanistan are Afghanis; the same tribal groups that fought Alexander the Great and Imperial Britain. The propaganda offered by western occupation forces to justify wars of plunder, land acquisition and occupation convinces only the feeble minded. None of it justifies the cost – in human lives – of the current occupation. This particularly applies to Australia, which is so far removed from Afghanistan that all attempts at justification meet with sneers and incredulity. (story and 1 image)
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The ‘right royals’
dingo, Friday, Apr 25 2008, 10:21pm
At times we Aussies, usually for a number of reasons, get ‘the right royal shits’ and this is one of those ‘fuck everything’ days – everyone should have one, the therapeutic benefits are immeasurable! But to return to the causative factors: Australia’s hollow PM, Kevin Rudd, was in his element yesterday performing before the media at one of the nation’s most enduring and FORMATIVE commemorative ceremonies – ANZAC day.
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It’s a matter of credibility, literacy and competence
krill, Thursday, Apr 24 2008, 11:37pm
Prior to responding to the latest gibberish from the White House -- you know, the domicile on the misspelt ‘Capitol’ Hill that houses the leaders of the ONCE most powerful nation on the planet, America! [Now famed for its nose-diving economy, stunningly inaccurate intelligence agencies, illegal activities, expansionist wars of plunder and aggression, torture, illegal detention etc, etc; all brought to you by men and women of unusual intelligence and skill!] (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Friday, Apr 25 2008, 7:00pm
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Timor-Leste: Australian occupier reluctant to provide crucial information!
finch, Tuesday, Apr 22 2008, 9:22pm
Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste, has formally requested the bank and phone records of assassinated rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado, which are currently held by Australian authorities. But that information has so far been withheld from the president of Timor-Leste! In other words, Australian occupiers refuse to furnish information to the president of the occupied nation; an ‘action’ which certainly removes all doubts regarding East Timor’s sovereignty and independence. A suspicious situation to say the least! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Friday, Apr 25 2008, 6:18pm
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