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  Free and fair elections, a circus! posted by finch, 2007-12-03 12:05:20
The world has entered a new phase of political charades; you may have heard the platitude, “free and fair [democratic] elections” – that slogan, along with spreading democracy, was incessantly repeated as the second justification for the Iraq invasion/occupation. The WMD lie had served its purpose it was time to move on to the next phase of the planned takeover of Middle East energy resources. But first we should trace a brief history of the charade called ‘free and fair elections.’ (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 Australia: relegated to servility permanently posted by dingo, 2007-12-02 10:10:58
Who is the leader you have when you’re not having a leader, why Kevin Rudd of course! The Haneef case, Kevin, remember? The case YOU stated required a full investigation because the collusion between Howard, minister for Immigration Andrews, and senior public servant, dropkick Mick (have another drink) Keelty, was bloody obvious! The case REEKS Kevin and you know it, otherwise a timid little turd like you wouldn’t have mentioned the need for a full inquiry. Very big call from a timid Queensland bureaucrat! Well, we are waiting for ACTION, Kevin! (full story and 4 comments)
social/political / national
 Exiting Oz PM leaves his mark on ADF posted by major mitchell, 2007-12-01 12:14:53
An age old Indian adage states, ‘regardless of how careful or skilled, if one is confined to a room with soot covered walls for a long period of time, some is sure to rub off!’ After 11 years of Howard’s cowardly leadership it seems the above adage has proven true for the ADF! I am extremely ashamed to report that Australian Defence Forces have killed two women and a child while on ‘operations’ in Afghanistan. (full story)
peace/war / national
 Hacks and ‘bots’ – very old news posted by Kismo, 2007-11-29 14:09:15
The FBI and other mental leper agencies have finally become aware of a very old hacking method (15 years would be close) of harnessing and mining info from private computers – good work dimwits, in relative terms 15 years in IT equals about 75 years in other industries! Kiddie hackers have been accruing ‘bots’ (short for robot) slave machines (zombies) for years, usually for childish pursuits like attacking each other’s systems (DDoS attacks) hacker wars, as they are known. Our servers were subjected to one of these mindless attacks 15 years ago – easily circumvented with professional expertise, which ‘intelligence’ and ‘security’ agencies lack, I might add! (full story)
miscellaneous / international
 Actions speak loudest posted by budgie, 2007-11-29 11:38:00
‘Things must change so that they can stay the same’ or ‘a change of leaders is the joy of fools.’ These two political statements are dynamically brought to the foreground when a change of national leadership occurs. In Australia all eyes are on the new leader, Kevin Rudd, and we sincerely hope the above cynical adages do not accurately portray him as just another face behind which the real rulers continue to machinate. (full story)
social/political / national
 What best describes these two? posted by pin, 2007-11-29 10:07:02
‘Evil’ is a relative (binary) term and is therefore not useful for thinking persons. However, MALEVOLENT is an emphatic descriptor and an extremely accurate and useful term. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
 Religion: a Global plague of the Mind posted by peptide, 2007-11-27 10:33:34
Try as we might we cannot ignore the mindless, inane and violent antics of religionists. It is clear that this particular social disease must be dealt with before more mindless violence affects our respective societies. The principal offenders are of the Abrahamic tradition; even a cursory read of the Old Testament describes an insane, genocidal, violent, morbidly moody, God, who is full of contradictions – a nut case in other words! I challenge any theologian from the Abrahamic tradition, Judaism, Islam or Christianity to prove otherwise! Their ‘God’ in his own words, via the mediumistic talents of his ‘prophets,’ is a psychopathic basket case. It’s time the human race grew up and relinquished irrational, infantile, violent, fantasies. (full story and 1 comments)
theology / international
 Goodbye Bernie, goodbye ol’ mate! posted by barra, 2007-11-26 10:59:29
The Imperial British say, “the King is dead, long live the King;” in Australia we say, “Bernie Banton is dead long live Bernie,” AND the Oz tradition of fair play and the fair go. Commiserations to the family and a heroic tribute to a REAL Aussie fighter – hang your heads you scumbag, murdering, corporate-loving, conservatives! Everyone involved in the disgraceful attempt to shirk responsibility in Bernie’s case should be tried for manslaughter! (full story)
social equality/unity / national
 Brother’s Keeper posted by fish, 2007-11-23 13:21:18
John ‘psychopath’ Bolton and Condi ‘give war a chance’ Rice, introduced the world to U.S. SANCTIONED INFANTICIDE during the South Lebanon conflict, notwithstanding the ongoing infanticide DENIAL in Iraq. Over one million children have been killed and maimed in Iraq as a direct result of invasive, violent, western intervention. However, the world not only tolerates this most heinous of all crimes IT PARTICIPATES by failing to bring the known criminals to justice. (full story and 2 comments)
peace/war / international
 Corporate control confirmed by vacuous Oz election posted by Kingfisher, 2007-11-22 12:03:02
The current Australian federal election has seen the population barraged with non-substantive slogans, marketing tricks, rhetoric, negative fear campaigns and personal attacks BUT VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF REAL POLICIES! Neither major party has detailed policies for what promises to be a very dire future for the planet but particularly for Australia. That is the tragedy of corporate controlled Australia today; make no mistake, the two leaders vying for government have pledged their allegiance to the corporate sector above all else! (full story)
social/political / national
 NATO, fools rush in! posted by peptide, 2007-11-21 10:08:00
A reference was made in an earlier article to the real masters of war – Afghans, Serbs and Vietnamese. Today the reality of that FACT is highlighted by a recent report on developments in Afghanistan. Afghan forces – comprising only of common Afghanis – are teaching modern western soldiers that wars are won by people not propaganda, bribery, UAVs, indiscriminate artillery or missile attacks. This is warfare at grass roots level -- warfare NATO’s modern armies are not ‘equipped’ to fight! (full story)
imperialism / international
 Kosovo: declaring unilateral independence – WAR! posted by dusan, 2007-11-20 23:40:26
The utter folly of it all! Western (NATO/US) forces are so desperate to destroy what is left of Yugoslavia they blind themselves to the real consequences and costs of their short term actions. Any fool can see the cost outweighs the perceived benefit – it just isn’t worth it! (full story)
peace/war / international
 Today’s Colonial Australia posted by dingo, 2007-11-19 10:34:31
What a pathetic lot Aussies really are; their current war criminal leader, John Howard, typifies the national character perfectly. The former British (now American) colony continues to suffer from a colonial cringe mentality a century after declaring Federation. Someone forgot to declare a national IDENTITY at the time of federation and Aussies have suffered lackey status and inferiority ever since! (full story)
social/political / national
 Illegal Kosovo elections: US/NATO seek to destabilise Balkans posted by peptide, 2007-11-16 12:21:51
It has been a very eventful week, if you blinked you may have missed a very dangerous serpent hatching from its egg. A number of potentially explosive situations occurred IN CONJUNCTION this week. (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
  NSW Coroner: Balibo five murdered in cold blood posted by nano, 2007-11-15 14:18:27
The NSW Coroner has found, in relation to the Balibo five, as follows:
FINDING – SECTION 22(1) CORONERS ACT 1980.
“Brian Raymond Peters, in the company of fellow journalists Gary James Cunningham, Malcolm Harvie Rennie, Gregory John Shackleton and Anthony John Stewart, collectively known as “the Balibo Five”, died at Balibo in Timor- Leste on 16 October 1975 from wounds sustained when he was shot and/or stabbed deliberately, and not in the heat of battle, by members of the Indonesian Special Forces, including Christoforus da Silva and Captain Yunus Yosfiah on the orders of Captain Yosfiah, to prevent him from revealing that Indonesian Special Forces had participated in the attack on Balibo. There is strong circumstantial evidence that those orders emanated from the Head of the Indonesian Special Forces, Major-General Benny Murdani to Colonel Dading Kalbuadi, Special Forces Group Commander in Timor, and then to Captain Yosfiah.” (full story)
injustice/law / international
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