Author Archives: andrew

Wrong, Penny Wong

Posted on January 8, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. How can some leading Australian politicians be so misguided and so wrong-headed as to call for the recognition of a Palestine state, as Senator Penny Wong did at the recent Labour National Conference?  “Fatah and Hamas have … Continue reading →

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Thugs welcome, bring guns ….

Posted on January 3, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The news is broadcast far and wide: California is a safe haven for foreign criminals, complete with instant welfare benefits and voting rights …. come and get it. Thugs Welcome – Bring Guns. If only I were … Continue reading →

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Just a bunch of white males …

Posted on December 29, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. We get a bad rep these days, men. Whether middle aged or old … We are the all powerful patriarchy, suppressing women and gays, racist the lot of us, sexist and misogynistic. And too much mansplaining. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Mueller’s poisoned chalice

Posted on December 10, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. I mean, how would you feel, having spent almost two years and over $30 million dollars (US), trying to prove that Donald Trump’s campaign was actively (somehow illegally) colluding with Vladimir Putin and his team of spies … Continue reading →

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Bettina Arndt is getting through

Posted on December 6, 2018 by andrew

Bettina Arndt’s campaign to spread the truth about aggro-feminism and the fraudulent claims of a culture of rape in Australian universities is getting some mainstream traction, as it should. The most recent example was on Tuesday, December 4, when Channel … Continue reading →

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It’s Jewrusalem, stupid

Posted on November 30, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Nothing so infuriates the fervent anti-Semites, angry Islamists and narrow minded Arabs as a confirmation of Israel as a legitimate, sovereign, democratic state. They don’t have one themselves, you see, and historic enmities remain – are forever … Continue reading →

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An Incontrovertible Truth (or two)

Posted on November 29, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. My special address at the Katowice Climate Change Conference, Poland, Dec. 2 – 14, 2018: Hello, Al Gore; I hope you take note but no offence at the title of my address, with its corrupted take on … Continue reading →

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Justice Party’s public register “would be outrageous”

Posted on November 28, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. In the wake of the Victorian State election on November 24, 2018, Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party (probably with four shiny Upper House seats) will seek to make public on a website the register of sexual offenders currently … Continue reading →

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Prince Machiovorrison of Paris?

Posted on November 24, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Oh nooo! We’re doomed! Again. The US Global Change Research Program has this past Friday issued yet another alarming climate change report, filled with a prophesy of “devastating” impacts. Needless to say, CNN’s terrified online report on … Continue reading →

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Feeling v thinking

Posted on November 20, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Why do all our favourite, talented (eg Jim Carrey, Richard Gere), much acclaimed film stars (eg Meryl Streep, Sally Field) and actors of lesser fame get so emotionally extreme politically – especially about Donald Trump? Why is … Continue reading →

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