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Stupid goes mainstream, global

Posted on March 31, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban To understand American politics, the late Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Charles Krauthammer noted, you have to recognise that the right thinks the left is stupid and the left thinks the right is evil. It’s not only in … Continue reading →

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‘Believing in science’ is to not understand it

Posted on March 27, 2019 by andrew

‘I believe in science’ is an homage given to science by people who generally don’t understand much about it. Science is used here not to describe specific methods or theories, but to provide a badge of tribal identity.  Which serves, … Continue reading →

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Mental cruelty on climate sinks to children

Posted on February 26, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The mental cruelty inflicted on the people of the western world by dishonest, unscientific and terrifying claims about man made global warming has sunk to the lowest possible level: activists enlisting young children to spout their mindless … Continue reading →

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What budding (and ageing) socialists need to know

Posted on February 4, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It is the greatest, most tragic of ironies that those on the political Left, especially America’s election hopefuls such as old ‘should-know-better’ Bernie Sanders and political toddler Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are proposing the kind of society that has … Continue reading →

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Sodom and Warringah

Posted on February 2, 2019 by andrew

Johannes Leak has the gift his late father Bill, had. Genes, maybe? Anyway, his cartoons are as funny as they are sharp-eyed. This one was published in The Weekend Australian, February 2/3, 2019, when one of the political news stories … Continue reading →

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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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