Author Archives: andrew

Big Tech has placed its bet – on Genghis Khan of our time

Posted on September 29, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The 19th century Russian writer Alexander Herzen’s greatest fear when thinking about the future has come true. He said “What I’m really afraid of is Genghis Khan with a telegraph.” The absolute autocrat with all the apparatus … Continue reading →

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UN turns blind eye to Nazi sympathisers at UNRWA – so does Australia

Posted on August 3, 2021 by andrew

Beyond the Textbooks, a report by UN Watch, has exposed how UNRWA teachers incite Arab Palestinian children to antisemitism and terrorism, prompting the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) to call for the suspension of aid to UNRWA – for the second … Continue reading →

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West must disown Big Brother

Posted on August 2, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The YouTube accounts of Sky News and The Spectator Australia have been suspended – and it doesn’t matter why. Irrespective of why, it is from the playbook of how to silence political opposition and dupe, control, manipulate … Continue reading →

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Judicial Impartiality – needs work, report shows

Posted on July 22, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The majority of Australians (82%) don’t trust judges’ impartiality, according to the Menzies Research Centre’s (MRC) submission on Judicial Impartiality to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), which was tasked with examining the subject by former Attorney … Continue reading →

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Why we are stuck with junk science for political solutions

Posted on July 15, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban On learning about the extension to Sydney’s lockdown until the end of July, my mind broiled with one big question: how come? A day later, while browsing the various news sources I frequent, news of Victoria’s latest … Continue reading →

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Kill Jews – the summer camp musical

Posted on July 12, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Lights, music … and guns, as dozens of school children armed with assault weapons enact a choreographed assault against imaginary Jews in an arena filled with many hundreds of spectators, comprising their parents, teachers and jihadists. The … Continue reading →

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What keeps President Xi awake at night?

Posted on July 8, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Australia has earned the international community’s respect – and got China’s attention – with our highly visible resistance to China’s bullying tactics. As for Taiwan … most China experts and commentators are worried, anticipating an armed invasion. … Continue reading →

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Truth on social media – Geoffrey Robertson is keen

Posted on July 5, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban It’s a wonderful idea as espoused by high profile human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson on Sharri (Sky News, Sunday, 4 July, 2021): comments on social media (eg facebook) should be assessed by a select, independent and authoritative … Continue reading →

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CCP’s ‘Sintenery’ of death, destruction, oppression and fear

Posted on July 2, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The more the amoral Chinese Communist Party parades its robotic army, its tanks and its missiles in celebrating this week’s centenary of its founding, the less confident is the regime, the more brutal its stranglehold has to … Continue reading →

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Find the CO2

Posted on June 28, 2021 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Man made carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is responsible for catastrophic climate change, according to climate alarmists. We must stop ‘polluting’ the atmosphere with it. The accompanying pie chart vividly lays bare the hollow absurdity of … Continue reading →

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