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Mark Latham: Are you not a racist if you abuse whites?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. The lawfare has begun: the Osman Faruqi v Mark Latham ‘anti white racism’ case began in the Supreme Court of NSW today (16/11/2017) with Tony Morris of QUT students 18C fame, representing Latham. Legal and administrative … Continue reading →

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Milo Yiannopoulos: mission Australia

Posted on November 16, 2017 by andrew

Mission: fight totalitarianism with fun, laughter, mischief … or larrikinism as Australians call it. Or used to. Andrew L. Urban catches Milo on the phone. Milo Yiannopoulos is seated facing the wall “so I can give you my undivided attention” … Continue reading →

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Sue Neill-Fraser’s final appeal – Part 1

Posted on November 4, 2017 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Shortly after 10 am on Monday October 30, 2017, a slight young woman with blonde hair up in a bun and breathing nervously, took the witness stand in the packed Court 1 of Hobart’s Supreme Court. … Continue reading →

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As UNHRC member we should not reward terrorists

Posted on October 21, 2017 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Now that Australia is to be a card carrying member of the UN’s Human Rights Council from January 2018 (alongside Cuba, China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, etc) we can stop smirking and actually do something useful … Continue reading →

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Answering “the moron’s question”

Posted on October 20, 2017 by andrew

Review by Andrew L. Urban. CLIMATE CHANGE DELUSION AND THE GREAT ELECTRICITY RIPOFF By Ian Plimer Connor Court Publishing, paperback, 435 pp approx., $39.95 ISBN 9781925501629 Stop it, Australia, or you’ll go blind …. but Ian Plimer’s latest book offers … Continue reading →

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How will YOU celebrate a YES vote?

Posted on October 19, 2017 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The Labor caucus, it was reported (The Australian, 17/10/2017), has said NO to inserting extra protections for religious freedoms in any bill to legalise same sex marriage should the government’s $122 million postal survey return a YES … Continue reading →

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Climate critics can’t keep up with Abbott?

Posted on October 11, 2017 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Sneers and insults were the response de rigeur from the uninformed, to Tony Abbott’s speech a couple of days ago (Oct. 9) to the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London, in which he made the point that … Continue reading →

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Book reviews: Mark Latham, David Leyonhjelm: Australian Warriors for Liberty

Posted on October 9, 2017 by andrew

Outsiders – ‘I won’t be silenced’  By Mark Latham Wilkinson Publishing, paperback, 208 pages,  October 2017, rrp $39.99 Freedom’s Salesman By David Leyonhjelm Wilkinson Publishing, paperback, 367 pages, October 2017, rrp $44.99 By Andrew L. Urban. It is sobering if not downright … Continue reading →

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Weak kneed protests

Posted on October 1, 2017 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Instead of taking the knee, as they call it in America when rock star sportsmen go down on one knee instead of standing tall for the national anthem, these earnest looking sportsmen turned social justice warriors should … Continue reading →

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The naïve and the activists are joined in marriage

Posted on September 28, 2017 by andrew

The acrimony of the SSM debate owes much to the fact that the hard core activists masquerading under the equality banner on the Yes side are leading the naïve romantics under the love is love banner – and No voters … Continue reading →

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