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Category Archives: Humour and Democracy
Peter Versi’s sit down comedy routine
Totalitarian regimes forbid political satire, whereas democracies thrive on it. No subject is taboo; as writer, actor, philosopher Stephen Fry has said, “It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, … Continue reading
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Constitutional dunny paper
Andrew L. Urban Hi Folks, welcome to our neck of the woods (mind the charred koalas). The dunny is down the back there and you’ll find it well supplied with paper. We had several copies of the Constitution that we … Continue reading
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Anna and The Fly – a parable for our times
Andrew L. Urban Once upon a time there was a girl called Anna, who lived in a lovely sunny house with a view of fields, forests and the sea. All was well in her family house, furnished with many lovely … Continue reading
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Today in our world …
Andrew L. Urban. Things that may have happened in recent days or should have happened or maybe shouldn’t have happened or indeed shouldn’t happen … Melbourne City Council, not to be outdone by Sydney Mayor Clover Moore’s declaration of a … Continue reading
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US Democrats entertain Putin
Andrew L. Urban. There is a dog-leg shaped room in the accommodation wing of the Kremlin where Vladimir Putin retires to watch tv. The main room has a lounge and several armchairs, the big tv screen on the wall, and … Continue reading
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Election humour 2019 – working for the man
A fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up – fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman… and so forth. However, little Johnny was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about … Continue reading
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Sodom and Warringah
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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Tim Flannery’s mea culpa speech
Andrew L. Urban’s entry in the 2017 Thawley Prize * at Spectator Australia. It didn’t win. The following speech was recorded on a mobile phone by the head waiter at the Climate Council’s ‘sorry dinner’ in December 2017, held at … Continue reading
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Trump = end of the world in German
Der Spiegel cover, November 12, 2016 Imagine if Der Spiegel went over the top about the Trump victory ..
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Fish identifying as dog – the new paradigm
With Bono named Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine (November 2016), the world of social engineering has reached the climax of gender politics. In Australia, school children are being urged to imagine themselves without genitals – or genitals that … Continue reading
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