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Category Archives: Quotidian
Turnbull’s secret strategy is working
Andrew L. Urban Let me mess with your mind. Malcolm Turnbull secretly, with steely fury, turned on the Liberal Party when they voted him out of the leadership on December 1, 2009. The leadership spill was triggered by his staunch … Continue reading
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Mark Latham: Are you not a racist if you abuse whites?
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
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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How will YOU celebrate a YES vote?
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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Book reviews: Mark Latham, David Leyonhjelm: Australian Warriors for Liberty
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
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
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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Behaviour goes to character in SSM debate
By Andrew L. Urban. “…a question or topic such as this should be considered based on its own meaning, value and consequences, and not by the behaviour of its proponents or detractors,” writes John Ryan in his thoughtful essay (Spectator … Continue reading
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Father figures, family trees and SSM
Andrew L. Urban We can all agree that adoptive parents – including same sex couples – can be as loving and caring as biological ones. But there is much more to ‘family’ than a loving hug, as we can all … Continue reading
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Unforgiven – when sorry is unanswered
By Andrew L. Urban. It was 18 years ago last weekend that then Prime Minister John Howard moved a Motion of Reconciliation, including an expression of ‘deep and sincere regret that indigenous Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past … Continue reading
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