Month: August 2015

Trumpism

Scott Walker and Jeb Bush try Trumpism: Unsurprisingly, they just look like dopes

Scott Walker and Jeb Bush try Trumpism: Unsurprisingly, they just look like dopes

Abbott trying the race card over Labor’s response to the Chinese free trade deal wasn’t as surprising as the mainstream media’s blind acceptance of the slur

Tame media lets adversarial Abbott play race card in Chinese trade deal debate

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday declared Israeli squatting on the Palestinian West Bank a “right” and as an essential Zionist principle.

Juan Cole: President of Israel Declares Israeli Squatting in Palestinian West Bank a ‘Right’ (Video) – Juan Cole – Truthdig

Fucking F-35 To Be Tested Against A-10 In Ground Attack Scenarios

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – (CT&P) – The Defense Department plans to test the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet against the Cold War-era A-10 attack aircraft in close air support tests, according to multiple news reports.

During a conference last week in Arlington, Virginia, General Jack Ripper, USAF (Ret) an air warfare specialist and conspiracy theorist for the Pentagon’s office of the director of operational test and evaluation said the so-called comparative tests will take place in late 2017 or 2018, according to Politico and Defense Daily.

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The A-10, considered the best ground attack and close air support aircraft ever built, is essentially a flying tank capable of taking out an entire armored column in one pass. It has proved invaluable for vaporizing and dismembering a wide variety of enemies, including 7th century camel jockeys intent on returning the world to the Dark Ages before people knew enough to wash their hands after taking a shit.

The Pentagon plans to test the F-35 against the A-10 have been called “ludicrous” by people who actually have the sense God gave a goat.

“The F-35 is a plane that cannot yet fire its cannon, must avoid thunderstorms because electrical disturbances cause the plane to fly upside down, spontaneously combusts when being refueled, and cannot even carry a fucking full bomb load, said Dr. Strangelove, a defense planning expert for the Bland Corporation.

“The F-35 has trouble taking off and landing. How the fuck is it going to destroy anything other than the federal budget?”

“It would be like testing a miniature poodle against a Rottweiler for home defense,” said General Buck Turgidson, commander of the 843 Bomb Wing based at Burpelson Air Force Base in Omaha.

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“The F-35 is a pretty plane and all, and no one can deny that it’s fast, especially when it veers out of control and crashes into a stadium filled with soccer fans, but if it comes down to nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Russkies, give the Warthog any day!”

Although the parameters for the upcoming tests have not yet been determined, General Ripper told Politico that current plans are for the F-35 to be loaded with high explosives and after a brief ceremony with a small glass of Jack Daniels, the pilot will be fitted with an Auburn bandanna and told to crash the fucking plane into the ground near the target.

“It’s the only way we can score close to the A-10 in these tests,” said General Ripper, as he took a big swig of grain alcohol and rainwater.

Fact Check: Will India stop importing coal? Is ice more addictve than other drugs? Are restaurants closing because of Sunday penalty rates?

FactCheck Q&A: Will India no longer buy Australian coal?

FactCheck: is ice more dangerous and addictive than any other illegal drug?

FactCheck Q&A: are a lot of cafes and restaurants closing because of Sunday penalty rates?

Should Australia bomb Syria? The legal, practical and moral arguments are manifestly weak.

Australia has been asked to take part in air strikes over Syria.

Bombing Syria would be a political act

Michael Cornish

Should Australia bomb Syria? The legal, practical and moral arguments are manifestly weak.

Why rehabilitate our “criminals” into “law-abiding citizens” when there’s so much money to be made by keeping them behind bars?

Buying Hockey’s Myths Would Plunge Economy Lower Than The Treasurer’s Own Standing | newmatilda.com

Buying Hockey’s Myths Would Plunge Economy Lower Than The Treasurer’s Own Standing | newmatilda.com.

Tony Abbott Remembers The ‘Good Old Days’, When ‘The Blacks’ Knew Their Place | newmatilda.com

Tony Abbott Remembers The ‘Good Old Days’, When ‘The Blacks’ Knew Their Place | newmatilda.com.

Abbott government hints Adani could be considered for rail funding: Whar Abbott calls infrastructure investment

The Queensland state Labor government made an election pledge not to contribute any finance for the rail link for the multi-billion dollar project.

Abbott government hints Adani could be considered for rail funding.

Corbyn Frightens UK Labour and Tories – Yes there are other ways.

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Corbyn Frightens UK Labour and Tories – » The Australian Independent Media Network.

10,000 New Job Slogans Created Last Quarter

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The Abbott Government moved a step closer to delivering on its promise of saying jobs a million times by 2018, with new figures showing speeches with the word jobs have been created at a rate of more than a hundred a day since June.

“There’s been a very strong increase in the use of the word ‘jobs’ over the last quarter,” an analyst said today. “Of course jobs and growth go hand in hand – when there’s an increase in jobs, growth usually follows. Which is exactly what we’ve seen in recent months. Almost every instance of the word ‘job’ this quarter has been matched with the word ‘growth’”.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the latest figures showed the Government’s focus on jobs and growth was working. “This Government is serious about jobs and growth. We’re serious about jobs and growth, because it’s jobs and growth that Australians want”.

How easy is Andrew Bolt’s job? He follows the bouncing ball at Fox News. If he was in Journalism school he’d be busted.

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Fox News Blames Obama For The Stock Market Crash

Bolt blamed Shorten for The Stock Market Crash

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Yes, Fox News Blames Obama For France Train Attack

Bolt searched and highlighted Muslim crime

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Anna Kooiman Doesn’t See Problem With Christian Soldier Memorial On Public Property

Bolt complains SRI and in particular Christianity is not compulsory in schools

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Fox Hosts Love How Donald Trump Dissed The Pope By Wanting To Scare Him

Bolt dissed the  Pope  on Asylum Seekers in Europe

How easy is Andrew Bolt’s job?

The historic critique made by capitalism’s “most prescient and significant” observer.

WATCH: Chris Hedges: ‘Marx: The System Is the Problem’

Australian military involvement in the middle east is all about politics at home

Bombs over Raqqa

Australian military involvement in the middle east is all about politics at home
From the fastnesses of the island of Mer in the Torres Strait, Tony Abbott assures us that he will carefully consider the American request for Australia to extend its bombing raids from Iraq to Syria “in the next week or so”. Who does he think he is kidding? The decision has already been done and dusted – in fact, was probably preempted months ago.

Rich pay too much, says Joe Hockey, laying ground for income tax cuts | Australia news | The Guardian

Joe Hockey

Rich pay too much, says Joe Hockey, laying ground for income tax cuts | Australia news | The Guardian.

Abbott is about to spend $650 mill to ensure no further terrorist deaths occur in Australia. If the result remains at zero he will no doubt let us know.

Rosalie Little Thunder: a Real American Hero

There may be some alternatives | The Monthly

There may be some alternatives | The Monthly.

Journalism under fire | The Monthly

Journalism under fire | The Monthly.

Julianne Schultz, Griffith University Repeated surveys show that people value public broadcasters highly. But the political class isn’t listening.

You’ll miss it when it’s gone: why public broadcasting is worth saving

Public broadcasting is a lot more than a safety net for commercial market failure

The Age Federal Politics Political News Political Opinion The Pulse Breaking Politics Video Cartoons The Zone The Sugar Hit You are here: Home Federal Politics Political News Search age: Search in: Federal Politics ‘Policy paralysis’: Tony Abbott’s government the slowest for nearly five decades.

The Abbott government has come close to the bill-passing low of the 1960s.

Government the slowest for nearly 50 years

If you thought Kathy Jackson was a hero, then you are a fool

The rise and fall of the Insiders' hero

The rise and fall of the Insiders’ hero

to call for the decriminalization of prostitution is another in a long line of triumphs for heartless neoliberal economics and the grotesque commodification of human beings that defines predatory capitalism.

Chris Hedges: Amnesty International: Protecting the ‘Human Rights’ of Johns, Pimps and Human Traffickers – Chris Hedges – Truthdig

Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon has delayed his decision on union applications that he stand down on the grounds of “apprehended bias”.

Heydon puts off ruling on apprehended bias

Irony

ACT Gunning For 100 Per Cent Renewables By 2025 As Other States Play Catch Up

Tony Abbott must be down in the polls again. He’s talking war with Captain Hastie

 

Let’s Bomb Syria: Melissa Parke Unimpressed By Another Captain’s Call

Ample information exists that says Australia should go to the Paris talks equipped with a strong plan of action.

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Betting against climate change not a smart punt

Who knew Mantach was effectively sacked as Tasmanian Liberal director.Liberal management

Hands Off: Liberal’s Choice in Canning under Investigation,

Truth In a Picture

Asylum seekers: Andrew Wilkie takes Australia to international criminal court: An ex army officer who cares for Australia and not just a party. Wilkie told us Howard was lying about WMD’s and there was no reason to invade Iraq Party

Independent Member for Denison Andrew Wilkie

Asylum seekers: Andrew Wilkie takes Australia to international criminal court | Australia news | The Guardian.

Breitbart, Andrew Bolt and Shaun King. This was why Andrew Bolt was convicted of vilification wasn’t it?

How National Media Forced A Black Lives Matter Activist To Defend His Race By Falling Victim To Breitbart News’ False Story

Clarke and Dawe – Does Australia Need a Government?

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Who do they love, and who are they really supporting? Families, workers and local prosperity, or those who back their party and election campaigns. Do the math, 1+1 = which side their bread is buttered on is a simple equation to satisfy.

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Abbott’s Commissioners aren’t doing too well

Abbott’s Heroine and his appointed Commissioner

Abbott’s 2002 speech praising Lawler, who Jackson transferred her multi-million dollar property to, before declaring bankruptcy:

“Intellect combined with common sense, compassion tempered by realism, ideals shaped but not dimmed by experience, some grasp of the nobility and waywardness that contend in every man: these, in my view, are some of the qualities which Vice President Lawler will bring to the demanding and often lonely life that lies before him.”

July 2015, Smh:

Employment minister Eric Abetz is under increasing pressure to act in response to complaints about Fair Work Commission vice-president Michael Lawler’s nine-month absence on paid sick leave.

Mr Lawler has publicly supported and legally represented his partner, embattled former Health Services Union leader Kathy Jackson, during her Federal Court appearances over allegations she rorted $1.4 million from the union.”

Abbott’s fear-mongering threatens our civil liberties

Abbott’s fear-mongering threatens our civil liberties.

“My concern is growth is not picking up quite as much in Australia,” said John Howard.

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Storm clouds gather over PM

The week that Tony Abbott lost control | The New Daily

Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

The week that Tony Abbott lost control | The New Daily.

Wendy Squires: Dear Tony Abbott, here comes your worst nightmare:

Prime Minister Tony Abbott during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Wendy Squires: Dear Tony Abbott, here comes your worst nightmare.

“Without free speech, free debate is impossible and, without free debate, the democratic process cannot work properly nor can misgovernment and corruption be fully exposed.”….Tony Abbott

However now he’s shut down the Cabinet and demanded the opposite.

No prime minister came to the job with more exposure to Indigenous Australia, or promised more, than Tony Abbott

Illustration Andrew Dyson

Crunch time for Abbott

Please, think of the poor satirists before you shaft the PM

<i>Illustration: Glen Le Lievre</i>

Please, think of the poor satirists before you shaft the PM.

Every Picture Tells a Story

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The right’s campaign to take down a Black Lives Matter leader is transparently bogus. So why did CNN take the bait?

The plot to destroy Shaun King: How Breitbart turned a ludicrous conspiracy theory into national news

South Korea says it fired tens of artillery rounds toward North Korea after the North launched a shell toward a South Korean loudspeaker that had been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts.

It’s the thousands of ordinary Liberal Party members who should feel most outraged at the alleged embezzlement of $1.5 million of campaign funds.

Liberal Party supporters wait for the Tony Abbott western Sydney campaign bus to arrive at Penrith on August 13, 2013.

Embezzlement allegation: The Liberal Party will have to rebuild trust