Month: May 2016

» Israeli court convicts Palestinian child who was nearly beaten to death by mobIMEMC

Source: » Israeli court convicts Palestinian child who was nearly beaten to death by mobIMEMC

Wars displace record 40.8 million people in the world, report shows – Your Middle East

“This is the highest figure ever recorded and twice the number of refugees worldwide,” said Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), co-authors of

Source: Wars displace record 40.8 million people in the world, report shows – Your Middle East

Who’s in, who’s out: Trump’s version of modern society

If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, London’s new mayor would be barred from entering the country because he’s a Muslim.

Source: Who’s in, who’s out: Trump’s version of modern society

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Duncan versus Malcolm – » The Australian Independent Media Network

How might Malcolm Turnbull’s life have turned out if he was sexually abused as a child, which caused him to suffer post-traumatic stress, making it difficult for him to get a good education and find a good job, leading him to part-time work on the minimum wage, failed relationships, living with his mother in a…

Source: Duncan versus Malcolm – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for high debt and taxes – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

To all the conservatives who decry debt and taxes and laud mother England, you might be surprised to hear that it was big spending that kept the French at bay all those years ago and allowed the Brits to settle in Australia.

Source: We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for high debt and taxes – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

What the Reserve Bank memo really says about negative gearing

The RBA hasn’t explicitly supported Labor’s negative gearing policy, but it has rebut one of the Government’s main arguments against it.

Source: What the Reserve Bank memo really says about negative gearing

Manus Island: Asylum seekers and refugees no longer in detention, PNG authorities say – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Papua New Guinea immigration authorities say the 898 men in Australia’s offshore processing centre on Manus Island are no longer in detention.

Source: Manus Island: Asylum seekers and refugees no longer in detention, PNG authorities say – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

We’re being sold the trickle-down economics con – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Kelly O’Dwyer’s considered response on Q&A to questions about the rich v poor divide neatly illustrates what this election, in economic terms, is really all about.

Source: We’re being sold the trickle-down economics con – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Election 2016: Q&A star Duncan Storrar puts a human face on the budget battle

The post-budget back-and-forth between government and opposition can easily seem vague, with both sides trading soundbites about “growth” and “fairness” that probably leave most voters unmoved.

Source: Election 2016: Q&A star Duncan Storrar puts a human face on the budget battle

Guns, Beer And Vomit: Trump Delegates In Custody After Rampage In Death Valley

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LOS ANGELES – (CT&P) – Three men who went on a drunken rampage involving gunfire, vomiting, skinny dipping and the death of a tiny endangered fish in Death Valley National Park are now in custody, officials said today.

The men, now identified as John Ya Ya, John Many Jars, and John Small Berries, are all on the ballot as Trump delegates in the California primary. They were seen on surveillance video the evening of April 30 driving around a secured gate surrounding Devils Hole, a 40-acre detached unit in Death Valley National Park. The habitat is also home to the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.

Once they entered Devils Hole, park officials said the men shot at signs, gate locks and a security system motion sensor. The men fired at least 10 rounds, according to authorities. They also left behind beer cans, vomit, and a “Make America Great Again” trucker’s cap.

During the excursion, one man jumped into the waters of Devils Hole and swam around for a while shouting “Mexicans are rapists!” and “Muslims suck!”

For some reason the man left his pink boxer shorts floating in the water. They are currently being tested for alien DNA.

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Park officials later found a dead pupfish in the water — one of only 115 that currently inhabit Devils Hole.

Pupfish, which grow to about an inch in length, roughly the size of Donald Trump’s dick, are the tenacious descendants of fish that inhabited an ancient lake that once covered Death Valley.

According to the National Park Service, the pupfish population fluctuates between 100 and 200 in the winter and between 300 and 500 in the summer. The latest population numbers were tallied in a survey last month, park officials said.

“A necropsy is being performed on the pupfish to determine whether the vandals’ actions may have caused the death of this member of an endangered species,” park officials said in a statement.

Investigators are examining the area and reviewing surveillance video footage of the incident.

Park officials said the men not only shot the motion sensor, but also tried to remove cables in an attempt to dismantle the security system, but failed because they were so fucking stupid.

Video footage shows the men climbing over the fence and driving away in a blue Yamaha Rhino, an off-road vehicle.

The vehicle was later pulled over and the three men were arrested while driving up Hollywood Boulevard hurling empty beer cans at pedestrians, officials said.

Officials credit the swift arrest of the men to a tip provided by an anonymous caller who claimed that Ted Cruz was sent by God to rule over America.

The three men face charges of destruction of government property, killing an endangered species by toxic urine discharge, and chronic criminal stupidity.

Haunting Photos From This Year’s Courage In Photojournalism Award Winner

Adriane Ohanesian’s images of conflict and crises are outstanding.

Source: Haunting Photos From This Year’s Courage In Photojournalism Award Winner

‘The Jews are heading to the polls in droves’ | +972 Magazine

It turns out that one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most notoriously divisive statements in recent years reflects, almost identically, an anti-Semitic election slogan exposed and decried by none other than the founding father of right-wing Zionism,…

Source: ‘The Jews are heading to the polls in droves’ | +972 Magazine

Global warming milestone about to be passed and there’s no going back

A major climate change marker is about to be passed.

Source: Global warming milestone about to be passed and there’s no going back

Treaties need to be supported by a Bill of Human Rights in our Constitution

Aurukun teachers evacuated over safety fears, ‘slow’ police response probed – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Twenty-five teachers and staff are leaving Aurukun after a group of youths, one brandishing an axe, allegedly stole the principal’s car and tried to break into two teachers’ homes.

Source: Aurukun teachers evacuated over safety fears, ‘slow’ police response probed – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Security guard raped wife over a pair of socks, court told

A security guard who raped his wife because she did not have the right coloured socks for him to wear to work has had his jail sentence cut by 21 months.

Source: Security guard raped wife over a pair of socks, court told

What Waleed Aly and John Oliver have in common

Waleed Aly’s Gold Logie wasn’t only a win for diversity on Australian TV – it was a win for intelligent public debate.

Source: What Waleed Aly and John Oliver have in common

Peta Credlin laments and gushes in first Sky News outing with Andrew Bolt

Credlin has all the fundamentals in place for a commanding screen turn but she remains a stranger.

Source: Peta Credlin laments and gushes in first Sky News outing with Andrew Bolt

The Coalition has some things right – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Coalition has some things right. They are right when they say we must invest to create a better future for our children. Unfortunately, they think this means buying your one year old, or your twenty year old, a negatively geared property. They are right when they say we should utilise our untapped resources. Unfortunately,…

Source: The Coalition has some things right – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Crowdfunding raises $20,000 to buy Duncan from Q&A a toaster | Australia news | The Guardian

Duncan Storrar’s question about the fairness of tax cuts for those who earn more than $80,000 polarised the ABC show’s panel but united social media

Source: Crowdfunding raises $20,000 to buy Duncan from Q&A a toaster | Australia news | The Guardian

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A Victory For Those With Unpronounceable Names

Last night Waleed Aly dedicated his Gold Logie to those of us with unpronounceable names. We are the people who sat in cla with bated breath at the start of each school year as teacher

Source: A Victory For Those With Unpronounceable Names

Poll of polls: who will win the Australian election? | News | The Guardian

Our statistical model combines all opinion polls to get a better estimate of the Coalition’s two-party preferred vote

Source: Poll of polls: who will win the Australian election? | News | The Guardian

Who Rules the World? | The Nation

[This piece, the first of two parts, is excerpted from Noam Chomsky’s new book, Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books).  Part 2 will be posted on Tuesday morning.

Source: Who Rules the World? | The Nation

Natasha Hakimi: Truthdigger of the Week: The Panama Papers Whistleblower – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig

Source: Natasha Hakimi: Truthdigger of the Week: The Panama Papers Whistleblower – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig

Alexander Reed Kelly: Truthdigger of the Week: Emmanuel Vincent, Founder of Climate Feedback – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig

Source: Alexander Reed Kelly: Truthdigger of the Week: Emmanuel Vincent, Founder of Climate Feedback – Truthdigger of the Week – Truthdig

Signs of anxiety | The Monthly

“I think I’m stuck,” Louis* said when I asked why he had come to see me. “I finished my commerce degree last year and I started in a job, which I thought was going to be fine. And it is … but I’ve started feeling really anxious again, like when I was a teenager.” I glanced down at the referral for a psychological consultation from his GP. “Thank you for seeing Louis, aged 23, for opinion and management of Generalised Anxiety Disorder? Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia?”

Source: Signs of anxiety | The Monthly

What Happened to the Woman Who Painted Trump With a Micro-Penis

When Gore published the nude painting of Donald Trump with a fictional micro-penis on Facebook, she could never have predicted what was to come.

Source: What Happened to the Woman Who Painted Trump With a Micro-Penis

Tony Abbott a potential problem for Liberal MP | SBS News

Labor is hoping to capitalise on rumblings about Liberal MP Fiona Scott to recover the western Sydney seat of Lindsay she won at the last election. Ms Scott won with help from then prime minister Tony Abbott, who famously declared her to be feisty and to have a bit of sex appeal. [node_list title=”related reading” uuid=”7359fddc-f03f-41f1-b14c-028b01aafb6e”] Marcus Cornish, a councillor on Penrith Council, said she only won because of Tony Abbott’s support for her campaign, including his “sex appeal” comment.

Source: Tony Abbott a potential problem for Liberal MP | SBS News

Ivy League Academic Removed From Plane And Questioned After Passenger Spotted His Equations | IFLScience

Finally, the world is safe from Italian economists doing mathematics on a plane. Alarm bells were rung last Thursday on a flight from Philadelphia to Ontario, after a passenger saw a man “suspiciously” writing down a complicated looking formula on a piece of paper and notified cabin crew. The passenger told flight attendants she was feeling ill, causing the flight to turn around on the runway. After some confusion, the mysterious mathematics enthusiast was taken off the flight and questioned by security agents.

Source: Ivy League Academic Removed From Plane And Questioned After Passenger Spotted His Equations | IFLScience

Anti-Islam protest ends in farce after only 24 people turn up | Home News | News | The Independent

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An anti-Islam rally ended in embarrassment after police outnumbered protesters four to one at a rally in Staffordshire.  Just 24 people showed up to the demonstration in Burton organised by a group called The Casual Infidels.  The Casual Infidels describes itself as a “freelancing movement” dedicated to “battling Islam”.

Source: Anti-Islam protest ends in farce after only 24 people turn up | Home News | News | The Independent

Sadiq Khan and Trump: Why KKK Donald’s values are Unacceptable

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The charismatic young mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling out …

Source: Sadiq Khan and Trump: Why KKK Donald’s values are Unacceptable

Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race | The Nation

London—As Atticus Finch reminds us, “You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” This afternoon, some 17 hours after the polls closed, Labour’s Sadiq Khan was provisionally declared the next mayor of London.

Source: Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race | The Nation

Bernie Sanders Blasts Corporate Media | Crooks and Liars

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Source: Bernie Sanders Blasts Corporate Media | Crooks and Liars

Donald Trump performs massive U-turn to back taxing the rich and increasing minimum wage | US elections | News | The Independent

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Donald Trump has reversed his stance on two key economic principles – saying he now supports a higher national minimum wage and would raise taxes on the rich rather than lowering them. Providing fresh evidence he is making up his policy priorities as he goes along, the Republican presidential candidate contradicted previous statements during an interview with NBC.

Source: Donald Trump performs massive U-turn to back taxing the rich and increasing minimum wage | US elections | News | The Independent

Hoping to stop Donald Trump, this Sarah Palin-backing neocon wants Mitt Romney to run

 

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin gets pumped up at rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Republicans who rightly fear for the future of their party might be forgiven a slight shudder when they see their latest would-be saviour riding the ridgeline – that would be William Kristol, neoconservative commentator.

Source: Hoping to stop Donald Trump, this Sarah Palin-backing neocon wants Mitt Romney to run

Londoners win as Sadiq Khan cruises to victory – Al Jazeera English

It is vital that Londoners and beyond wage a war against our common enemies that keep on dividing us.

Source: Londoners win as Sadiq Khan cruises to victory – Al Jazeera English

Waleed Aly wins Gold Logie, delivers inspirational speech

 

Waleed Aly brought the Logies to a standstill with a heartfelt Gold Logie acceptance speech that highlighted discrimination in the entertainment industry. The Project host delightfully declared to the TV audience: “do not adjust your sets, there’s nothing wrong with the picture.” Noni Hazlehurst’s epic Logies Hall of Fame speech Behind the scenes at the Logies […]

Source: Waleed Aly wins Gold Logie, delivers inspirational speech

16 Reasons There’s Never Been A More Exciting Time To Be Waleed Aly

Haters gonna hate. Winners gonna win.

Source: 16 Reasons There’s Never Been A More Exciting Time To Be Waleed Aly

Logies 2016: Noni Hazlehurst’s politically-charged acceptance speech goes viral

“No child is born a bigot,” declared the veteran actress in a powerful Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech.

Source: Logies 2016: Noni Hazlehurst’s politically-charged acceptance speech goes viral

George Carlin’s Daughter Kelly on Dad’s Drug Abuse, Donald Trump, and her Revealing New Memoir RT — Larry King Now

Source: George Carlin’s Daughter Kelly on Dad’s Drug Abuse, Donald Trump, and her Revealing New Memoir RT — Larry King Now

Gold Logie 2016 winner Waleed Aly stuns with powerful speech

The Project co-host silences his critics at the Logies with another trademark speech that cut straight to the heart of the awards.

Source: Gold Logie 2016 winner Waleed Aly stuns with powerful speech

We have an Orwellian ‘shadow government’ and your liberty is at risk | Richard Ackland | Opinion | The Guardian

Some outrageous police-friendly legislation has just wormed its way through New South Wales parliament, and the prospect of some heavy-handed policing is real

Source: We have an Orwellian ‘shadow government’ and your liberty is at risk | Richard Ackland | Opinion | The Guardian

Here’s What Happens When Trump Refuses To Denounce His Racist Neo-Nazi Supporters

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has thrilled and emboldened his racist online neo-Nazi supporters with his refusal to denounce them in a recent CNN interview.Reporter Julia Ioffe recently wrote a profile of Melania Trump for GQ which was criticized by Melania Trump for purportedly being unfair. The Da

Source: Here’s What Happens When Trump Refuses To Denounce His Racist Neo-Nazi Supporters

London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor …

Source: London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities

Sadiq Khan’s Victory To Become London’s First Muslim Mayor Prompts A Range Of Emotion (Mostly Amazing)

The good, the bad and the ugly. But mostly good.

Source: Sadiq Khan’s Victory To Become London’s First Muslim Mayor Prompts A Range Of Emotion (Mostly Amazing)

Meet The All-Female Combat Unit Taking Revenge On ISIS In Iraq

“I saw them raping my Kurdish sisters and I couldn’t accept this injustice,” their commander says.

Source: Meet The All-Female Combat Unit Taking Revenge On ISIS In Iraq

Media promote Israeli distortions as civilians dodge airstrikes in Gaza | The Electronic Intifada

Israel started the latest round of deadly violence in Gaza, but you wouldn’t know it from the coverage.

Source: Media promote Israeli distortions as civilians dodge airstrikes in Gaza | The Electronic Intifada

Bragging of free press, Israel jails 19 journalists | The Electronic Intifada

Benjamin Netanyahu lied when he claimed that Israel doesn’t arrest journalists.

Source: Bragging of free press, Israel jails 19 journalists | The Electronic Intifada

Tens of thousands march in Warsaw against anti-European reforms – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Tens of thousands of people march in Warsaw to protest against Poland’s conservative government.

Source: Tens of thousands march in Warsaw against anti-European reforms – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)