The Palestinian flag is our symbol of resistance to occupation and land theft. Only once we remedy the injustices of the past will we be able to stop waving it. Last week the joint Arab-Jewish…
Source: The day I throw out my Palestinian flag | +972 Magazine
Efraim Halevy also says he does not know if Israel has nuclear weapons.
Source: Ex-Israeli spy chief: Iran isn’t an existential threat – Al Jazeera English
U.S. corporations are twitching in the conglomerate pods and abruptly jumping to Mexico
The bodies of 40 tiger cubs have been found in a freezer in Thailand’s famous Tiger Temple. The Buddhist temple, in the Kanchanaburi province west of Bangkok, is a tourist destination where people took selfies with bottle-fed cubs and more than 100 tigers could be seen.
Obviously thinking of their success at the last election, the Coalition have trotted out basically the same marketing strategy this time – we stopped the boats and we used to have a surplus – but who would have thought they would have the sheer gall to run with the ‘disunity’ angle again. After knifing their…
La Trobe University has suspended the co-founder of anti-bullying program Safe Schools Coalition after she said the Australian flag was racist in a Facebook post.
Source: University suspends Safe Schools co-founder Roz Ward over Facebook post
ISLAM MUST CHANGE, screamed the Herald Sun headline, and Muslim refugee Aladdin Sisalem – no stranger to conflict with News Corp Australia – took action.
Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer claims ABC core funding is higher than under Labor. Photo:
Tell us, ministers, how the ABC is now better off under your government?
By David Alpher | (The Conversation) | – – Take America back from those who have stolen it. Protect America …
Source: US domestic extremists a bigger risk than foreign terrorism, but guess who Trump & GOP Coddle?
Ruling parties often try to mollify them by adopting some of their extremist policies.
Source: Europe’s Anti-Refugee Parties Are Dangerous Even When They Don’t Win
Controversial Senate candidate Pauline Hanson has criticised a campaign to stop the bleaching of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, saying it is time to accept that the experimentation with colour hasn’t worked.“Australians are sick and tired of all these different colours taking over our reef. Well enough’s enough. This is Australia. This is our culture. And if you want to be part of our reef then you need to adopt our colour, which is white,” Ms Hanson said.The former politician, who is hoping to gain a Queensland Senate seat at the upcoming election, said she wasn’t surprised the reef was now split into white and coloured areas. “They [the coloured coral] simply refuse to integrate”.
Source: Great Barrier Reef ‘Not White Enough’ Pauline Hanson Says – The Shovel
We think we’re more generous than we are but we’re downright miserly.
“It tastes like Venison. There are parts of the head and the neck which we sliced and fried with a bit of butter, it’s very tasty.”
We shouldn’t imply an acceptance of this behaviour in the example we set for our children with our own.
Source: Wondering why your kids drink and use drugs? Look at your own behaviour
Steve Ciobo’s dismissive response to coffee shop owner Nathan Scholz question about company tax cuts further uncovers the Government’s real big business agenda.
Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has been inundated with criticism after apparently directing Twitter followers to the website of men’s activist and ‘pickup artist’ Daryush ‘Roosh’ Valizadeh, a self-described “chauvinist” blogger who infamously published an article arguing rape should be legalised on private property. “This article is particularly relevant to many Twitter users. Know thyself…,” Bernardi tweeted,More
Source: Cory Bernardi Slammed After Directing Followers To ‘Pro Rape’ Blogger – New Matilda
Former treasurer’s office said the release of five-year-old hire car travel details could put him at risk in a heightened terrorism environment.
Source: Joe Hockey sought to block release of Cabcharge details, citing terrorism risk
Via TeleSur | – – Ankara is angered by Washington’s support for Kurdish fighters in Syria in the fight against …
Source: Let’s Fight ISIL, but Without Help of Any Kurds: Turkey to US
The group’s current battlefield losses will not automatically translate into meaningful victories for the coalition.
Source: ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition – Al Jazeera English
By Sam Brennan | ( Open Democracy ) | – – The Yarmouk Valley is run by ISIS – and …
The army issues an administrative detention order again a Palestinian parliamentarian using secret evidence to ‘prove’ some very un-secret allegations. Israel is currently holding over 600 Palestinians without charge or trial. The Israeli army this…
Source: IDF: Secret intel shows Hamas lawmaker is … a member of Hamas | +972 Magazine
Since 1996, 24 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) have approved medical use of marijuana. In the states of Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon and DC recreational use is also legal. These moves towards permissiveness, even where possession of the drug is restricted to …
Experts obviously point fingers at Wall Street for the collapse, but some things just don’t add up
For decades, GOP has used the war on drugs or voter ID laws as cover for race-baiting. Trump just blew their cover
In the midst of a budget and upcoming federal and territory elections, a cheap and nasty amendment to the Bail Act was introduced to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly last week
Debating trade union boss Dave Oliver, Chamber of Commerce head James Pearson says cries of ‘Work Choices’ are holding Australia back
For the third election in a row, Australians are being offered a choice between a government that can’t run on its record and an Opposition that pretends it is ready to return to office. A third election in which incumbent and challenger are bound by limited leadership experience and modest prior ministerial achievement. Malcolm Turnbull entered parliament at the 2004 election, and Bill Shorten followed in 2007. By any objective standard, each man is a decade short of the necessary grounding to run the country.
Source: Back to the centre | The Monthly
Liberal MP Craig Kelly, one of the most vociferous supporters of Tony Abbott, has been handing out election flyers that contain his wish to “contribute to a Coalition government under Tony Abbott”.
Source: Conservative Liberal MP hands out flyers spruiking a ‘government under Tony Abbott’
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