Category Archives: Politics

Rhetorical Retards

This post will be similar in theme to one I wrote about books and bookshelves some four years ago. The short of the last one is that many people in elite positions like to project themselves as well-read though they … Continue reading

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The Concerns of Australian Foreigners

The last time I covered the Australian ABC’s execrable Q&A program was almost ten years ago when Peter Hitchens was a guest. Time has not been kind to this show which has changed hosts a number of times but is … Continue reading

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The People Vs. Slush Funds

There has been a lot happening in the United States since Donald Trump’s inauguration particularly surrounding the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is headed by Elon Musk. Unlike mass media, I don’t have a short memory and so … Continue reading

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Lucy Pulls Away the Football Again

The main problem with conservatives is they don’t conserve anything. That’s all you really need to know as that alone makes all their political posturing utterly worthless. Another problem, and what will be the subject of this post, is that … Continue reading

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Beyond a Gaffe

gaffe (noun) 1. A social or diplomatic blunder Merriam-Webster The other day I noticed an article concerning a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly referring to AI (artificial intelligence) as “A-One” for an entire speech presented to the National Tech … Continue reading

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The Return of the Trump

It has been some years since I wrote about Donald Trump or American politics in general. I first started this blog in late 2015 when the events that culminated in the 2016 election of Donald Trump were unfolding. A lot … Continue reading

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Going Deeper with BioShock

BioShock was released in August 2007 on PC, Xbox 360 and later PlayStation 3. While this was a few years into the console generation, it was one of the games that really defined it; as indeed did a number of … Continue reading

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Trouble in Babylon

I have held off writing about the incident in Australia’s Parliament House involving two staffers Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann that became public in 2021. As I have repeatedly stated in other posts, I don’t follow mainstream news so this … Continue reading

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Unauthorized Anthropology

Down Among the Wild Men: A narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia by John Greenway, Hutchinson of Australia, January 1st, 1973 This is a book I picked up a while ago very shortly … Continue reading

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The Quick Expiry of Transgression

This post will be somewhat similar in theme to two earlier posts I’ve made concerning music. One was from 2021 where I briefly commented on how entirely hollow the “rebellious” image of many bands are. The two examples were Twisted … Continue reading

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