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On the Greek news agency site, the Greek Reporter, Anastasia Chaini tells us 800 Greek Right-Wing Racist Blogs are under police supervision. Meanwhile AP are running this story about the rise of the ultra-right in Greece which it links with increasing economic hardship. The xenophobic rage exploded in May, when youths rampaged through a heavily immigrant [...]  Andrew Bolt, outspoken shock jock for the Murdoch press in Oz is keen to defend Christianity against the charge that Breivik’s religious and political beliefs somehow contributed to his decision to commit mass-murder in Norway. However in true Bolta style his article is long on opinion while short on facts, he seems far more concerned [...] In a fascinating quote Daniel Flitton claims An independent panel of public servants set up to evaluate the competing tenders saw Sky’s as the better bid, only for the government to baulk at the prospect of stripping the contract from the publicly funded ABC to hand it to a company part-owned by Mr Murdoch’s News [...] I’ve been watching a re-run of the Dismissal lately and listening to people talk about the Aboriginal tent embassy which has served to remind me how far removed the current Labor government is from the ideals of that time and strangely how similar their incapacity to deal with the challenges confronting a left of centre [...] Is anyone surprised by this bit of news? This Labor government is redefining the limits of politics and public expectations in an age when our lives are really ruled by money and who has it. There is no light on the hill, we sold the power company to the chinese and we can’t afford to keep [...] A banker calls it how it is… ONE of the nation’s most senior bankers has taken aim at the negative gearing used by millions of property owners, claiming the tax break was leading to an unhealthy focus on housing as a means to get rich, while pushing property prices to unaffordable levels. Phil Chronican also suggests Real estate [...] This could be a post directed at the global warming denialist, you know the how it goes…carbon dioxide is just a gas, the science is questionable, humans have nothing to do with it and besides the planet isn’t warming anyway, yada yada. Not that there’s anything wrong healthy skepticism as such, it encourages good solid [...] One of the rather annoying things about the mainstream media narrative for domestic Australian politics right now is that Labor doesn’t stand for anything other than retaining government. It’s a meme that grew out of NSW Labor’s 16 years in power which declined into cronyism and self obsession but recently the NSW “disease” has apparently [...] BRW god bless it little socks really summed it up nicely The list does demonstrate the two-speed economy Contrary to the two speeds we often hear about in the context of the Aussie economy, the two speeds very evident if you compare the rich list gained a 23 per cent rise in wealth to $167.25 billion with the [...] In breaking news, Gavin Atkins over at The Oz have uncovered a evidence of “left-leaning group-think at The Drum”. The real measure of bias at The Drum is not the range of opinion, it’s the frequency. Until the end of last month, 98 writers had been published eight or more times at The Drum, producing [...] |
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