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It took one American President, Jimmy Carter, aided and abetted by French President Giscard d’Estaing, to pull the rug from under America’s great ally in the Middle East – the man who successfully brought his nation into the 20th Century, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – and hand it over to 7th Century, bloodthirsty, anti-women, and anti-Semitic theocratic ...
Aw… but everyone loves him?
At least, that is what I am told by a nauseating procession of Labor and Liberal politicians overcome by his niceness. Anyone would think he was a gender-swapped progressive Aphrodite with the way NSW Parliament fawns over Premier Chris Minns.
This love affair is drawing to a close with rumours circulating that the next ...
President Donald Trump was crystal clear at the start of the military action against Iran that it was all about regime change. The United States, in co-ordination with Israel, would do its bit by targeting Iran’s leadership and command structure – but it was up to ordinary Iranians to rise up and finish the job. “The hour of your freedom is at hand, ...
Paul Scarr, dumped as opposition immigration spokesman by Angus Taylor, has crossed the floor to vote with Labor to censure Pauline Hanson over her comments about Muslims. The Senate passed the government motion 36 to 17, censuring Hanson “for her inflammatory and divisive comments seeking to vilify Muslim Australians”.
So much of what is commonly understood to mean multiculturalism has in truth been class warfare by other means. A great deal of it has entailed affluent, white middle-class types telling the white working-class that their culture and values are of unexceptional or lesser worth. Much state-sanctioned multiculturalism has been an exercise in scolding the ...
So farewell then, Ayatollah Khamenei. I’m put in mind of Private Eye’s cover on the death of Hendrik Verwoerd. “A Nation Mourns” read the headline, under a photograph of four black Africans in ceremonial dress leaping joyfully in the air in a traditional dance. Nobody’s going to be sorry he’s gone.
The received wisdom tends to skirt ...
More than 120,000 locals have signed petitions opposing a proposed Trump-branded tower in Surfers Paradise, arguing the project threatens the Coast’s identity, infrastructure and public beachfront. read now...
Our public morality has two parts. Part A: people are free to do what they want, even if they do things that most people disapprove of, like getting drunk a lot, or sleeping around. Unless you harm others in some tangible way, you can do what you want. This is good, in my opinion.
Andy and Mandy are scapegoats. We condemn them with special force, in ...
US-Israeli joint strikes on Iran over the weekend have seen war break out in the region once again and the death of Iran’s supreme leader. Iran has retaliated with volleys of ballistic missiles and drones targeted at Israel, but also several of its Persian Gulf neighbours. Iran has launched hundreds
Those like me who live with Tourette’s Syndrome look up to John Davidson. The actor and activist’s biopic, I Swear, has shed some much-needed light on the condition. Unfortunately, the backlash against his appearance at the BAFTAs ceremony last weekend shows that plenty of people remain ignorant about Tourette’s.
Davidson should never have felt the ...
Andres Ayrton/PexelsHave you ever heard someone claim they have a “fast metabolism”? This typically means they can eat whatever they want without gaining weight. Meanwhile, others blame their inability to lose weight on having a “slow metabolism”. But can you actually have a fast or slow metabolism? Let’s see
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It took one American President, Jimmy Carter, aided and abetted by French President Giscard d’Estaing, to pull the rug from under America’s great ally in the Middle East – the man who successfully brought his nation into the 20th Century, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – and hand it over to 7th Century, bloodthirsty, anti-women, and anti-Semitic theocratic ...
Aw… but everyone loves him?
At least, that is what I am told by a nauseating procession of Labor and Liberal politicians overcome by his niceness. Anyone would think he was a gender-swapped progressive Aphrodite with the way NSW Parliament fawns over Premier Chris Minns.
This love affair is drawing to a close with rumours circulating that the next ...
President Donald Trump was crystal clear at the start of the military action against Iran that it was all about regime change. The United States, in co-ordination with Israel, would do its bit by targeting Iran’s leadership and command structure – but it was up to ordinary Iranians to rise up and finish the job. “The hour of your freedom is at hand, ...
Paul Scarr, dumped as opposition immigration spokesman by Angus Taylor, has crossed the floor to vote with Labor to censure Pauline Hanson over her comments about Muslims. The Senate passed the government motion 36 to 17, censuring Hanson “for her inflammatory and divisive comments seeking to vilify Muslim Australians”.
So much of what is commonly understood to mean multiculturalism has in truth been class warfare by other means. A great deal of it has entailed affluent, white middle-class types telling the white working-class that their culture and values are of unexceptional or lesser worth. Much state-sanctioned multiculturalism has been an exercise in scolding the ...
So farewell then, Ayatollah Khamenei. I’m put in mind of Private Eye’s cover on the death of Hendrik Verwoerd. “A Nation Mourns” read the headline, under a photograph of four black Africans in ceremonial dress leaping joyfully in the air in a traditional dance. Nobody’s going to be sorry he’s gone.
The received wisdom tends to skirt ...
More than 120,000 locals have signed petitions opposing a proposed Trump-branded tower in Surfers Paradise, arguing the project threatens the Coast’s identity, infrastructure and public beachfront. read now...
Our public morality has two parts. Part A: people are free to do what they want, even if they do things that most people disapprove of, like getting drunk a lot, or sleeping around. Unless you harm others in some tangible way, you can do what you want. This is good, in my opinion.
Andy and Mandy are scapegoats. We condemn them with special force, in ...
US-Israeli joint strikes on Iran over the weekend have seen war break out in the region once again and the death of Iran’s supreme leader. Iran has retaliated with volleys of ballistic missiles and drones targeted at Israel, but also several of its Persian Gulf neighbours. Iran has launched hundreds
Those like me who live with Tourette’s Syndrome look up to John Davidson. The actor and activist’s biopic, I Swear, has shed some much-needed light on the condition. Unfortunately, the backlash against his appearance at the BAFTAs ceremony last weekend shows that plenty of people remain ignorant about Tourette’s.
Davidson should never have felt the ...
Andres Ayrton/PexelsHave you ever heard someone claim they have a “fast metabolism”? This typically means they can eat whatever they want without gaining weight. Meanwhile, others blame their inability to lose weight on having a “slow metabolism”. But can you actually have a fast or slow metabolism? Let’s see