Tag: terrorism
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Wilson Tuckey, supergenius
Kevin Rudd must secretly love Wilson Tuckey, in the way that one might value a psychopath who happens to inhabit the enemy bunker and can’t actually fire a weapon. In other words, Tuckey plays right into Rudd’s political message. Perhaps feeling a little defensive over all the condemnation of his [intlink id=”935″ type=”post”]boat terrorist hypothesis[/intlink],…
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It’s teh boat terrorists!
The existence of Wilson Tuckey is truly an unnecessary contribution to the heat death of the universe. Quite predictably, he suggests that terrorists are lurking among asylum seekers arriving by boat. Sayeth the Great Purveyor of Entropy, himself a convicted criminal: If you wanted to get into Australia and you have bad intentions what do…
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The Liberal war
Costello is quitting politics, Wilson Tuckey isn’t quitting politics, Peter Dutton (the shadow health minister) has had politics quit on him. Turnbull is the voice of (relative) sanity in the Liberal Party, but not many – either in the Party or in the wider population – seem inclined to listen to it. Some seem to…
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Even hypocrites can be right
Julie Bishop is making the case that Stern Hu – the Rio Tinto executive mysteriously detained in Shanghai – should be released after having been detained for 7 days without charge. This is just a bit rich, considering her party’s time in government saw: the excessive detention for months and even years of completely innocent…
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What matters in this election?
There’s an online poll on the ABC’s 4 Corners website regarding the election. The first question asks “In the last two weeks of the campaign what do you see as the SINGLE most important issue?” You are given a choice between “Economy/Interest rates”, “Climate change”, “Industrial relations”, “Education” and “Health”. Important for whom? Us or…