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Saturday 27 December 2014

My horrible right-wing past: Confessions of a one-time religious right icon

My horrible right-wing past: Confessions of a one-time religious right icon: USA #RightWing...

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Thursday 25 December 2014

Duncan D. Saiho

Duncan D. Saiho: #PNG #POM #GORDONS GANGS: an appeal from a citizen - let’s acknowledge the...

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Thursday 18 December 2014

Mike Brown’s shooting and Jim Crow lynchings have too much in common. It’s time for America to...

Mike Brown’s shooting and Jim Crow lynchings have too much in common. It’s time for America to...:...

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Monday 8 December 2014

By bargaining with children, Morrison's refugee strategy has a kidnapper's logic | Julian Burnside

By bargaining with children, Morrison's refugee strategy has a kidnapper's logic | Julian Burnside:...

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Thursday 27 November 2014

#USA #FERGUSON: a non-US perspective by First Dog On The Moon...





#USA #FERGUSON: a non-US perspective by First Dog On The Moon (@firstdogonmoon) http://on.fb.me/15xaM89




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Wednesday 19 November 2014

How the healthcare system of Papua New Guinea is failing its most...

How the healthcare system of Papua New Guinea is failing its most...: #PNG...

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Monday 17 November 2014

Nick Ryan: Social media lunatics unfairly hurting Fleurieu milk company over halal products

Nick Ryan: Social media lunatics unfairly hurting Fleurieu milk company over halal products:...

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Friday 14 November 2014

#CLIMATE CHANGE: faith AND fact - you can have it all....





#CLIMATE CHANGE: faith AND fact - you can have it all.


Scientist and devout Christian Katharine Hayhoe (http://bit.ly/WP-KHayhoe) being interviewed by @BillMoyersHQ.



QUOTE:

For a long time, many of us have felt that scientists are on one side, espousing one set of values, and Christians and/or conservatives are on the other side. And so along comes this new issue of climate change, which in my opinion has enormous theological implications and is entirely consistent with the Christian faith, to love others and to love our neighbours. So along comes this issue of climate change, but who are the primary spokespeople? It’s these pointy-headed scientists, who have been on the other side of the fence on many other issues regarding creation and evolution, the age of the earth and even other issues today, like genetic modification and things like that. So. It’s no surprise that when you get a messenger who’s not trusted, who you perceive as not sharing your values, why would you believe them?


[…]


I get 5 times as much hate mail from Christians than from any other group.


[…]


Caring about climate is entirely consistent with who we are as Christians, but: over the last several decades, we have increasingly begun to confound our politics with our faith - to the point where instead of our faith dictating our attitudes on political and social issues, we are instead allowing our political party to dictate our attitude on issues that are clearly consistent with who we are.


[…]


We’ve been told that you can’t be a Christian, or you can’t be a conservative, or you can’t be a person of faith - or even a person of integrity - and agree that climate is changing, that humans are responsible and that there’s something really important we need to do about it.

/QUOTE


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Chelle Marie

Chelle Marie: #PNG #GEREHU #POLICE: a nest of corruption - the government must punish these thugs,...

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Thursday 13 November 2014

Papua New Guinea’s Tragic Witch-Hunts

Papua New Guinea’s Tragic Witch-Hunts: #PNG #SORCERY #TORTURE #MURDER: the stats are depressing....

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The twin challenges facing the 2015 Papua New Guinea budget: rebalancing and deficit reduction |...

The twin challenges facing the 2015 Papua New Guinea budget: rebalancing and deficit reduction |...:...

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Monday 10 November 2014

#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: options for dealing with refugees, by...





#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: options for dealing with refugees, by First Dog On The Moon.


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fatthefuckup: To my girls with thunderous thighs, fat bellies, and double chins, take up all the...

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"In other words, as human behavior is tracked and merchandized on a massive scale, the Internet of..."

“In other words, as human behavior is tracked and merchandized on a massive scale, the...

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Sunday 9 November 2014

Some clarification from the courts in Papua New Guinea PM’s ‘fight to the very last breath’ –...

Some clarification from the courts in Papua New Guinea PM’s ‘fight to the very last breath’ –...:...

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Saturday 8 November 2014

bit.ly

bit.ly: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers LEGISLATION: a 4-page summary of the proposed legal changes...

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Michael Savage: GOP Must Impeach Obama, Stop Him Before He 'Triggers An Insurrection'

Michael Savage: GOP Must Impeach Obama, Stop Him Before He 'Triggers An Insurrection': #USA...

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Perverse migration bill shreds the rule of law

Perverse migration bill shreds the rule of law: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers LEGAL GORDIAN KNOT: new...

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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC): #AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT #CITIZENSHIP: Morrison’s new bill...

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Tuesday 28 October 2014

Questions raised over deportation of asylum seekers to Afghanistan

Questions raised over deportation of asylum seekers to Afghanistan: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers...

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Monday 27 October 2014

Scott Morrison ignored departmental advice on visas for boat arrivals

Scott Morrison ignored departmental advice on visas for boat arrivals: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers:...

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Sunday 26 October 2014

Reza Aslan killed these two "journalists"

Reza Aslan killed these two "journalists": "#MuslimCountries" ≠ "#AllMuslimsEverywhere"

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Monday 20 October 2014

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC): #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #BUDGET CUTS: all you “the...

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Thursday 16 October 2014

Asylum seeker bill allows Australia to ignore risk of persecution

Asylum seeker bill allows Australia to ignore risk of persecution: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #LEGAL:...

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Monday 13 October 2014

Nancy Sullivan

Nancy Sullivan: #PNG #SEXISM: it can only get better from here…? A brilliant piece from Nancy...

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Saturday 11 October 2014

Men’s violence against women is a choice … by all men, everywhere

Men’s violence against women is a choice … by all men, everywhere: #EVERYWHERE #VAW/#DV/#GBV:...

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Thursday 9 October 2014

Rhetoric isn't enough to stop domestic violence. Here's five real solutions | Fiona McCormack

Rhetoric isn't enough to stop domestic violence. Here's five real solutions | Fiona McCormack:...

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Saturday 4 October 2014

Nauru staff report persistent child abuse and self-harm, leaked documents show

Nauru staff report persistent child abuse and self-harm, leaked documents show: #PNG #NAURU...

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Thursday 2 October 2014

Australia will segregate Muslim women in parliament. We are gripped by 'security' madness

Australia will segregate Muslim women in parliament. We are gripped by 'security' madness:...

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Tuesday 30 September 2014

A toast to Scott Morrison for paying a war criminal $40 million to house refugees in abject poverty

A toast to Scott Morrison for paying a war criminal $40 million to house refugees in abject poverty:...

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Saturday 27 September 2014

http://on.fb.me/YpII2H

http://on.fb.me/YpII2H: #USA GUN CULTURE #ASSHAT AWARD: unarmed...

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Friday 26 September 2014

Sex-selective abortion debate is a smokescreen for an attack on women's reproductive rights |...

Sex-selective abortion debate is a smokescreen for an attack on women's reproductive rights |...:...

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Monday 22 September 2014

Rick Perry suggests Joan Rivers might not have died under Texas abortion laws

Rick Perry suggests Joan Rivers might not have died under Texas abortion laws: #USA #TX: remember...

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Jacqui Lambie says criticism over burqa post is a 'gross overreaction'

Jacqui Lambie says criticism over burqa post is a 'gross overreaction': #AUSTRALIA #RACISM v....

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Wednesday 17 September 2014

#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: SBS’s “Living With The...





#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: SBS’s “Living With The Enemy” (episode 2) addresses the dynamic between someone with a virulently anti-everything view of refugees, and an actual refugee from Iran.


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Case of Indigenous man's indefinite jailing without trial sparks reform push

Case of Indigenous man's indefinite jailing without trial sparks reform push: #AUSTRALIA: where...

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Thursday 11 September 2014

High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it | Joyce Chia

High court verdict spells the end for Australian immigration detention as we know it | Joyce Chia:...

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Monday 8 September 2014

AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #REFUGEES: the Temporary Protection...





AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #REFUGEES: the Temporary Protection Visa (#TPV) was last introduced by Howard - and it was disastrous. If assessed as “genuine” (as opposed to “economic”) refugees (and >90% are), why continue to punish them by holding the Temporary status over their heads? People need to start rebuilding their lives, not living as if they’re on parole.


They didn’t come all this way just to get drunk & lie on the beach collecting dole payments - that’s reserved for OUR young people. They want to work, they NEED to work - qualified doctors, police, plumbers & electricians are driving taxis, working in abattoirs, rounding up trolleys at shopping centres, cleaning offices at night…


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Friday 5 September 2014

Pacific Media Centre | articles: WEST PAPUA: Indonesia targets media after French journo arrests,...

Pacific Media Centre | articles: WEST PAPUA: Indonesia targets media after French journo arrests,...:...

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Wednesday 3 September 2014

Scott Morrison to wind down Manus Island detention centre in favour of Nauru

Scott Morrison to wind down Manus Island detention centre in favour of Nauru: #AUSTRALIA #PNG...

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Saturday 30 August 2014

Protesters block entry as World Congress of Families starts in chaos

Protesters block entry as World Congress of Families starts in chaos: #AUSTRALIA #VIC CRAZY...

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Thursday 28 August 2014

First Dog on the Moon on ... Joe Hockey's life story - cartoon

First Dog on the Moon on ... Joe Hockey's life story - cartoon: #AUSTRALIA #POLITICS: Joe “Let...

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I’m black, my brother’s white … and he’s a cop who shot a black man on duty

I’m black, my brother’s white … and he’s a cop who shot a black man on duty: #USA #POLICE #SHOOTINGS...

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ASRC Human Rights Law Training Course

ASRC Human Rights Law Training Course: #AUSTRALIA #ASRC #AsylumSeekers: free online content for...

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Tuesday 26 August 2014

Race and Repentance in America

Race and Repentance in America: #USA (#FERGUSON) #RACE RELATIONS: it’s complicated, &...

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SCHMALFELDT'S SATYRICON: Want To End Racism? Stop Scaring The White Folks!

SCHMALFELDT'S SATYRICON: Want To End Racism? Stop Scaring The White Folks!: #USA #FERGUSON #POLICE...

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Black America and the burden of the perfect victim

Black America and the burden of the perfect victim: #USA #FERGUSON #MichaelBrown: if you’re...

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Monday 25 August 2014

SSI Speaker Series: Perception is reality - Settlement Services International

SSI Speaker Series: Perception is reality - Settlement Services International: #AUSTRALIA...

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Thursday 14 August 2014

Sarah Palin Brutally Takes Down Elizabeth Warren

Sarah Palin Brutally Takes Down Elizabeth Warren: #USA CRAZY PEOPLE: unbelievably, kiddos, this...

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Friday 8 August 2014

thehotpotato.com.au

thehotpotato.com.au: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: the #ASRC’s #HotPotato campaign released this...

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Suzanne Earley

Suzanne Earley

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Gaza and the Loss of Civilization

Gaza and the Loss of Civilization: #USA #ISRAEL #GAZA: all of you need to stop it. Peter Schwartz...

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Sunday 3 August 2014

Selfie-addicted Russian soldier caught in Ukrainian territory by Instagram geo-tagging

Selfie-addicted Russian soldier caught in Ukrainian territory by Instagram geo-tagging: #RUSSIA...

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Tuesday 29 July 2014

Interview With Protesters Reveals Immigration Opponents Have No Idea What They're Talking About...

Interview With Protesters Reveals Immigration Opponents Have No Idea What They're Talking About...:...

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So many unfortunate similarities w/pictures of Jews during...





So many unfortunate similarities w/pictures of Jews during WW2…


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


These should both horrify you. Equally so.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


These should both horrify you. Equally so.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


These should both horrify you. Equally so.


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PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now. These should...





PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.


These should both horrify you. Equally so.


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Friday 25 July 2014

Children in Christmas Island detention 'sick and distressed'

Children in Christmas Island detention 'sick and distressed': #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: add to list...

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Global law and decency: our double standards on MH17 and asylum seekers

Global law and decency: our double standards on MH17 and asylum seekers: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers...

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Tuesday 22 July 2014

Scott Morrison backflips and grants visa to boy who arrived by boat

Scott Morrison backflips and grants visa to boy who arrived by boat: #AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #PPV:...

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Free West Papua Campaign

Free West Papua Campaign: #FreeWestPapua - good news for a change! 5 activists jailed by Indonesia 3...

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Monday 21 July 2014

Hoskins Hotel

Hoskins Hotel: #PNG FOLKS: if you’re in or visiting West New Britain, flying into #Hoskins -...

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Friday 18 July 2014

Free West Papua Campaign

Free West Papua Campaign: #FreeWestPapua

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Thursday 17 July 2014

Koim Case Adjourned

Koim Case Adjourned: #PNG #CORRUPTION #TFS #TaskForceSweep: “Koim Case Adjourned” until...

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Tuesday 15 July 2014

Corruption in Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Corruption in Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: #PNG #CORRUPTION: we’re not...

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Baden-Clay jury reaches verdict

Baden-Clay jury reaches verdict: GUILTY VERDICT: #BadenClay found guilty of murder.

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Saturday 12 July 2014

Sam Koim

Sam Koim: #PNG ANTI-#CORRUPTION ANTI-#TFS: #RPNGC members waiting for hours in front of the gate of...

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Friday 11 July 2014

Scholars From 6 Nations Condemn Abbott Over Asylum Policies | newmatilda.com

Scholars From 6 Nations Condemn Abbott Over Asylum Policies | newmatilda.com: #AUSTRALIA #ABBOTT...

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Sam Koim

Sam Koim: #PNG ANTI-#CORRUPTION #TFS #TaskForceSweep: seems not everyone’s on board with that...

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Monday 7 July 2014

South Pacific Post Ltd

South Pacific Post Ltd: #PNG #CORRUPTION #PARAKA #PM_ONeill: the PM announces he has instructed his...

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Sunday 6 July 2014

Malum Nalu: PNG court dismisses police application to set aside Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's...

Malum Nalu: PNG court dismisses police application to set aside Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's...:...

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Saturday 5 July 2014

Sam Koim

Sam Koim: #PNG #CORRUPTION #PARAKA: the Supreme Court Appeal, pending since 2006, came down in...

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Sunday 29 June 2014

NATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

NATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA: #PNG POLITICS #CORRUPTION #GameOfThrones: feeling...

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Saturday 28 June 2014

Daniel Auragasi

Daniel Auragasi: #PNG #CORRUPTION OVERSEAS: an Australian expert on PNG corruption (worked closely...

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The Perspective

The Perspective: #PNG #CORRUPTION POLITICS #GameOfThrones: Day 12 - who’s defending the...

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Thursday 26 June 2014

So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist...





So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.


QUOTE:

Dear Mark,


As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”


Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.


Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.


Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.


You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.


You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.


These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.


It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.


You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.

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So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.


QUOTE:

Dear Mark,


As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”


Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.


Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.


Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.


You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.


You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.


These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.


It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.


You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.

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Tuesday 3 June 2014

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Sunday 25 May 2014

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Tuesday 20 May 2014

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Monday 19 May 2014

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Monday 12 May 2014

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Saturday 10 May 2014

#AUSTRALIA #VICTORIA LEGAL REFORM: the Victorian government...





#AUSTRALIA #VICTORIA LEGAL REFORM: the Victorian government moves toward eliminating the “statute of limitations” heretofore applied to sex abuse claims - now victims will be able to bring decades-old claims to criminal courts, rather than it being simply a civil court matter. The Catholic church, individual caregivers, DOCS & staff etc. will now have to answer for their crimes, hopefully be they of commission OR omission. http://on.fb.me/1ofmFpJ




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Thursday 8 May 2014

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Wednesday 30 April 2014

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Monday 28 April 2014

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Sunday 27 April 2014

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pixiepienix:



swamp-maiden:



WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MEN



literally everything



Dear God. Humanity is doomed.




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1. For most humans, the drive to reproduce is an overwhelming, sometimes irrational desire. That's how we're wired. Some will go to any length, especially if they can afford it. 2. Because of said drive to reproduce, the decision to adopt isn't easy for everyone. Or else more people would adopt even if they weren't infertile. 3. Adoption is an incredibly expensive process with plenty of hoops to jump through. And the birth mother can still change her mind and you're left (again) with no child.

These are all true. I don’t know what the question is, but… Yes?

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Wednesday 23 April 2014

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Thursday 17 April 2014

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Saturday 12 April 2014

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Thursday 10 April 2014

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Friday 4 April 2014

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Monday 24 March 2014

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Sunday 23 March 2014

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Saturday 15 March 2014

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Monday 10 March 2014

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Thursday 6 March 2014

#AUSTRALIA #PNG #MANUS #AsylumSeekers: an update on the...





#AUSTRALIA #PNG #MANUS #AsylumSeekers: an update on the situation on Manus, especially wrt G4S v. Police versions of what happened that night.


VIA “CUMA PNG”

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QUOTE:

SOME LATEST NEWS ON THE MANUS DETENTION CENTRE


G4S employee contradicts PNG police report on Manus violence


Story by ABC Australia:

An Australian employee of the security firm on Manus Island has contradicted a leaked PNG police internal incident report into the violence at the detention centre.


That report says G4S security staff lost control of the camp, but G4S staffer has told AM that the PNG police stood back and allowed locals to break into the compound, did nothing to stop the beatings, and in some cases joined in the violence and intimidation.


The riot has left many of the expat G4S staff traumatised. Some have left the island suffering from serious post traumatic stress and one who has spoken to the ABC, and says the situation is now so tense that the asylum seekers are refusing to have anything to do with local staff.


And a warning: This story from our national security correspondent Michael Brissenden contains some disturbing details.


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Speaking on condition of anonymity, one Australian G4S employee, who describes themselves as badly traumatised after witnessing a frenzy of out of control violence, has told the ABC that after a second night of protest at the detention centre G4S staff asked to withdraw from the facility and agreed to hand over security to PNG police.


The source says PNG police then fired five or six warning shots and stood back as enraged locals poured into the compound over a back fence. Locals employed by G4S were the first ones in, followed by contract staff.


To protect the identity of the G4S employee, the statements are being read by an actor.


G4S EMPLOYEE (voiceover): We saw them going in with machetes. They had anything they could pick up: rocks, sticks, the poles from the exercise weights. Once they knocked people to the ground, they were stomping on their heads with their boots. A day later you could still see guards and staff and cleaners walking around with blood on their boots.


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: One of the injured asylum seekers has also told AM what happened to him in this interview recorded from hospital after the attack:


ASYLUM SEEKER (translated): Six people were on top of me, hitting me. At the end I was holding my hand to my face to protect my face from being hit. Then (redacted) came; I know him personally. He kicked me with his military boots on my face.


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Contrary to the PNG police incident report that describes it as exclusively a confrontation between G4S guards and asylum seekers, the G4S employee says once the violence began, PNG police did nothing to try and control the situation and some even joined in.


G4S EMPLOYEE (voiceover): The police went from room to room as well and held guns to people’s heads and said, ‘If you don’t give me your cigarettes, we’re going to shoot you.’


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Some local staff and expats were also inside trying to get transferees out and protect others with shields. One expat guard lay across a terrified asylum seeker to prevent him being shot.


G4S EMPLOYEE (voiceover): There were guys who wet themselves and shit their pants out of total fear. There are handles broken where they’ve tried to get in and the transferees have been holding the doors closed, and they’ve snapped the handles off and they’ve tried to get in with machetes.


There was blood everywhere; faces kicked in, noses - it’s all head injuries. I just remember blood everywhere I looked. Blood everywhere.


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Eventually, the wounded were taken to the wharf.


G4S EMPLOYEE (voiceover): The wharf was full from one end to the other and there were puddles of blood everywhere. They did an emergency tracheotomy out in the open. There were people moaning; it was terrible. Everyone pitched in to do what they could. You just needed every single person who was there.


MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: The G4S guard says the asylum seekers now feel so unsafe that when they tried to bring local cleaners in the day after the incidents, it just about started another riot. The asylum seekers now want nothing to do with any of the locals.


The expat staff member says the atmosphere is now so tense that it won’t take anything much to kick off another round of unrest. The asylum seekers are asking them who they can trust, and who’s going to keep them safe.


CHRIS UHLMANN: Michael Brissenden reporting.


And the Immigration minister Scott Morrison’s office says there are three investigations underway into the Manus Island incident, including a full independent inquiry headed by Robert Cornall, which seek to establish the events on Manus Island that evening, and the Minister will await the outcome of the reviews.


He also said the Government has taken steps with the PNG Government to ensure there is information sharing, cooperation and convergence, as appropriate, to get the clearest possible picture of what occurred that night.


And AM has repeatedly tried to contact Papua New Guinea’s deputy commissioner of police operations Simon Kauba, without success.

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Wednesday 5 March 2014

Welcome back to White Australia

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Manus Island inquiry: Asylum seekers and camp staff to have their say

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Tuesday 4 March 2014

When ‘Religious Liberty’ Was Used To Justify Racism Instead Of Homophobia

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Monday 3 March 2014

Human misery of transferred asylum seekers turns into big business

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Sunday 2 March 2014

The Manus menace that's a ticking time bomb

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#USA #RELIGION CRAZY PEOPLE: James Manning - always good for a bit of bare-cheeked effrontery.


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QUOTE:

This is devastating what Obama is doing to the black man and the black woman, and how the white homo is now moving into the black neighborhoods looking for black men that have been converted into homosexuality. But black woman let me say something to you: you have a very hard time competing against a white homosexual male. He’s usually got money — a white homo usually has an American Express card. He usually has an opportunity at the theater — homos love the theater. They love to go out to dinners, parties, they love that kind of a thing… black people need to rise up in mass and recognize the utter destruction that Obama is going in to destroy the black family with these homosexual statements that he has done and release of demons.

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Saturday 1 March 2014

Maine GOP Rep [Lawrence Lockman] Apologizes for Saying Men...





Maine GOP Rep [Lawrence Lockman] Apologizes for Saying Men Should Get to Rape Women… Because Abortion


There’s no statute of limitations on the crime of being a jackass.


QUOTE:

“If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?” Lockman said. “At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”

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Tuesday 25 February 2014

#AUSTRALIA #PNG #AsylumSeekers: former (conservative) PM Malcolm...





#AUSTRALIA #PNG #AsylumSeekers: former (conservative) PM Malcolm Fraser comments on the Manus Island situation.


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Paitim Garamut

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