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Category Archives: Australia
Muslim charged with murder posted to Facebook moments before alleged stabbing
I wonder if shouting “Allahu Akbar” gives us a clue about the killer’s motivations? For first world countries like Australia, Muslims are an invasive species just as for Palestinians, Israeli Jews are an invasive species. NEWS: A 29-year-old French national … Continue reading
Do You Speak Australian?
New York Times: HONG KONG — In October 2014, Australia’s prime minister produced blank stares around the globe when he vowed to “shirt-front” President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine, in … Continue reading
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With Crocodiles in Custody, Police in Humpty Doo, Australia, Seek Human Accomplices
New York Times: Wanted: the shirtless reptile-hurlers of Humpty Doo. It sounds like a crazy caper in a children’s book. But the police in Australia are serious. Investigators in the Northern Territory announced on Sunday that they needed the public’s … Continue reading
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Milwaukee, Cedar Falls(!), Melbourne: Three Black Riots—Three Explanations
John Derbyshire writes: When these riots happen, you get a lot of thumb-sucking pieces about why they happen, what causes them. Well, what does cause them? You’re asking me? Well, I’m a race realist, so I’ll give you an answer … Continue reading
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‘Wake up, Aussies’: Far-right Pauline Hanson supporters dressed as Muslims storm church
I wonder if churches would be less refugee friendly if there were more of these events. NEWS: A far-right nationalist group that links itself to Pauline Hanson stormed a church service on Sunday dressed in mock Muslim attire and chanting … Continue reading
A Brief Survey of the Various Foreigners, Their Chief Characteristics, Customs, and Manners by P.J. O’Rourke
P.J. O’Rourke writes in National Lampoon in 1977: AFRICANS Racial Characteristics: Probably not people at all. Probably some kind of monkey. They eat each other and worship bundles of sticks and mud. You can never remember the names of their … Continue reading
Sonia Kruger calls on Australia to stop taking Muslim immigrants
Most Australians, just like most Americans, don’t want Muslims in their land. Sydney Morning Herald: Sonia Kruger has courted controversy on morning television by calling on Australia to ban Muslim immigrants, prompting a stand-off with fellow presenter David Campbell. The … Continue reading
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Q&A: ABC backs screening process after News Corp criticises Khaled Elomar
Not one of Australia’s elite backs Pauline Hanson. Not one in media, academia, etc, that I know. The Guardian: Q&A has defended allowing a Muslim engineer in its audience to ask Pauline Hanson a question after a front-page story in … Continue reading
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After a career of ups and downs, Joe Gutnick is once again a diamond in the rough
Sydney Morning Herald: Back in 2003, mining magnate Joseph Gutnick stared down a threat by his sister to refer their bitter legal dispute to a rabbinical court in Israel by invoking the famous Jewish teaching “dina demalchuta dina”, which means … Continue reading
BLACK CLOTHES MATTER
Tim Blair writes: Melbourne, like most Australian cities, does not have a huge black population. Nevertheless, Melbourne lefties are today holding a Black Lives Matter protest rally. How are they getting around the small problem of no actual black people? … Continue reading