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Category Archives: Australia
Police dismissed warning of a riot threat for central Melbourne as ‘sh*t’ – hours before the violent Sudanese-based Apex gang rampaged through the streets in a vicious rolling brawl involving 100 people
Daily Mail: Police blame vicious Melbourne street brawl on Sudanese Apex gang Group rioted in Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday night at Moomba festival Police revealed they have been looking into Apex group for four months Riot brought city to a … Continue reading
African man, 20, wearing boxing gloves charged after a ‘vicious’ rampage in an Adelaide shopping centre where he king hit and kicked SIX shoppers – leaving a 56-year-old woman in hospital
Daily Mail: A man went on rampage in Adelaide shopping mall on Thursday afternoon The 20-year-old randomly attacked six people including three woman A 56-year-old victim was hospitalised with facial injuries and a concussion The man was arrested nearby and … Continue reading
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Open Borders – The Mexican-Australian Restaurant
A friend down under says: I kind of find it hilarious this is in an Australian Mexican restaurant – I thought of your face. The company is actually called NO BORDERS. The left love the idea of no borders but … Continue reading
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Australian student faces $200,000 bill in Facebook post racism row
A friend says: “Don’t come back to australia: you couldn’t afford to pay for just a day’s worth of your facebook posts.” Why on earth would aborigines need their own computer lab? If so, then other groups need their own … Continue reading
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Aborigines & Crime
From Wikipedia: Indigenous Australians commit crimes and are imprisoned at a disproportionately high rate in Australia. According to one source, there is “gross overrepresentation of Indigenous offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system”.[1] The 2006 census documented that … Continue reading
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Crime Wave In Tannum Sands!
My mate had his screwdriver stolen right near Booth Avenue (named after my mother’s side of the family). He complains: “The Anglo-Saxon trash we have around here. All the crime around here is committed by white trash. If we could … Continue reading
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Clinton to Fundraise at L.A. House of Tax Evading Clinton Foundation Donor Peter Lowy
I doubt the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles covered this story. From the Washington Free Beacon June 19, 2015: Hillary Clinton will attend a $2,700-a-plate luncheon on Friday at the Beverly Hills home of a man who was investigated by … Continue reading
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Black Gang Riots In Melbourne
From News.com.au: SOUTH central Melbourne became more like South Central Los Angeles on Saturday as rioters swept through the CBD terrifying locals and tourists alike. Havoc descended on Federation Square with metal chairs from the city’s famous Brunetti’s cafe used … Continue reading
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Australia Enjoys A Good Ol Gang Fight In Middle Of Melbourne Between Sudanese & Pacific Islanders
REPORT: Second huge brawl ‘was planned between gang members’ in central Melbourne before police stepped in to separate them. Victoria police have managed to disperse two rival gangs that planned another mass brawl in Melbourne on Sunday night. The second … Continue reading
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Australian Vs American Schooling
A comment to Camille Paglia: We recently moved to Australia from Seattle. A BIG part of the reason was our four children and the cost to send them all to college. Our first child was a wake-up call, and while … Continue reading