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Category Archives: Australia
Australian Jewish Writer Is Very Sensitive To Asylum Seekers
From The Guardian: …Funder’s first year in New York was spent settling her family in and travelling to promote All that I Am, which was published in 20 countries. She did some journalism and worked for a charity called Icorn, … Continue reading
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Fallout (2013)
Helen Caldicott says in this documentary: “America was testing atmospheric bombs in Nevada and they only did it when the wind blew east over the Mormon population because they knew the Mormons were so patriotic, they would never complain.” You … Continue reading
Australians should fear the rise of China
John J. Mearsheimer writes in 2010: The United States has been the most powerful state on the planet for many decades, and has deployed robust military forces in the Asia-Pacific region since the early years of the second world war. … Continue reading
Australia’s New Prime Minister
Mark Steyn writes: Tony Abbott is – was – more to my taste ideologically. He’s a monarchist, a social conservative, the man who repealed Australia’s disastrous carbon tax. But he was not an effective executive or parliamentarian or shifter of … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: What Plans Should America Have Ready to Stymie a Camp of the Saints Here?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I think this Australian idea of paying Cambodia to take boat people a superb idea. Win-win. If the boaters are that desperate they should be happy, Cambodia makes money. Would be migrants get sent a … Continue reading
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Australia’s New Prime Minister Strongly Supports Hate Speech Laws
Comments to Steve Sailer: * [Malcolm] Turnbull is vehemently opposed to any watering down of the Racial Discrimination Act, which is something very close to the hearts of his electorate. I’d say Sailer is on the right track. Turnbull: Mr … Continue reading
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Why Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a Labor Stooge
From StopTurnbull.com: The Liberal Party is supposed to be the custodian of Classical Liberalism and Conservatism. Malcolm Turnbull is neither. He is a leftist-progressive and secular humanist, who wants to take Australia in the same general philosophical direction as the … Continue reading
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A Growing Trend: Vaguely Jewish National Leaders Like New PM Malcolm Turnbull of Australia
Steve Sailer writes: A crucial policy issue for the future of Australia is preventing Camp of Saints flashmobs from influxing into the country, as is currently happening in Europe, and was happening under the previous leftwing government. The conservative PM … Continue reading
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Should Israel & Australia Take Syrian Refugees?
Link: I asked the head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry why he thinks Australia ought to accept 12,000 Syrian refugees but Israel 0. This is his response: “The size of Israel’s territory is less than one-third, of one … Continue reading
How China Could Take Over Australia
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I’ve argued in the past that if I were running China’s foreign and military policy I’d load up several old cargo tankers with assorted Chinese, wait for a Labor/Greens government in Oz, and send them … Continue reading