Category Archives: Australia

Invasion is a structure not an event (8-16-24)

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Luke Ford

Adam Kirsch writes in the WSJ: The most frequently quoted sentence in the literature of settler colonialism is from the Australian scholar Patrick Wolfe: “Invasion is a structure, not an event.” Wolfe was referring specifically to the British settlement of … Continue reading →

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WEHT To Matt Drudge? (8-14-24)

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 NYT: Monkeypox and the Gay Community, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/briefing/monkeypox-gay-community.html08:00 WEHT to Matt Drudge?12:20 What Tucker Carlson did to get blacklisted by Matt Drudge, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-matt-drudge/id172618135118:00 Why Drudge turned against Trump, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-drudge-turned-on-trump/id1726181351?i=100064736289430:00 Elites vs regular Americans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tJPnS8vJE32:00 We don’t live in a media-run … Continue reading →

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A Changed Life

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

A bloke emails me: I am the formerly deeply troubled Anglo-Aussie you interacted with and provided SAGE advice to…months ago on X. You changed my life. This is the best two months of my life. Everything has changed, I have … Continue reading →

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Artifice, Australians, Manners & The Buffers Between Ourselves And Reality (12-5-23)

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Luke Ford
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England Defeat Australia 3-1

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

I got up at 3 am Wednesday to watch England defeat Australia 3-1 in the semi-finals of the women’s World Cup of soccer. What I found most galling about Australia’s loss was the lack of response to England’s cynical battering … Continue reading →

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