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Category Archives: Australia
1960s Anglo Australia
I just re-watched the 1978 Australian movie Newsfront and talked to a mate about it down under. Luke: “It was so lovely.” Mate: “You would have hated 1960s Anglo Australia. It was boring. It was 99% white. The food was … Continue reading
NYT: ‘Australia Grapples With Campus Assaults, and Reprisals Against Victims’
New York Times: “A January report by the advocacy group End Rape on Campus Australia found that universities had frequently failed to support victims of sexual assault and harassment.” Why should universities support those who make claims to being victims? … Continue reading
David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema
David Stratton is the only consequential film critic Australia has produced. His autobiography is called, I Peed On Fellini (“a reference to a drunken attempt to shake Federico Fellini’s hand while using a urinal”). In his new ABC show, “David … Continue reading
57yo Australian Conservative Pundit Andrew Bolt Fights Back Against Antifa
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Some background on Bolt for the benefit of Steve’s readers: Bolt is one of Australia’s best-known conservative commentators, and the most prominent in Melbourne. No other commentator is excoriated as much by the SJW left … Continue reading
‘A Place To Call Home’
Feeling a tad homesick, I subscribed to Acorn TV on Amazon to watch this Australian soap. NYT: “Designed to satisfy your sprawling-period-saga hunger in the absence of “Downton Abbey,” this 1950s Australian melodrama is at four seasons and counting. It’s … Continue reading
Why Has Australia Moved Left?
New York Times: As the big cities grew, their ethnic mix changed from Anglo-Celtic and European to Eurasian. In 1996, the population had 13.2 million locally born Australians and 4.5 million overseas-born. English-speaking migrants from Britain, Ireland, New Zealand and … Continue reading
China & The End Of The Australian Dream
Comments at Steve Sailer: * The Chinese do not intend to assimilate into the Australian mainstream. They do not have the hostility towards white civilization of conquered peoples (Aboriginals, American blacks, South Asians) they are simply indifferent to how their … Continue reading
NYT: “Australia’s Immoral Preference for Christian Refugees”
Steve Sailer: From the New York Times oped page: Australia’s Immoral Preference for Christian Refugees By A. ODYSSEUS PATRICK MAY 3, 2017 SYDNEY, Australia — Like many Western countries, Australia has agreed to resettle refugees from the wars in Syria … Continue reading
The End of the Australian Dream?
Lisa Pryor writes for the New York Times Op/Ed page: SYDNEY, Australia — Let me tell you a fairy tale called Australia. Despite what you may have heard about snakes and spiders and sharks, the remarkable thing about Australia is … Continue reading
Who Are The Happiest People In The World?
The happiest countries in this survey seem to be 99% white. Comments at Steve Sailer: * It seems to me that the most genuinely happy people I met travelling the world were the native Fijians. Indian-Fijians were much more glum. … Continue reading