2014.11.18 Weird and Graceless

We're all hairless conceited apes, some slightly more evolved than others.


Show Notes

Intro

Modi Express tp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/18/the-modi-express-a-modern-spectacle-and-an-attempt-to-leave-the-leaders-dark-past-behind

Southern Aurora http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Aurora

Spirit of Progress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiritofProgress

Sydney/Melbourne Express http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney/Melbourne_Express

Narendra Modi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi

Godhra Train Burning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godhratrainburning

Gujarat State http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat

Babri Masjid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babri_Masjid

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BharatiyaJanataParty

Bris Vegas

Harry doesn't care

Hansard scrubbing

Russian alternative to Wikipedia

Fake image of MH17 being attacked https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2014/11/14/russian-state-television-shares-fake-images-of-mh17-being-attacked/

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - Orwell

RIPs

RIP Roma's Royal Hotel http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-16/royal-hotel-roma-fire-crews-lucky-to-escape-building-collapse/5895000

Ian Craig, 79, Australian Test cricketer

Bowral - where cricketers go to die.

Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, 26, American humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage

Glen A. Larson, 77, American writer and producer (Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I.), esophageal cancer

Reg 'Toecutter' Withers http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/18/reg-toecutter-withers-former-fraser-government-minister-dies-at-age-90

Crime and Punishment

Chapter 5 - The horse whipping dream and the timing clue.

KKK and Anonymous http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-seizes-klu-klux-klan-twitter-account-over-ferguson-threats-7000035836/

G20

http://www.smh.com.au/business/g20/australia-suffers-another-cringeworthy-moment-during-g20-summit-20141117-11nxg9.html

Tony opens the G20 leaders' retreat ... definitely cringeworthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epjAMuS8Wo

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/uschina-climate-deal-exposes-tony-abbotts-parochialism-20141113-11lntj.html

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-needs-to-shift-his-stance-on-climate-change-to-work-with-china-20141117-11ohx1.html

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/newman-to-back-galilee-projects-with-infrastructure-spending-20141116-11nudy.html

China Vows To Begin Aggressively Falsifying Air Pollution Numbers http://www.theonion.com/articles/china-vows-to-begin-aggressively-falsifying-air-po,37429/

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nsw/chappypie-china-time-a-chinese-disneyland-for-the-central-coast-20141114-11mgjl.html

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/17/isis-war-cia-arming-rebels-syria

David Flint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Flint

Australian Broadcasting Authority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AustralianBroadcastingAuthority

David Flint's letters to Alan Jones http://www.justinian.com.au/archive/love-letters.html

John Brown koala critique: "flea-ridden, piddling, stinking, scratching, rotten little things" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JohnBrown(Australian_politician)

Koala fondling http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/nov/16/g20s-koala-diplomacy-world-leaders-show-their-cuddly-side-in-pictures

'First Ladies' koala fondling http://rt.com/news/205767-australia-g20-wives-photos/

Obama laughter

Howard's children

Asian Bank http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/Chinas-Asian-Bank-may-herald-a-new-world-order-30247966.html "The 21 founding members of the AIIB are Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Indonesia will also join this list. "The purpose of the AIIB will be to provide infrastructure development funds to countries in the Asian region that was earlier dominated by the Japan, Australia and US dominated Asian Development Bank (ADB)."

Channel 10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Ten

7.30 Report and their Putin funnies http://thehoopla.com.au/shirtfront-funny/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6NF5L0kWpY

Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/canada-breaks-with-australia-contribute-green-climate-fund

SPORT

Football

Cricket

Baseball

AFL

BOWLS!

FARNARKELING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X454D3Fzwso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilxE6QNP-Vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHGn29SuMUo

This week's show is not sponsored by Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany

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