2015.06.23 Choose a Side

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history. - Orwell


Show Notes


Word of the Week

Sedition

RIP

Ron Moodnick aka Ron Moody aka Fagin from the film version of Oliver.

Elomar and Sharrouf.

Popey (just getting in front of the crowd).

PM of Oz

Number 21: Gough.

NEWS

Citizenship

Who's a terrorist? Not white folk apparently.

Q and A

http://m.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/a-grave-error-of-judgment-malcolm-turnbull-lashes-qa-for-allow-former-terror-suspect-in-audience-20150623-ghv9ih.html

Murtu people

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2015/jun/22/liberals-disgusted-after-greens-larissa-waters-asks-if-catholic-tony-abbott-will-listen-to-pope-on-climate-change-video

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/12/civil-rights-activist-rachel-dolezal-misrepresented-herself-as-black-claim-parents

USS George Washington visits Bananaland.

SPORT

Football: Matildas beat Brazil

Netball: Queensland Firebirds beat the Sydney Swifts

Random Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_O'Shane

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/24/1095961861790.html

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/nuclearfree-city-afraid-not/2009/03/18/1237054855860.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/23/julia-gillard-bullying-biased-turbo-charged-media-hurts-australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Murphy#Judicial_philosophy_and_legacy

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/politics/obama-n-word-race-politics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-beaked_echidna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_juries_in_the_United_States

http://www.smh.com.au/world/eleventhhour-deal-to-stave-off-greek-debt-crisis-20150623-ghvgjg.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ralston_Saul#Voltaire.27s_Bastards.2C_The_Doubter.27s_Companion_and_The_Unconscious_Civilization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Urantia_Book

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