2015.11.03 Bullied by Amnesty

Thus, for example, tanks, battleships and bombing planes are inherently tyrannical weapons, while rifles, muskets, long-bows, and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak. - George Orwell, You and the Atom Bomb, Tribune, 19 October 1945


Show Notes


F.U. (Follow Up)

Harold Holt http://www.monsterchildren.com/39372/harold-holt-found/ http://www.harold-holt.net/ http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/02/what-happened-to-harold-holt-the-disappearance-of-australias-prime-minister/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt_Memorial_Swimming_Centre

Lomborg http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/government-withdraws-funding-lomborg-centre-university

All National Security changes in Australia since 9/11 in one timeline http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/19/all-of-australias-national-security-changes-since-911-in-a-timeline

New info on the Dismissal http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/26/prince-charles-knew-of-idea-to-dismiss-whitlam-before-1975-crisis-book-claims

RIP

BBQ King

Through traffic on George Street Sydney

Knights and Dames - Gough off, Fraser on, Hawke off, Abbott on, Turnbull off

Hashem Azzeh http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/west-bank-bids-farewell-veteran-palestinian-activist-151022123036673.html

Salim Mehajer's credibility, dignity, whatever. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/26/auburn-deputy-mayor-salim-mehajer-charged-for-driving-unregistered-ferrari

NEWS

Voting age

Shorten's Pacific trip

GST increase

Russian Airbus crash

14% increase in NSW prison population in one year http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/02/nsw-prisons-beyond-breaking-point-after-14-surge-in-inmates-union-says

ASIO investigations doubled in a year http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/02/asio-terrorism-investigations-doubled-to-400-in-2014-15-says-agency-report

Bananaland policing http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/police-allocated-more-money-to-chase-children-exploitation/6905434

Clean energy investment in Australia fell by 31% under Tony Abbott http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/02/clean-energy-investment-in-australia-fell-by-31-under-tony-abbott

Medical Marijuana http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/26/legalised-medical-marijuana-opposed-by-only-7-of-australians-poll-shows

Philip Nitschke http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/26/philip-nitschke-banned-from-promoting-voluntary-euthanasia

Cost of Hockey's Byelection http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/north-sydney-by-election-candidate-decided-for-the-liberal-party-to-be-trent-zimmerman/story-fngr8h9d-1227583683021

Tosspot's Thatcher Speech http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2015/oct/28/tony-abbott-immigration-europe-people-smuggling-margaret-thatcher-video http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/23/tony-abbott-joins-global-speakers-circuit-as-one-of-worlds-greatest-minds

Fuckwittery has metastasized http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/20/kalgoorlie-mayor-singles-out-aboriginal-people-over-antisocial-behaviour

Newspoll survey says Labor leader's rating in as 'preferred prime minister' is worst for opposition leader since Turnbull in November 2009 http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/27/coalition-overtakes-labor-as-malcolm-turnbull-extends-lead-over-bill-shorten-poll-shows

The Coalition has a 53-47 two-party lead over Labor in the latest ReachTel poll, while more than 40% of Labor voters say the party should change its leader http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/24/poll-malcolm-turnbull-vastly-preferred-over-bill-shorten-as-prime-minister

Abetz and 'Negro' http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/22/eric-abetz-uses-racist-term-to-describe-us-supreme-court-judge-in-interview

Thor and Alien http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/22/thor-and-alien-sequels-to-be-filmed-in-australia-says-foreign-minister

Hockey's gone http://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2015/oct/22/hockey-the-fantasy-economist-may-as-well-have-farewelled-middle-earth

A seat on UN Human Rights Council http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/30/australias-bid-for-the-un-human-rights-council-was-conceived-in-a-parallel-universe http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/19/julie-bishop-lauds-strong-human-rights-institutions-after-abbotts-attacks

Abyan http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/29/australia-ignored-three-requests-from-nauru-medical-staff-to-move-abyan http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/28/this-is-abyans-story-and-it-is-australias-story

The Dog Lover's 'interview' http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/20/chris-kenny-first-foreign-news-reporter-in-18-months-granted-nauru-visa

Bullying and Amnesty International http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/29/coalition-will-not-be-bullied-on-border-protection-says-peter-dutton

Kyrgyzstan reported as option to resettle refugees from Nauru and Manus http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/31/kyrgyzstan-reported-as-option-to-resettle-refugees-from-nauru-and-manus

Two asylum seekers kill themselves in the last two weeks, and one killed by a 'gang' while in detention http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/19/afghan-asylum-seeker-feared-dead-after-self-immolation-during-video-call http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/29/asylum-seeker-found-hanged-at-brisbane-airport-feared-deportation http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/how-mohammad-nasim-najafi-died-in-a-detention-centre

Incident logs that list every reported "use of force" at all mainland detention centres and Christmas Island reveal that the rate of reported incidents per 1,000 detainees rose from 2.6 in January 2013 to 70.3 in March 2015. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/30/use-of-force-on-asylum-seekers-in-onshore-immigration-detention-soars

Orangutan hookers http://orangutan.or.id/ponys-new-life-2/ http://thecircular.org/animal-prostitution-orangutans-trading-in-asia-and-bestiality-brothels-in-europe/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html

SPORT

Rugby

How awesome is David Pocock? http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/nov/02/disappointed-david-pocock-well-cop-it-on-the-chin-thats-how-it-ends

Melbourne Cup

Michelle Payne http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-03/michelle-payne-rides-prince-of-penzance-to-melbourne-cup-win/6908594

Cricket

Tests against the Kiwis coming up

The World Game

FFAaaaarCup

Socceroos play Kyrgyzstan next week


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