2016.03.22 An Exciting Time to be Australian
Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again. - The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht.
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F.U.
Adani and traditional owners http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/21/adani-mine-traditional-owners-vote-to-sack-representatives-who-received-benefits-from-adani
Sheer bloody-minded idiocy of land clearing in Qld http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/18/queensland-to-use-satellites-to-ensure-native-woodlands-are-not-cleared
Bob Brown in Tassie, taking Taswegian Govt to High Court over anti-protest laws https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2016/03/19/bob-browns-arrest-lapoinya-under-new-anti-protestor-laws/14583060003021
Unthical Boom http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/18/exciting-time-to-be-australian-slogan-vanishes-from-ideas-boom-website
R.I.P.
Fairfax
Andy Grove http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/andy-grove-dead/index.html
NEWS
Teh Double Diss http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/21/malcolm-turnbull-hits-reboot-after-political-operating-system-starts-crashing
C**t and the OED http://jezebel.com/cunty-cuntish-cunted-and-cunting-added-to-oxford-engl-1543768870
Elmer Funke Kupper http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/21/australian-securities-exchange-chief-quits-over-tabcorp-investigation
Huck Dunting
Australia Day ≠ Invasion Day ? http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/20/move-date-of-australia-day-urges-former-deputy-prime-minister-tim-fischer
Democracy http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/18/have-millennials-given-up-on-democracy
Perth Lord Mayor 'failed in duties' http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-05/lisa-scaffidi-failed-in-duties-as-perth-lord-mayor-ccc/6828722
East Timorese Protests http://m.smh.com.au/world/thousands-of-east-timorese-besiege-australian-embassy-in-dili-20160322-gnob5x.html
Bananaland
Dickhead mayors returned on coast and Brisvegas. Yes vote gets up in the ref, Shane Ken'oath's seat returned strongest No vote.
Stuart Robert referred to AFP http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/17/federal-police-to-investigate-stuart-roberts-china-trip-with-liberal-donor
WEATHER
Hottest. World. Ever. (in recent history)
If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_UpyY2MIOc
SPORT
The World Game
Foxes and Spurs both won on the weekend ... http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html
World Cup qualifier in Adelaide on Thursday vs Tajikistan
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/22/australia-boxing-champion-lucas-browne-drugs-test
Raymond Moore is a fossil http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/03/20/indian-wells-ceo-slams-womens-tennis-embarasses-himself-with-revolting-sexist-comments/ http://time.com/4267220/indian-wells-raymond-moore-steps-down/
