Quote

He is laughing, with a touch of anger in his laughter, but no triumph, no malignity. It is the face of a man who is always fighting against something, but who fights in the open and is not frightened, the face of a man who is generously angry - in other words, of a nineteenth-century liberal, a free intelligence, a type hated with equal hatred by all the smelly little orthodoxies which are now contending for our souls.

George Orwell

Last week's quote ...

Original: The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson

Replacement: Where a great proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill policed, and wretchedly governed: a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. - Samuel Johnson

Our original quote didn't pass the sniff test. Thanks to @micmehmet for pointing out the problem. See also: http://www.samueljohnson.com/measure.html http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/10/28/judge-character/

F.U.

Australians and charity https://www.statista.com/chart/5981/the-worlds-most-generous-countries-in-2016/ https://www.statista.com/chart/4206/the-worlds-most-generous-nations/

Budgie 9 http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/budgie-niner-jack-walker-quits-job-in-christopher-pynes-office-20161008-grxud5.html

Greyhounds https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/10/10/the-latest-news-corp-buy-behind-its-war-on-greyhounds/

Adani https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/09/carmichael-mine-to-be-given-essential-status-in-sign-of-palaszczuksupport

Gablee Tostee http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-10/gable-tostee-audio-recording-screaming-shouts-before-fall/7918080

SA power

RIP (aka Things Coming to an End ... aka The End Times)

Leyonhjelm's cat: Oliver? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-09/david-leyonhjelm-mourning-the-loss-of-his-cat/7916640

Rebecca Wilson http://www.theage.com.au/national/liberal-democrat-senator-david-leyonhjelm-defends-tweet-about-rebecca-wilson-20161007-grxpks.html http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/10/11/leyonhjelm-interrupts-tribute-deceased-journalist-rebecca-wilson

Stephen de Mowbray http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/07/stephen-de-mowbray-last-of-the-great-cold-war-molehunters--obitu/

King of Thailand edging closer ... http://www.thejakartapost.com/seasia/2016/10/10/ailing-thai-king-undergoes-blood-purification.html http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1107269/people-unite-to-pray-for-kings-health

Bangkok, 6 October 1976

Hanoi Hannah https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/hanoi-hannah-vietnam-war-propaganda-radio-presenter-dies-aged-87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF9L_XnlQg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulFAjYyGpO8

Ross Higgins http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/kingswood-country-star-ross-higgins-dead-aged-86/7913758

Ford manufacturing in Australia http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/ford-closes-its-australian-factories-after-more-than-90-years/7909836

Mike Baird's political career http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/10/11/i-got-it-wrong-baird-dogs-backflip

Two poor bastards, who needs unions eh? http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-08/workers-walked-off-job-before-eagle-farm-construction-deaths/7915804

Syria

Yemen

Plebiscite

NEWS

Poland abortion ban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/polish-government-performs-u-turn-on-total-abortion-ban

Iceland women's strike http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34602822

Weather and Climate

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/03/global-temperature-climate-change-highest-115000-years

The Nation's Capital

Pretend libertarians

Brandis

Bananaland and Crocland

Moreton train line http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-10/moreton-bay-rail-link-tests-to-close-caboolture-line-6-days/7716816

SPORT

Sharapova drug ban slashed http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2016/s4548116.htm

Female cricket becoming professional http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-06/nsw-breakers-first-womens-team-fully-professional-cricket/7907764

Netball deal http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-14/new-landmark-pay-deal-for-australian-netballers/7842660

Cricket

Kabaddi World Cup

Australian Kabaddi Team Captain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Brown_(footballer)

The World Game https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/fifa-kick-israeli-clubs-west-bank-palestinian-football-human-rights

Socceroos http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/2018-world-cup-qualifiers-socceroos-v-japan-etihad-stadium-tuesday-11-october-20161011-grzqyy.html

RANDOM

Pendulum vocabulary http://www.millersville.edu/physics/experiments/073/vocabulary.html

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