2014.11.18 Weird and Graceless
We're all hairless conceited apes, some slightly more evolved than others.
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Show Notes
Intro
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
Tony opens the G20 leaders' retreat ... definitely cringeworthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_epjAMuS8Wo
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.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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