2015.03.17 Confessions of an English Onion-Eater
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. - George Orwell
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NEWS
RIP PUP
RIP Jeremy Clarkson's career on Top Gear Stewart Lee's piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgABbHPdwH4
RIP Braydon Smith, the boxer http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/toowoomba-boxer-braydon-smith-dies-after-10-round-fight/6323574
RIP Amir Kumar http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/coroner-finds-group-making-citizens-arrest-contributed-to-death/6303232
RIP Angry Anderson's political career
RIP Alf Bamblett http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/alf-bamblett-remembered-for-devotion-to-family/6323210
RIP Terry Pratchett
RIP French celebrities in helichoppers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Castelli_helicopter_collision
Phrase/word of the week
F.U.
Ming/Menzies (cross between Minges and Ming-uss) pronunciation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh https://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&v=od3JeEnpQ6E&gl=SG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzies http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Menzies.ogg
PMs of Oz
Number 13: Arthur Fadden "They called me Artie"
Crime and Punishment
Part 2 - Chapter 9
Rum, Sodomy and The Lash
Mike Baird's election bus vandalised http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/mike-bairds-nsw-election-bus-sprayed-with-graffiti-by-vandals/6300824
ALP National Conference ... Neither right nor left will have the numbers this year? http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/11/labors-right-may-lose-control-of-conference-for-first-time-since-1984
Labor makes a preference deal with The Greens http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/nsw-election-2015-labor-greens-preference-deal/6324726
Man set on fire by friends http://www.news.com.au/national/man-18-agreed-to-be-set-alight-at-party-in-collaroy-plateau/story-fncynjr2-1227263275546
House on fire http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/woman-arrested-for-attempted-murder-after-setting-home-alight/6326874
Muslim TV studio in Sydney http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/muslim-tv-studio-counters-mainstream-media-treatment-of-islam/6323814
The Shard
Ben Cousins
Carl Webb http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/carl-webb-arrested-over-late-night-rampage-in-cairns/6323710
Guy who stole a car in NT with toddler http://www.news.com.au/national/northern-territory/jake-yates-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-after-stealing-car-with-toddler-dumping-him-at-the-side-of-the-road/story-fnn3gfdo-1227265247695
Ice addict who trapped mother at home http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/ice-addicted-who-trapped-mother-in-home-for-two-hours-sentenced/6306890
The Game and Coal
China's locked-in gas price until 2027 http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/china-taps-cheap-gas-pipeline-as-australians-pay-more/story-fnii5s3x-1227265439609
Bananaland
Council worker in Queensland tried to poison homeless to clean up a park http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/council-worker-jailed-for-poisoning-homeless-people-in-north-qld/6303044
Clive splashes some cash http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/clive-palmer-coolum-resort-sacks-40-staff-closes-facilities/6325058
Campbell had moved Labour Day from May to October. Petty snivelling shit. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/queensland-government-moves-labour-day-back-to-may/6325664
The Feds
The onion eater. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/13/tony-abbott-romancing-liberal-party-base-voters-moved-on
Four Corners http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/liberal-party-disunity-damaging-government-economy-corbett/6324116
Lifestyle choice comment reverberates http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/16/without-connection-to-country-australia-is-a-shallow-nation-thats-what-abbott-doesnt-understand http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/11/lifestyle-choices-is-abbotts-third-and-final-strike-on-indigenous-affairs http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/we-will-fund-indigenous-outstations-says-adam-giles/6302952
Then Ray Martin adds to the bullshit http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/ray-martin-its-not-racist-its-the-conversation-we-have-to-have/story-fn84fgcm-1227266229887
Fukushima and SA nuclear http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/royal-commission-is-set-the-debate-a-proposed-plan-from-sa-senator-to-expand-nuclear-industry/story-e6frflp0-1227259822071
Hockey feels sad. He might actually lose his deffo case. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/joe-hockey-seeks-substantial-damages-in-fairfax-defamation-case/6326020
Scary Christopher Pyne http://snappytv.com/tc/514089/105246
Hansard http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/hansard-inaccuracies/6322746
Fuck Andrew Robb http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/regional-trade-transpacific-partnership-concerns-scare-campaign/6326018
World
Piss off Bibi http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/netanyahu-says-no-palestinian-state-if-reelected-pm/6324160
Putin is back
Anwar's daughter arrested for sedition for reading his words in parliament in Malaysia http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/anwar-ibrahim-daughter-nurul-izzah-arrested-for-sedition/6324050
Science
Food poisoning and salmonella, hep etc http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/gold-coast-cafe-linked-to-suspected-food-poisoning-outbreak/6310086
Fluoridation http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/queensland-councils-to-retain-choice-on-water-fluoridation/6309730
WEATHER
Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
Cyclone Olwyn
Cyclone Nathan about to revisit FNQ
http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/tracks/index.shtml
SPORT
F1
F1 Power Units http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/2014-f1-the-power-unit-explained/
Red Bull has a hissy fit because they didn't win http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/red-bull-hints-at-f1-exit-after-boring-australian-grand-prix/6323940
Greyhounds
Entire Vic racing board resigns http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/11/entire-greyhound-racing-victoria-board-resigns-in-wake-of-live-baiting-scandal
23 more trainers suspended, just in Bananaland now 36 in total, 36! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-17/queensland-racing-stands-down-23-more-greyhound-trainers/6325130
Cricket
World Cup and the Associate nations
Bowls
http://worldbowls.com/News/world-bowls-appoints-a-new-director-to-the-board
http://worldbowls.com/News/2015-world-junior-bowls-championships-broadbeach-australia-final-results
THE CLOCKS
http://www.australianopen.bowlsaustralia.com.au/
dan lain-lain ...
