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
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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
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