2016.09.13 Careless Thinkers
Vladimir Putin is a strong leader in the same way arsenic is a strong drink. - Garry Kasparov
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Show Notes
Listening to:
TISM - The Penis is Mightier Than The Sword https://youtu.be/jrxO_F281iw
Quote
Governor Pence, Vladimir Putin is a strong leader in the same way arsenic is a strong drink. Your country should be ashamed of you.
And Another Quote
I will pay for my loyalty to the people with my life. And I say to them that I am certain that the seeds that we have planted in the good conscience of thousands and thousands of Chileans will not be shriveled forever."
Salvador Allende, 11 September 1973
F.U.
Duterte https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/32557178/i-will-eat-you-alive-raw-philippines-president-issues-savage-threat-to-islamic-militants/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-says-philippines-not-asked-pull-forces-055240468.html
Life expectancy in Australia http://www.superguide.com.au/the-soapbox/updated-life-tables-is-the-tide-shifting-for-australian-life-expectancies
Marriage equality http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/09/13/abhorrent-idea-liberal-senator-vote-against-same-sex-marriage-plebiscite
Fentanyl and marijuana http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-08/fentanyl-maker-donates-big-to-campaign-opposing-pot-legalization
MH370 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37333762
People setting other people on fire
Awful lot of it about this week http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/muslim-woman-set-on-fire-in-new-york-city-police-investigating-hate-crime-a7239281.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-12/teenager-charged-with-attempted-murder/7836570 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-who-died-horrific-injuries-8820476 http://wbay.com/2016/09/12/fond-du-lac-native-set-on-fire-in-kansas-attack/ https://www.armytimes.com/articles/leavenworth-hospital-employee-accused-of-setting-supervisor-on-fire
... and from Gabon, for the finale http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-01/gabon-unrest-after-disputed-election-result/7807054
R.I.P.
Norman May
Andy the ambo's mum
Clowns
Weather and Climate
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-13/typhoon-meranti-taiwan/7840318 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-13/canberra-pollen-season-predicted-to-start-earlier-this-year/7839296
News
The Nation's Capital
Move along, nothing to see here
Malcolm Roberts http://ow.ly/hg0X3049JfU
Dasher "Every Liberal voted against banning foreign donations" http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-sam-dastyari-affair-confirms-what-many-voters-think-20160909-grd06v.html
George Brandis https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/brandis-gives-job-to-donor-lawyer
The Senate runs out of work http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-embarrassment-as-senate-runs-out-of-work-to-do-20160912-gre6nr.html
Those Septic Tanks
Atticus Prison rioters and their demands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica_Prison_riot https://twitter.com/jaybeware/status/774242072295452672 https://twitter.com/EthanZ/status/774273254601134080
Something Else
Abdullah Ocalan and Murray Bookchin by Adam Curtis http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/5a7b18b5-0ec3-3d3e-a307-54820a7c6a59
Post Scarcity Anarchism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Scarcity_Anarchism
SPORT
GWS are thugs. And may well win the flag.
Koala soccer http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/koala-invades-pitch-soccer-final-sunshine-coast/3088092/
Miscellaneous
Universal Basic Income http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/themoney/money-for-nothing-explaining-appeal-universal-basic-income/7660514
The Unsolved Mystery Behind the Act of Terror That Brought Putin to Power http://www.nationalreview.com/article/439060/vladimir-putin-1999-russian-apartment-house-bombings-was-putin-responsible