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Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie ... This kind of thing is frightening to me, because it often gives me the feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world.

George Orwell

F.U.

Kingsley Amis quote correction http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101964/Distilled-Kingsley-The-late-great-author--prodigious-drinker--gives-advice-beating-hangover.html

Duterte says 'fuck you' to EU http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/philippines-duterte-unleashes-profanity-eu-160920193250592.html

Sirius Building Green Ban by the CFMEU http://millerspointcommunity.com.au/green-ban-for-sirius/

Simon Brandis https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/no-police-info-on-simon-brandis

SSM http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/liberal-party-members-behind-samesex-marriage-misinformation-campaign-20160923-grmvd6.html

F**kwit http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2016/09/23/apparently_austrialia_invented_the_word_fuckwit.html

Alex Buzo's play 'Norm and Ahmed'

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

RIP Bill Mollison https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mollison

RIP Sunnyboy http://www.essentialkids.com.au/activities/school-holidays/sunnyboy-ice-blocks-are-no-longer-being-made-daily-juice-co-confirms-20160923-grnank

Some Australian 1970s nostalgia https://www.pinterest.com/pin/388435536582229621/

RIP Senator Stephen Conroy's political career

RIP Arnold Palmer https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/26/arnold-palmer-obituaries

RIP Jose Fernandez http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-27/miami-marlins-remember-jose-fernandez-a-man-you-should-know/7880512

Skynet News

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html

NEWS

Tholf's question

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/kony_2012_quickly_became_a_punch_line_but_what_if_it_did_more_good_than.html

Jeremy Corbyn increases his majority https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtHWcAnUkAAn6Cp.jpg

Weather and Climate

Greenland ice loss https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/21/greenlands-huge-annual-ice-loss-is-even-worse-than-thought

Siberia is on fire http://gizmodo.com/siberia-has-been-burning-all-summer-1786939362

The Nation's Capital

My Brandis shit list

Boats https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/09/26/did-australia-pay-people-smugglers-to-stop-the-boats/

Refugees https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/27/girl-held-in-detention-for-more-than-two-years-may-have-been-falsely-imprisoned-say-lawyers

Tony Nutt http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/mediscare-claims-one-more-victim-as-tony-nutts-complete-lie-claims-backfire-20160921-grlrfu

Ian Macfarlane https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/26/former-minister-ian-macfarlane-takes-job-with-mining-industry-lobby-group

Media ownership https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/780667291734204416

Rumtown Gazette

NSW Libs and their Unlawful Donations http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-22/liberal-party-received-unlawful-donations-electoral-commission/7869824

Bankers Are Wankers (aka Melbourne)

Anti-mooning laws http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/mooning-ban-you-could-have-people-doing-it-everyday-with-no-sanction-victoria-attorney-general-says/news-story/51f364aa16962e9225e1e1b93bc0fa49

The Secessionists

Steve Irons http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-mp-steve-irons-also-charged-taxpayers-to-fly-wife-home-after-wedding-20160926-groqn9.html

Bananaland and Crocland

Dam Scam http://nofibs.com.au/dam-scam-3m-in-federal-funds-awarded-to-qld-lnp-connected-consortium-qldaah-auspol-qldpol/

Stuart Robert http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-mp-in-new-donations-scandal-as-special-corruption-team-investigates-20160923-grmtuw.html http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/revealed-mp-stuart-robert-speech-partly-written-by-property-developer-lobbyist-20160927-grplt7.html

Hurley seems like a bad egg http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/gold-coast-police-charged-over-pursuit/news-story/a1b36d0e8068ceac3be29c29f5f4128b

Seppo Land

The Mass Debate.

Deplorable. Why did Hillary back down on this word?

Don King for Trump http://www.smh.com.au/video/video-news/video-world-news/don-king-drops-the-nword-at-trump-rally-20160921-4kxsj.html

Skittles

SPORT

What? http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/german-goalkeeper-marco-kwiotek-arrested-after-conceding-43-goals-in-one-match-20160920-grktuz.html

Nazis and drugs https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview

AFL

FFA Cup

#thatisall