Conspiracy theories really allow you to maintain a sense of humour when all about the world stagnates and all too slowly devours itself. A good one is that the early 1980′s cartoon The Smurfs was Cold War communist propaganda. Or atleast a great representation of a communist utopia. Its all there, the communal...
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I know we are living in the age of celebrity. I understand that people no longer want to be famous for being talented. No, being a famous singer, dancer, musician, actor or painter requires hard work, skill, determination, struggle, failure, pain and luck. There is an easier and far more lucrative route that can...
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  There has been a lot written about why The Beatles broke up. Most of the penned ammunition unloaded on John Lennon’s sweet angelic muse Yoko Ono.  But this is a historic injustice. The evidence for the implosion of the greatest pop band of all time is right in our faces, or more correctly,...
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 I would like to take issue with the recent scribbling about the change of government in Italy. To be brief Henington is out of his depth and should go back to criticizing Howard-era Liberals in Australia, as he has no idea about the complexities of Italian politics and the importance of stability in the...
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The Walt Disney Company announced this morning that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Greece.
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Maybe R U OK DAY is a sad reflection on modern life. We are no longer great or fantastic, the best some of us can hope for is to be OK, to survive.
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In the days leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 we were continually remaindered of how much the world has changed since the twin towers tumbled down. There were all manner of programs, some recounting events, some speaking to those who lost loved ones and others just showing images of the day to...
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Minister For Transport Terry Mulder Dear Minister, Like you I am a grown up. I can tie my shoes, feed myself, read, write and think for myself courtesy of our fabulous education system. It was with some interest I read the article in the Age Tuesday 1st June regarding the bike share scheme in...
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News that former movie star and Califonia Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger was banging the house keeper since before Lleyton Hewitt won the US Open and the Twin Towers came tumbling down came as quite a shock this week. With our slick 24/7 news cycle running like a well oiled machine the fact that it was kept...
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Every nation has its racists! Generally speaking though, racism is the belief that the various human races all have distinctive features which set them apart and determine their respective cultures. This of course runs counter to that which is now being taught under multiculturalism, that all cultures are equal, which of course, they are...
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