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About @ndy

I live in Melbourne, Australia. I barrack for the greatest football team on Earth: Collingwood Magpies. The 2010 premiership's a cakewalk for the good old Collingwood.

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gonna take a short break from blogging be back next week or something in the meantime… read the blog formerly known as anti-german translation listen to radio punk et libertaire sous pression! and laff at gary bushell the bear.

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Political Economy for Dummies #QANTAS

Investors cheer Qantas decision Chris Zappone The Age October 31, 2011 … Market support “Clearly this is going to hurt revenue,” said CMC Markets strategist Michael McCarthy. “Overall though I suspect the market generally supports this kind of action.” “Given … Continue reading

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Treasury Bowen State Edinburgh Gardens Street Library. Gardens. #occupymelb

“The small and peaceful Treasury Gardens sit between Fitzroy Gardens and Spring Street, and are a popular venue for community events and rallies”–but not, obviously, as far as VicPol is concerned and especially not when the event and/or rally has … Continue reading

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Occupy Melbourne : Back to the Future #occupymelb

Occupy Melbourne–a group of people the Lord Mayor describes as a “self-righteous, narcissistic, self-indulgent rabble”–returns to the Treasury Gardens later today by way of the State Library. A vaguely unsympathetic report by ABC-TV’s 7.30 Report is here, while photographic evidence … Continue reading

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“Mooners, bongo-drummers, green salvationists, and under-appreciated arts graduates of the world unite and take over!” #occupymelb

“Mooners, bongo-drummers, green salvationists, and under-appreciated arts graduates of the world unite and take over!” Or: moar blah about Occupy Melbourne. “For Democracy and Discipline: A Plea to Occupy Melbourne”, James Pollard, abstractblack, October 25, 2011: This is an article … Continue reading

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But here steps in Satan… #occupymelb

But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in … Continue reading

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Why occupy? #occupymelb #occupyX

Why not? This video of Friday morning’s eviction of Occupy Melbourne is neat. Inspired by Dr_Tad, Mark Bahnisch @ Larvatus Proedo has some blah on Occupy Australia and the Antipodean “bubble” (October 22, 2011), talkin’ ’bout a revolution Australian exceptionalism. … Continue reading

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Robert Doyle : F*cking magnets, how do they work? #occupymelb

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Robert Doyle : “Selfish rabble got what it deserved.” ORLLY? #occupymelb

Oh yeah. Tricksy police in Sydney smashed #occupysydney at approximately 5am this morning. Maybe 40 or so arrests, camp destroyed. Video seized along with arrested. Pride. Integrity. Guts. I’m beginning to believe that Robert Doyle may not be the sharpest … Continue reading

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What’s a Tiananmen? #occupymelb

If as a nation we support those declaring their aspirations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square or before that in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, then we surely are bound to defend the rights of the “occupy” movement. Actually, Melbourne … Continue reading

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