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Author Archives: Steve Kates
If this is true, how can Malcolm continue to lead the Libs?
I’m on annual leave and away from it all with only the occasional look at the papers. But there was this at Andrew Bolt, Hinch blames Turnbull for ABCC backtrack. If it is true and nothing is done about the … Continue reading
Posted in Federal Politics
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Socialists everywhere you turn
My wife knows I don’t read The Oz any more so she opened the paper to the page while I sat down to dinner. And on the page there was this: Does the National Broadband Network work? What a question! … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Story, Media, Socialism
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Trump is really going to be president after all
After a bit of a flurry of activity, the inevitable has overcome the Democrats and the left. This was not a matter of 600 or so votes hanging by a chad in Florida. This required the overturning of the results … Continue reading
Posted in American politics
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Funny business
I get asked all the time how I can go to Woody Allen movies when he married his step-daughter and he’s such a lefty. And while I won’t deny that I have my own personal index of Hollywood types I … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Issues
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Sentimentality and politics
The greatest enemy for getting anything done in politics is sentimentality, an exaggerated concern for propriety. The left in politics have for many years made suckers of the right by pretending to care about things that the right really do … Continue reading
Posted in American politics
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Socialism is a cult
Socialism is a cult rather than a series of rational beliefs. With the evidence of failure available at every turn, to hang on to the beliefs a typical socialist must hold about the world under socialism requires a form of … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Issues, Politics of the Left
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Fidel Castro (1926-2016)
As they say, if you have nothing good to say about the dead, then say nothing at all.
Posted in International
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Have Trump’s plans on global warming changed?
You could get that impression by reading your daily paper or listening to the usual sources. Here is James Delingpole to set you straight: No, Donald Trump Hasn’t Suddenly Gone Soft on ‘Global Warming’. But here is a quote he … Continue reading
Even to ask shows an ignorance beyond all understanding
I have seen some pretty disgraceful things since the election, but this must rise to the top. This is from The Economist Intelligence Unit, sent to me by an undercover agent who will remain unknown, but does have my thanks. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 election, American politics, Media
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Discrediting the AHRC
The oddest part about many of the decisions Gillian Triggs has made is that she has done more to discredit the notion of human rights abuse than any actual instance uncovered since she came to head the AHRC. Is there … Continue reading
Posted in Hypocrisy of progressives
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