It seems that Barnaby Joyce in his rush to wisdom has found a new and more reliable means test. So if you are on the land it would be inadvisable to turn up at any interviews for assistance related to the drought with a packet of multivitamins. To Joyce this appears a ‘foolproof’ way of [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Obama not as stupid as Bush
January 30, 2010
In yet another very good article Ray McGovern reveals some major facts about Obama and the Afghan Policy. As a starting point McGovern feels that,”Sadly, the inevitable conclusion is that, although Obama is not as dumb as his predecessor, he is no less willing to sacrifice thousands of lives for political gain.” (George Ikners ikners.com [...]
Arrest Blair
January 29, 2010
It is impossible not to admire George Monbiot. His latest offering can found at this link. A portion of the article is as follows, “So today I am launching a website – www.arrestblair.org – whose purpose is to raise money as a reward for people attempting a peaceful citizen’s arrest of the former prime minister. I have put [...]
Blair Gets Ready to Rock and Roll
January 29, 2010
Tony Blair is about to give evidence at the Iraq inquiry. Al Jazeera is offering a ball by ball description as is the BBC. Should make for interesting viewing.
Afghanistan and criminal conduct
January 28, 2010
There is an article by Anand Gopal available on the net. It is compulsory reading for anyone wanting to get a clear picture of the US led allied forces supported invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. In particular the article deals with what is called “counter terror”. This type of activity is the last refuge of [...]
Monckton and true non belief
January 27, 2010
In true main stream media tradition the arrival of Lord Monckton on these shores is being hailed as a visit by “the world’s most effective global warming sceptic.” George Monbiot recently decided to look at this man’s thoughts about an issue and put them in an article available at Monbiot.com. There have been a few [...]
Gillard, boat people and racism
January 26, 2010
Despite all sorts of protests and opinion to the contrary we will never get a Labor government to agree that locking up refugees is abhorrent. Gillard and others particularly Rudd are hell bent on continuing the great Labor tradition that fuelled the White Australia Policy. ( ikners.com George Ikners Joomla)
Jack Straw at Iraq Inquiry Update
January 21, 2010
The UK inquiry into the war in Iraq despite the suppression of documents and politicians giving fairly long, monotonous and self serving answers is gaining some momentum. Australia as usual went thereat the behest of the US and Australian lives were needlessly put at risk for the sake of allowing politicians and particularly the PM [...]
Gaza a first hand view
January 21, 2010
There is an article at the web page of Ramzy Baroud. (link ) It makes very good reading and provides an insight into the difficulties faced by the Palestinians in Gaza. Baroud was ,” Born and raised in a Gaza refugee camp where most refugees felt that no one cared about their plight, it was [...]
Climate Mistake
January 20, 2010
It seems that a mistake has been made by scientists at the UN regarding the melting of the Himalaya glaciers. A Guardian article ( link) puts it succinctly,” The row centres on the IPCC’s “fourth assessment” report in 2007, which said “glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, [...]
Back from a break
January 20, 2010
I have returned from a break where I went to Vietnam. Managed to get a letter published in Viet Nam News about domestic violence. We are going to be inundated with some pretty tired right wing Labor ranting and raving in the elections. The Liberals led by Abbott and master puppeteer Minchin will be little [...]
Racism in Australia
January 8, 2010
You may have seen that very apt cartoon of the figure in the Ku Klux Klan outfit that seems to be attracting so much outrage in this country. But you can not say that it is not to be expected. Despite claims that we are such an easy going non racist nation the evidence points [...]
Email to Danish Consulate re Copenhagen
January 7, 2010
I sent the following email to the Danish Consulate General, in Sydney. So far they have replied to say that the email has been forwarded to Denmark for a reply. When I receive a reply I will include it in this article. For the purpose of this article I have corrected a few very minor [...]
Rural madness
January 6, 2010
One thing that is difficult to grasp is just how have the National and Liberal Parties totally sold out those either living off the land and are not part of some huge combine and the general country population. One thing that springs to mind is that the rural mentality really only sees life one day [...]
Yemen’s turn
January 5, 2010
It seems that it is now Yemen’s turn to feel the brunt of US inspired and led imperialist lunacy. This small suffering nation with more worries than it really needs at the moment is now attracting attention from the US and other cronies to the extnet that ‘instability’ in Yemen is a world concern. ikners.com [...]
Abbott and Rudd
January 3, 2010
If you see the logic in comparing democracies with a horse race where the two usual horses have the same owner, it becomes obvious that when dealing with Abbott and Rudd you are looking at two old nags ready for the knackery rather than the race track. Rudd is treading that very weary Labor right [...]
Chomsky and the BBC
January 1, 2010
Any interview with Noam Chomsky is always interesting. A recent one with the Hardtalk commentator on the BBC was yet another example. If you get an opportunity to watch this interview it is very illuminating. One important point to emerge is that the view Chomsky accepts so completely is also obviously correct. That is the [...]