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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsABC Shielded from criticism — The Australian
I’m astonished but not surprised. It seems quite apparent, even to the most casual or disinterested observer, that the ABC has either lost its way or been hijacked by the green left. All evidence points to the later. So divorced and alienated from the community and taxpayers it’s chartered to serve makes it necessary its time for an inquiry into the ABC. ABC bias by omission in the Don Dale episode was absolutely central. If the story was produced as told by the players their wouldn’t have been a program and therefore a Royal Commission
Random Note #177,652 – UPDATE — Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Anyone who seeks advice from Hizbut Tahir (as Yassmin Abdel Magied did after the Q&A knockdown drag out with Jacquie Lambie) is unfit to work on the ABC.
The new ideological war is already on the home front — Mark Latham, The Daily Telegraph
He (Gramsci) argued that the working class had been seduced by hegemony: the communications and values systems of capitalism had tricked people into supporting the politics of free enterprise. In the 1970s and ’80s, European Marxists updated this theory to address questions of identity. They argued that modern capitalism has fried our brains — that no one can truly know themselves and their race, gender and sexuality due to the impact of systemic propaganda.
Citizenship seekers could count on fiscal foresight — Adam Creighton, The Australian
If This Doesn’t Make You Angry You Haven’t Got A Pulse. “…Social security and welfare, which includes the smorgasbord of family payments, childcare subsidies, and age and disability support payments is expected to balloon from $158.6 billion this financial year to $191bn by 2020. The biggest among these is the Age Pension — more than $45bn a year already. And the emerging National Disability Insurance Scheme will easily edge out family tax benefits A and B for second place within a few years…”
ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied forced to delete Anzac Day post
The fact that it had to be brought to Abdel-Magied’s attention, demonstrates just how lacking in insight and judgement she is. AND in a week where we are talking about Australian values, she demonstrates that she has no idea about Australian values, traditions or mores.
Anzac Day 2017 — The late Bill Leak at his very best
Saudi Arabia on UN Gender Equality Commission
This one sucks the oxygen out of the room. “..The United Nations’ Economic and Social Council has voted, by secret ballot, to place the kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Commission on the Status of Women..”
Puppet-state Lebanon a pawn for ambitious Iran — Jim Molan, The Australian
If the Arabs laid down their weapons today, there would be no more war. If Israel laid down her weapons today, there would be no more Israel — Benjamin Netanyahu
Random Note #163,782 — Earth Day and the March For Science
The March For Science is a straw man argument. I mean, who could possibly argue with the general principle of science?
It would be like shooting Bambi or clubbing a baby seal.
On Earth Day, this march was all about shoring up the tattered credibility of the climate catastrophists and alarmists
In House of Murdoch, Sons Set About An Elaborate Overhaul — New York Times
We’ve seen this movie before. It was the disastrous box office flop featuring young Warwick Fairfax, 30 years ago in August 1987 when he launched a takeover of Fairfax. It’s a second generation thing. Generation Smart Arse. It’s a drama about young guns who have never been in the trenches.