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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsThe ABC’s Marxists — Quadrant — First published in 1983
“…The story begins with the career of Allan Ashbolt and proceeds apace as we follow his activities in the Special Projects Department, the consolidation of his power and influence and the spread of ideas which I argue can be properly designated “Marxist ideas” into a whole range of programs and departments throughout the ABC, all accompanied by the promotion and migration of his recruits, appropriately referred to in the National Times as “Ashbolt’s Kindergarten”, into positions of power and influence within the ABC’s program, union and management structures…”
Idle thought — Sam Dastyari gives new meaning to the term “foreign investment .” It seems we have the best politicians money can buy.
A Random Note redux and reboot from September , 2013. A week out from the Abbott landslide.
A Random Note redux and reboot from September 1. 2013, a week out from the Abbott landslide. A lot has happened in the intervening 3 years and not all of it good. Sunday morning random notes and idle thoughts from an idle mind.. So much for Labors slick and tricky...
Dastyari Must Pass The Sniff Test — Australian Editorial
"..In his three years in the Senate, Labor frontbencher Sam Dastyari has waged sanctimonious and irresponsible attacks against banks, multinational companies, the $73 billion Gorgon gas project in Western Australia and business in general. But his ubiquitous “soak...
Random Note #185,687 — Dastyari-gate
Less than a week after the revelation about Julie Bishop being a conduit for the Chinese to funnel donations to the WA Libs and now Sam Dastyari-gate, the average person may well conclude that foreign investment has taken on an entirely new meaning and raises a few...
Jesse Jackson Gushes With Praise For Trump — American Thinker
Well now, anti Trumpers, whowouldathunkit??? A C-SPAN video documents at least one, if not two, Push Coalition forums from as early as 1998 that focused on Wall Street, minority business executives, and the black community, honoring those who’ve made a difference. In...
What Thinking Australians Are Thinking
If I were Malcolm Turnbull I wouldn’t be the least bit concerned about his drop in popularity since the election. Quite frankly, I don’t think the average Australian knows what they want, expect or deserve from the government, just so long as taxes are minimised and a...
Random not and observation #174,683 — Political Correctness
The trouble with the politically correct and group thinkers, particularly many of the politically correct young who have passed through the state education/indoctrination system, is that they can't think for themselves because not only have they had their already...
Random Note #195472 — Those that hope for a Clinton win should then pray it doesn’t happen
POTUS & SCOTUS. Thinking about the US election overnight it occurs to me that those that hope for a Hillary win should then get on their knees and pray that it doesn't happen. Putting aside her well documented, indisputable corrupt behaviour the one thing apart...
Cheque Mates: Gillard, Bishop & Hillary — Quadrant
“..Something is seriously rotten in the politics of Australia and of the entire Western Hemisphere. The political class is either corrupt, incompetent or both. After the revelation today about Julie Bishop and Chinese donations to the Liberal Party in her own Hillary Clinton inspired “pay to play” scheme”, I was drawn back to this Quadrant article of a month ago. I’ve placed a cut and paste below but read the entire column and careful you don’t choke on your own vomit..”