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Random Notes - Idle ThoughtsThe Oh-So-Easy Habit of Taking Offence — Anthony Dillon — Quadrant
Here’s the test put forward by Anthony Dillon, himself an aboriginal and a commentator and researcher on aboriginal affairs.
FBI uncovers 14,900 more documents in Clinton email probe — Washington Post
“….The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge on Monday pressed the State Department to begin...
What Thinking Australians Are Thinking
One of the emerging explanations for Australia’s disappointments at Rio is that Kitty Chiller, our chef de mission, isn’t a very good cook. Oleh Butchatsky, Castlecrag, NSW Athletes retire and new ones appear, but some administrators have been around since I was young...
The Siege Mentality Was Totally Missing — Tim Blair — Daily Telegraph
In reading about Deputy Police Commissioner, Cath Burn’s thinking in this you wonder if she would hold to the same view and the same thinking if the hostage taker had been Asian/Bhuddist or any other ethno/religious group?
I suspect not. Just THIS particular ethno/religious group.
This if course leads to the next conclusion and that is that the general pandering to this lot by the politically correct, the police and the politicians is what has led us to this ridiculous and absurd situation.
A classic case of the tail wagging the dog
Dumped files show influence of George Soros on Western politics — Jennifer Oriel, The Australian
“..GetUp! has engaged in an effective reframing of politics by rebranding conservatives as the hard Right while recasting the Left as moderate or progressive. Many sections of the media have uncritically adopted GetUp!’s rhetoric, which effectively divides the Coalition by aligning conservatives falsely with a range of hard-Right views that they abhor..”
Hey Hillary, the walls are closing in — Judge orders Clinton to answer questions about email server
"..For months, Hillary Clinton had been stonewalling Judicial Watch, who wanted to depose her in their FOIA lawsuit seeking information on her emails and private server. J.W. wanted to interview her in person and under oath. Now a federal judge has ruled that Clinton...
UK dodges a bullet — FAILED: Mistrust and money wars sparks claims Juncker’s EU is finished
“..In his book “The euro and its threat to the future of Europe” Professor Stiglitz offers a stark warning. He says the original idea for integration based on goodwill following two wars, followed by the collapse of the Berlin Wall, has backfired and the political experiment now teeters on the brink of collapse..”
And the beat goes on —- Princeton University Goes Off The Gender Studies Deepend
"....The Princeton University HR department has largely wiped the word "man" from its vocabulary. The relatively new policy in effect at the Ivy League institution spells out the directive in a four-page memo that aims to make the department more gender inclusive....
Random note #194,621 — BBC Says Opposing Sharia Law Is ‘Islamophobic’
Only the other day I was reading about the origins of the neologism, Islamophobia. It’s an invented word designed to shut down debate, discussion and even polite conversation and to intimidate, bludgeon and force you to buckle under and comply with approved,...
WARNING This article contains ideas that offend — Spectator
“…Two professors at the University of Northern Colorado were recently investigated for simply proscribing readings with multiple views on issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, climate change, and transgenderism. The academics were reprimanded by students not for expressing a contrary position, but simply for teaching that there is one. University of Melbourne senior lecturer Lauren Rosewarne is a user and proponent of trigger warnings. Nevertheless, she warns students have begun to ‘police’ her language, and arrive in class with their views fully formed, refusing to read, or engage in discussion about, opposing material….”