by Jim Ball | Jan 26, 2024 | Blog, Random Notes, The Voice |
So there you have it. Woolworths (no longer Woolies so much as Wokies) decided not to sell Oz Day merch after advice from their very own, in-house ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ. Or if you like, their very own ๐ข๐ง-๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ Take a bow Australia. Your gut instincts that... by Jim Ball | Sep 13, 2023 | Blog, Random Notes, The Voice |
In the 18th century, when English writer Samuel Johnson remarked thatย โ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅโ, he could just as easily have been talking about the voice and these shrieks of racism being the last roll of the dice, the last refuge of a... by Jim Ball | Sep 12, 2023 | Blog, Random Notes, The Voice |
To gain an understanding of where the voice is headed within a few years, thereโs no better place to start than with a look at the stoush going on in America between Elon Musk and the ADL (The Anti Defamation League) Since 1913, the ADL has done good worksย concerning... by Jim Ball | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Random Notes, The Voice |
Notice how the proponents of the voice are trying to regain control by reshaping the narrative and the essence of what the referendum is all about into one of, just plain and simple recognition? Itโs not and never has been about recognition. That hasnโt even been a... by Jim Ball | Aug 17, 2023 | Albo, Anthony Albanese, Blog, Random Notes, The Voice |
It was Gareth Evans at the time of Bob Hawkeโs demise in December 1991 who metaphorically tapped Hawke on the shoulder and said:- โ โ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ โ He could just as easily have been talking to and tapping Albo over his blind... by Jim Ball | Jul 3, 2023 | Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition, Blog, Misinformation - Disinformation, Random Notes, The Voice |
Consider the governments announcement 10 days ago about clamping down on misinformation and massive fines for social media allowing misinformation. What is it and who decides? I’ve been over this before. In short misinformation is anything that conflicts with...