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The Sheriff of Asia – East Timor 1975-78 Nov 12, 2016

The Sheriff of Asia Part One – East Timor (1975-1978) When US President George W Bush told John Howard that he saw the prime minister and Australia as being his deputy sheriff in Asia it helped to encapsulate perfectly how each nation saw the other.  It also helped to define Australia’s position from within Asia, as an alien implant. But most of all it helped the President and many of his die-hard advocates to better imagine the World, as a goody vs baddy western. The President and many American’s viewed the world simply as though it was the black and...

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The Legitimacy of the Mob Nov 8, 2016

(The death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David, courtesy of Wikipedia) Legitimacy of the Mob Democracy and the validity of rule. It is apparently the most important election in modern history, a divisive crossroad between good and evil. Corrupt and past glories. The establishment and populism. It is another time for change versus an extension of the promise for change, two elections ago. It does not matter whether you are an American or not, for the rest of us we now live in a world where for better though often for worse US elections and the elected administrations influence and affect...

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It’s all go with Pokemon! Jul 25, 2016

It’s all go with Pokemon! A non-players look in I have never played Pokemon in any of its forms, well besides one time when an eight-year-old first introduced me to the cards and I suspect invented the rules as he went along so that he could defeat me in every engagement that we had.   That was my first introduction to the game and while it was not for me, a lot of things do not interest me, this does not in any way increase or decrease these things on any arbitrary awesome scale.  Unlike many other people who for whatever...

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They deserved it! apparent American libertarian exceptionalism Jun 12, 2016

  “They deserved it!” the apparent American Libertarian exceptionalism.   American Libertarianism and its blood lust for its foreign inferiors.   The religion of nationalism is a violent and distinctly exceptional form of collective chauvinistic narcissism.  It is expected that found within such a belief that the willing of so many painful ills upon those of a foreign birth or people will occur in its many forms. However justified and validated such horrendous desires may be, often they are simply honest outcomes of this political ideological religion.  They are born from an ugly truth that those from within this nationalistic...

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Defence considerations for Australia Part 1. Mar 4, 2016

  Defence considerations for Australia. More traditional and less considered options. Part One – Basic Over view. The Abstract and general considerations. Whether one is a Libertarian, Statist or even Anarchist one has to address the issue of communal defence when it comes to the security of a group from aggression. Whether this group is a mere tribe of families or a great Nation State the danger faced from external enemies is always ever present. Adam Smith, a champion to both Free Marketers and many Statists said that 'The first duty of the State is of protecting the society from...

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Freedom of Suppression Feb 29, 2016

  Freedom of Suppression Jan, 2009 piece In a liberal democracy you assume you have the right to express yourself in words, ideas and in art in any way that you choose. This is simply an assumption however. All too often we have to self censor or suffer the consequences of speaking our minds. Today more so than ever, simple symbols offend people in ways that they really should not. Take for example the swastika, this vile emblem of a horrid era in history is now at times a banned emblem. It is true that the flag and symbol of...

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You have the right to be executed Feb 9, 2016

  Who could forget the riots which erupted in LA after the brutal assault on Rodney King, the leaking of the video footage inspired outcries from every circle of society both in the USA and abroad. The verdict that the Police officers involved were justified in their actions further divided US society and it was with the racial tension that is still ingrained in American culture that a perfect storm of violence soon broke out creating one of the biggest riots in recent American history. The violent after math was in no way justified but like many protests and moments...

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The Trouble in Yemen Feb 4, 2016

  The crisis in Yemen that most in the West do not care to understand. (from August 2015) The silent war in Yemen illustrates the perpetual hypocrisy and Machiavellan savagery that is Western hegemonic policy. The Saudi military, with US support in arms and advisors, continues to attack and ravage the Yemeni nation. It is a case of those in the poorest Persian Gulf state defending themselves from outright Imperialism from the most powerful of the Persian Gulf tyrannies, Saudi Arabia. It is a case of the Saudi regime attempting to reinstall the overthrown regime of President Hadi. The Yemeni...

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‘Justifiable’ democide Jan 30, 2016

  ‘Justifiable’ Democide In war we are told, bad things happen. And found within these bad and unfortunate events innocent civilians will die and suffer. The apparent narrative is that the ‘good’ guys, so those usually aligned with the Anglo American sphere, will always do what is in the best interest for the innocent people of the world and any who suffer in this pursuit were sacrifices needed in order to defeat evil. The very notion that a lesser of two, three or twenty evils is calculable and so easily validated is dis-respective and ultimately problematic. Whether a State or...

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Terrorists under the bed Jan 29, 2016

  Terrorism has been a word overused and misused by many, especially in more recent times. The nature of politically motivated violence is always terrifying and to suffer it in a most savage and bloody way would lead the victims to conclude that those inciting it are in fact ‘terrorists’. But like most language in the new age of political speak it has its own form of definition and terror usually relates to non-state actors who attack for any reason other than material profit. But even then, in some cases outright criminals are labelled as terrorists and some mass killers...

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