Andrew Bolt's Blog, 4/7/15; Adam Hills on Murdoch and Islam; These Christians Abbott and Bolt want to escalate Bombing;Newscorp and the Government hate real Journalists; The Greek people stole $400 billion says Bolt; Consevatives who once were poofter bashers are now victims; Constitution lies;
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Only 400 bombs dropped
"But here is the danger. Helping to destroy the Islamic State could just
help Iran to expand its control over Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias
increasingly rule. Read this troubling insight." Bolt
Bolt's calling for the escalation of bombing in Iraq that in 4mnths of 2014 killed 2500 people 1000 civilians. However our training of the Iraqi Army has gone nowhere. Irani backed Shiia Militias and Kurds are the only ones winning the war. They don't want us there and we don't want Iran to have more influence than they have because we only trust them with the 1000 boat people we don't want. They are a mercenary lot of bastards having hanged over 500 people this year. By the way have you noticed we kill using technology which is kinder and more Christian.
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It's quite amusing watching Newscorp dudes flapping their chops while refusing to go on the ABC because when they do they look foolish. So they say they have gone on strike and are hand in hand with the government. But have opted out of the game so to speak because they hate real journalism. All you have to ask is why the spend so much time on non news attacking them personally and getting paid for it. If you were a publisher of news you'd fire them.
Corporate press is in bed with the government.
Aside from the obvious, one of the most disturbing facts to emerge from
Murdoch´s News International phone hacking scandal (background
information here ) was the exposure of shady connections between top government officials and press tycoons. During the scandal, and throughout the subsequent Levesoninquiry into British press ethics (or lack of them), we learned of secret meetings, threats by Murdoch to politicians who didn´t do as he wanted, and that Prime Minister David Cameron has a very close friendship with The Sun´s then editor-in-chief (and CEO of News International) Rebekah Brooks.
How can journalists do their job of holding politicians to account when
they are vacationing together or rubbing shoulders at private dinner
parties? Clearly, they don´t intend to. But the support works both ways-
Cameron´s government tried to help Murdoch´s son win a bid for BSkyB,
while bizarrely, warmongering ex Prime Minister Tony Blair is
godfather to Murdoch´s daughter Grace. As well as ensuring an
overwhelming bias in news coverage and election campaigns, flooding
newspapers with cheap and easy articles from unquestioned government
sources, and gagging writers from criticizing those in power, these
secret connections also account for much of the corporate media´s
incessant peddling of the patriotism lie– especially in the lead-up to attacks on other countries. Here´s an interesting analysis of The New York Times´s
coverage of the current Syria situation for example, demonstrating how
corporate journalists are failing to reflect public feeling on the issue
of a full-scale attack on Assad by the US and its allies.
Corporate journalists hate real journalists
Michael Grunwald, senior national correspondent of Time, tweeted that he ´can´t wait to write a defense of the drone that takes out Julian Assange.´ Salon writer David Sirota rightly points out the irony of
this: ´Here we have a reporter expressing excitement at the prospect of
the government executing the publisher of information that became the
basis for some of the most important journalism in the last decade.´
Sirota goes on to note various examples of what he calls the
´Journalists against Journalism club´, and gives several examples of how The Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald has been attacked by the corporate press for publishing Snowden´s leaks. The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin called for Greenwald’s arrest, while NBC’s David Gregory´s declared that
Greenwald has ´aided and abetted Snowden´. As for the question of
whether journalists can indeed be outspoken, Sirota accurately notes
that it all depends on whether their opinions serve or challenge the
status quo, and goes on to list the
hypocrisy of Greenwald´s critics in depth: ´Grunwald has saber-rattling
opinions that proudly support the government’s drone strikes and
surveillance. Sorkin’s opinions promote Wall Street’s interests. (The Washington Post´s David) Broder had opinions that supported, among other things, the government’s corporate-serving “free” trade agenda. (The Washington Post´s Bob) Woodward has opinions backing an ever-bigger Pentagon budget that enriches defense contractors. (The Atlantic´s Jeffrey) Goldberg promotes the Military-Industrial Complex’s generally pro-war opinions. (The New York Times´s
Thomas) Friedman is all of them combined, promoting both “free” trade
and “suck on this” militarism. Because these voices loyally promote the
unstated assumptions that serve the power structure and that dominate
American politics, all of their particular opinions aren’t even
typically portrayed as opinions; they are usually portrayed as
noncontroversial objectivity.
This applies as much with Newscorp here as it does in the UK and America the parallels are obvious. So it goes a long way in explaining why Bolt rarely if at all ever searches out the truth he hates it
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It's well and good to point out the bad behavior of pro sports persons. Tennis Australia seems to breed quite a few Hewitt ,Tomic, Philapousis and even Cash in his day weren't well behaved players. However the tennis industry like golf and football really do treat their players as fodder. It's a bit like the racing industry. We hear of the few greats horses but not much talk is given to those sent to the knackery. It's a bit like music you might be a rooster one day but feather duster the next. Players are commodified. How much is Tomic whinging or how much is he whistle blowing? Either way the Industry will treat him like Julian Assange if he's too loud and gives too much away.
" Leftist politics produces a welfarist state produces rorting."
So what Bolt is suggesting is Greece is simply a population of Welfare cheats and tax dodgers that rob the country blind. Well those paid wages the majority of the working population can be counted out for lack of opportunity. Small business pilfering doesn't cause blow outs the size Greece has nor do pensioners and the disabled. It's the argument applied by Bolt when he says we are going the way of Greece. His proof 498 of 680 people were found to be ripping off the government that allowed it because they were socialist. 9million does not explain 400 billion
Richard Bolt, Andrew Bolt's younger brother was Secretary of the State Education Department he wasn't a Politician yet the Department he once ran has been busted for nothing other than fraud during the time of successive government ministers yet he knew nothing about it. His Deputy did and was involved. When bureaucracies are found to be wanting how is any minister of any persuasion meant to find out? If Department Secretarys' don't know what's happening. Examples like the Austrade saw millions in bribery occur.
Social Welfare fraud occurs yes but what are the comparative rates between here and Greece there wasnt 100%. We don't even know what the % is here however it's not on a grand scale. Nor is it on a scale in Greece to cause that deficit. Given far far more grand scale fraud occurs due to deception by third parties and at much higher levels and that 90% + occurs with the help of the financial sector and industries such as development and Military Bolt's looking in the wrong place. The truth more likely lies in dealings the Greek government had did in collusion with banks in it's attempts to hide accrued deficits from the EU knew but closed their eyes. These were deals other than social welfare and had little to do with whether the government was left or right. Some government members along with business men were just crooked.
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Given Newscorp and the Government are on unionized strike. They have retreated to their corner of the playground. They have conceded and have given ground to the ABC. Truth always wins out over time. What is that noise from the far side? Have you noticed the ABC doesn't waste it's energy on childishness behavior hysterical argument or posturing.
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Oh for the glory days of poofter bashing before gay pride. Everybody knows when conservatives have lost race. They start claiming to be the victims. Marriage equality is being framed as a leftist plot. It must be because there cant be any gay conservatives or else they'd be there with bullhorns wouldn't they?
When there's 70% support for marriage equality what can you do. Bolt calls for a referendum but Abbott won't because he knows what the polls show. It appears he wont allow a conscience vote in the LNP either because he wouldn't have the numbers to stop an equality bill carrying. He won't be collegiate in the party either he intends no will be LNP policy. He hopes with the nay voters from the opposition it will give him a majority.It's not politics of the people that's for sure.
Conservatives have acknowledged changed attitudes have now made them the victims but here the word change is not accepted it's a reason to discredit those that have changed. It's tantamount to verbally poofter bashing of old. As far as Bolt is concerned if you changed your mind on any issue that was deemed once the property of conservatives you deserve character assassination. However if you change your mind in favour of any conservative causes your an upstanding person of insight to be lauded like Martin Ferguson.
As if Abbott hasn't jumped to the left on just about every issue but marriage equality recently.When you have no arguments play the man bugger the principle involved. It's the side that counts and it's why we see the attack on Obama In this blog.
Link Corporate Paywall The ABC is where Newscorp commentators get their information anyway because they know it's reliable and free
Greece is a worry to Australia in as much as we have such a large Greek population in this country. Money has, is, and will flow out of the country to support Greeks at home. However as it's merely 2% of the GDP of the EU whatever the outcome it will really only have minimal effect globally whether Greece stays or leaves the EU .
China our once pot of gold is another kettle of fish as is our falling dollar. However very few macro economists or housing experts see the outflow of Chinese money as the reason for our housing boom. Low yields in term deposits and risky aversion to the stock market have turned our once householders property market into an investment zone for those with cash. It's a stretch to suggest there's a Chinese invasion driving prices up. There is bound to be a crash though and a lot of pain will come with it. Ask your self what this government has done to stimulate jobs and the economy. Hockey will tell you they inspired the property boom but Labour will be blamed for the bust to come. We have the most private debt per head of population in the world why? Banks are worried and are more reserved about sending your dog a credit card. So haven't you noticed that the loan sharks are about at 30% interest they can afford to advertise on MSM.
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Bolt the anti-Science skeptic. Recruiter for IS wants us to believe Lambie is an extremist when it comes to rhetoric.. Bolt's track history speaks for itself and makes him the posterboy for extreme right wing rhetoric. He disguises it by calling it only "point scoring".
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Bolt just can't help distorting the facts purely for his self indulgent point scoring. Yesterday he declared a strike on the ABC. How do you go on strike when you haven't been invited in the first place?
The first thing agreed upon by everybody about the constitution is to remove the racial elements already in it. A good percentage of the indigenous population don't really want token recognition it's meaningless to them.
"“How many symbolic moments, devoid of practical effect, does a nation need?” he writes" Noel Pearson
So to this point he and Bolt are on the same page.
Yes Pearson wants a change. " It wants to change how we govern ourselves - the “operational status quo” ".
Instead of being dictated to Pearson wants a body to be established the government will listen to. We have such bodies now. The Productivity Commission being an example. The First People want a recognized self elected body to advise the government on decisions that effect them. They don't even demand that advice carry any weight in law. They merely want some formalised imput from the grassroots up to decisions traditionally always made from the executive down. Bolt just refuses this concept outright and declares it "racist". In other words he must be the sole decision maker in his family any desire to influence his decisions by his wife , kids is totally rejected and is dangerous to the institution of marriage and those bastards who think differently should stop rocking the boat.
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Richardson has the big C however Newscorp wants you to pay to read it.
Bolt tells it as it is "Point Scoring" on a detached Chess board of life. He truly is a 21rst Century Schizoid Man
" Still, I’m embarrassed to think how I congratulated myself whenever I thought I’d scored a point against him." Bolt
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