Andrew Bolt's Blog,14/11/17; Democracy scorned, promises broken and our constitution mocked yet again; News Corp,s false rumors and fake news; Conspiracy Theories and weaponized narratives ignore facts truth and the need for validity and verification. Science exchanged for faith;

 The great betrayal: Coalition hardliners throw democracy overboard to resist same-sex marriage

 

 Totally unvalidated gossip typical of News Corp Culture

News Corp reported the Gold Logie winner was "a bit over The Project" and now had his eyes on a return to the national broadcaster, where he worked before joining Ten's news and entertainment show in 2015.

 The Project rumours are false, Waleed Aly isn't angling for 7.30, says ABC

 

 Right Wing Rhetoric and Weaponized Narratives 

 

"They label movements for LGBT rights as 'Marxist' in the hopes that this will frighten people into voting against things like gay marriage," McCarthy says.
A still image from a YouTube video that falsely claims that concepts such as social justice and feminism, among others, ...
A still image from a YouTube video that falsely claims that concepts such as social justice and feminism, among others, are "cultural Marxism." Photo: Youtube/EuropeanUnity565
"This is a clever rhetorical strategy, if dishonest or, charitably, simply deeply confused."
McCarthy makes a firm distinction between Marxist theorists originating in the 20th century and today's concept of "cultural Marxism".
An alt-right meme referencing 'cultural Marxism', a debunked concept that flourishes online. The wording co-opts fears ...
An alt-right meme referencing 'cultural Marxism', a debunked concept that flourishes online. The wording co-opts fears about demographic change in the world today. Photo: Supplied

 Cultural Marxism – the ultimate post-factual dog whistl

 

CHINA SQUEEZES, WE CAVE

Too many powerful people in Australia are accepting China's money and  caving in to threats. Now a publisher has cancelled a book detailing Chinese power here. When did we become too weak to resist? My editorial from The Bolt Report.

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What Bolt doesn't tell you is that 3 other publishers are bidding for Hamilton's the book. Bolt, as usual, is too busy pushing his own confused ideological barrow. He says he believes that the marketplace is the determinator of published ideas but contradicts himself by his claim "we have become too weak to resist" China and that somehow the government needs to step in. 
Bolt's logic is hardly based on the principle of a free market. His cry "Cultural Marxism" is hardly based on the principle of free speech in a free market without state interference. Here he is telling us that the market has failed and the government needs to step in and stop China being a player a lobbyist in the market of ideas. Hello isn't that Socialist protectionism?
What Bolt seems to be quite confused an advocate of the Capitalist Free Market is somehow claiming that the market needs government protection?  Just batting for a side hey Bolt forget the principled moral high ground. Marx loved Capitalism it's inherent weakness was the inevitable road to Socialism and social justice.

ABBOTT TELLS TURNBULL: MATCH WORDS WITH DEEDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Tony Abbott challenges Malcolm Turnbull to match words with deeds: "Less than two months ago, the Prime Minister said: “...As strongly as I believe in the right of same-sex couples to marry, even more strongly … do I believe in religious freedom.” The opponents of same-sex marriage ... hope that the Prime Minister will be as good as his word."

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This is called Flipping trying to convince us Religion is the new Gay fighting for equality after years of persecution. Save Christians from the Colosseum of secularism and cultural victimisation. Sorry, it just doesn't wash. Aborigines are denied a voice but devout white bigots aren't. Freedom of religion is written into our constitution but Christians don't have the right to be bigots. The No sayers have never faced victimisation unless of course, they are Jews, Muslims or any other religious cult opposed by conservatives chosen not to be acknowledged.

McCRANN: ONLY ABBOTT CAN SAVE THEM

Terry McCrann says bring back Tony Abbott: "What Abbott does have are two things the Coalition absolutely desperately needs. The first is very clear production differentiation — the ability ... to go out there and confront Labor, the media and the special interest groups head-on over electricity sanity. The second is to embrace Pauline Hanson."

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What we have here is the News Corp Echo Chamber. First, it was Chris Kenney now Terry McCrann watch the Murdoch chorus referenced by each other without acknowledging who it is they work for.  They will begin yet again to chant and raise  Tony Abbott from the dead. Imagine if they'd bought Ch10 as well Sky and Print. Bolt tells us the Chinese are overpowering us and need regulating but News Corp doesn't?

McCrann is basically calling for scrapping the Paris Agreement and embarrassing Pauline Hanson soon a coalition.

LAMBIE OUT

Jacqui Lambie has admitted she's British and is quitting Parliament. That makes an astonishing eight of 76 Senators who have had to quit since the election for various reasons, all disqualified. This is disgraceful. And Lambie is now the eighth MP forced out for being dual nationals.

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The test of the caliber of politicians not to lie apparently is dual citizenship those that remain must be the honest ones. How is it Bolt's not praising Labor for not falling over? If this were the only reason on which to base political honesty Labor has won by a country mile and you can't believe anything that the Liberals say. We have experienced Abbott's lies. We no longer hear Bolt claiming he's changed that we heard just too often. However, after the 'yes' vote is handed down watch him change his tune on delaying same-sex marriage and the conditions he and the conservatives will demand while crying victim. 

MY CAT IS OLD AND WILL NOT EAT. PLEASE HELP

So hard to say goodbye. Reader Dee wants advice on  her cat: "At nearly 19 he has lived a good life but in the last couple of days he just wants to sleep and will not eat... My daughter has grown up with this cat and at 14 she does not want to say good bye. Any helpful hints apart from the sleeping needle would be appreciated. (He is not in pain)."

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I know a friend whose cat lived till 24 it was slow slept a lot and wasn't a ravenous eater. Yet it could still get up on the sofa.

KENEALLY RUNS IN BENNELONG: LIBERALS DEEPER IN STRIFE

Labor will run former NSW Premier and Sky News host Kristina Keneally in the by-election for Bennelong, against the Liberals's John Alexander, who had to step down for being British. This will make it much harder for the Liberals to hold this critical seat. If they lose it, they will have just 75 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives. 

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What Bolt fails to recognize as a commentator of any stature is the Liberals were in trouble from the moment Tony Abbott became PM in the election the ALP lost. Bolt's  short-term views and comments have failed to address long-term plans or problem-solving Australia's government has failed to address. Concentration has stalled on nothing but the rejection of anything the opposition has to say the fueling of fear and the restrictions of citizen freedoms. Now with the Yes vote, we are about to witness the breaking of further promises and increasing the rights to bigotry. No vision of what we wish to offer as betterment for the next generation who don't think like Bolt and don't understand him.

VICTIMS OF THE WARMING SCARE: THE POOR CAN'T AFFORD COOLING, WARNS SURVEY

Our Canberra politicians are brawling and scrabbling for political advantage. But meanwhile a new study warns of the chaos they've unleashed with their global warming schemes: the poor and frail are in danger because they can't afford cooling in heat waves.  My editorial from The Bolt Report.

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Firstly there is no link to the survey Bolt references. "the poor and frail are in danger because they can't afford to cool in heat waves."Bolt
When it's convenient for Bolt he declares that warming isn't a death rate problem the cold is.  People don't die in warm climates as much as in cold. However, that in this instant is not a convenient fact for Bolt and warming is the problem. Turning on the "air conditioning" is. I'm afraid Bolt hasn't a clue about poverty if he believes the poor have "air conditioning" He must be referring to the poor in Malvern. The fact is this summer it must be a problem because it's getting "hotter"
 Bolt's swung from denialist to accepting warming as a given scientific fact yes it's getting hotter.  But the issue is simply the policies to deal with it coal or renewables. So let's make this a historic occasion and note that Bolt is a warmist and warming isn't any longer just a scare, heat kills.
The poor throughout history have been the least able to deal with it the wealthy have never had that problem and that is a matter of social justice and the distribution of wealth, not the issue or the reality of increased planet temperature. 
All Bolt even admits this fact that social justice is the political issue a football kicked around by incompetent politicians an issue of welfare. Those like Bol are against any intervention by way of increased taxes on those that can readily. They already bear a burden of how to invest their money. It should be noted 400 billion and millionaires in the USA have signed a petition against Trumps tax cuts and a prepared to help raise the quality of the current living standards of the poor. That's a solution not considered by Bolt. In Australia, polls indicate the same only a dead set minority are against taxing the wealthy who have increased their incomes by 22% while the rest of us have flatlined. These extreme conservatives the major shareholders of the nations increased wealth along with Bolt News Corp and the IPA are their loudest advocates to cut their taxes and any form of welfare. So don't tell me Andrew Bolt believes that the poor are hurting or whats more even cares.
Today Shell sold it's $3.3 Billion interest in Woodside and  Fossil fuels and the NAB announced it was reducing its interests in the industry. Given that Abbott destroyed the automotive industry in the country and is against subsidies these decisions along with the documented tax evasion seen in the Paradise Papers how much cheaper should our electricity be or would it be a problem at all if everybody actually paid their taxes rather than hid their incomes?