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Category Archives: Culture Wars
Boiling Frog or Slippery Slope – Take your pick
Australian chef de mission Anna Meares issued a warning to Olympians. We encouraged them if they go out of the village not to go out on their own, not to wear team uniform just to wear the plain clothes,
Posted in Culture Wars
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Aunties and Uncles
Post by Shy Ted People have been wondering where the Aunty and Uncle titles for Aboriginal elders came from. After living in remote and rural communities for the best part of 20 years I came up with a theory, might … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, History, Society
17 Comments
What Is the Trans Agenda? Follow the Money for Answers.
Although there are many woke issues and a culture war is in progress, the biggest concern in that category lies in the transgender area. Just by using the new labels (such as transgender woman, birthing person or cisgender) or preferred … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Health, Media, The Great Reset
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Moderate Islam: A Western Myth
Westerners who defend Islam insist that it has a moderate side, and that others who claim it to be radical are intolerant, racist and Islamophobic. However, Muslim clerics call out these distinctions being made about Islam, to be a lie. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Government, The Great Reset
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The Wonders
Post by Shy Ted Was the name we’d give to, usually, new nursing graduates who had applied for and been appointed to their first positions in remote Aboriginal communities. Really we called them the “one dayers” because that’s how long … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Health
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ATSIC and Me
Post by Shy Ted I had visited a number of remote Aboriginal communities for 1-3 days at a time so I was getting a feel for things but this was my first live-in community, a 2 year contract and it … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Health, Politics
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Mathieu van der Poel did nothing wrong
From foxsports: Dutch cycling star Mathieu van der Poel was in prime form and a favourite to win the elite men’s road race at the cycling world championships in Australia. But one small detail changed everything for the 27-year-old. Instead … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars
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Simplistic Solutions From Simple-Minded Elites
Guest Post by Donald J. Boudreaux The attitudes and opinions of today’s so-called “elite” – those public-opinion formers who Deirdre McCloskey calls “the clerisy” – are childish. Most journalists and writers working for most premier media and entertainment companies, along … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, The Left Side
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I am not … in the business of satisfying customers
Not sure how familiar you Cats are with the comic book world. I don’t partake myself but have enjoyed the political theatre of it over the last year or so, culminating in the latest offering from DC comics: I am … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars
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