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A few days back I received a motor for my son’s drone all the way from some distant province of China (through ebay). The total cost was AUD 2.50! How is this possible in a world where we couldn’t even get burger for that price! In Australia, if I tried to send an empty envelope to my neighbour who is approximately 10m away from me, through Australia post, it would cost me 90 cents! To add to that, I would have to travel to a post box and mail it! Now some simple calculations (curtesy of google) suggest that Beijing is approximately 9,000km from home and at the going rate for domestic mail in Aussie, this would cost me $810,000!! Ok, the cheapest Australia Post rate for mailing something to China was $12.25. Add to that the cost of the motor, say $1.00 and the vendor is at a loss of $10.75 already! This got me thinking! Why is it that everything is a thousand times more expensive if a capitalistic country is involved and is it truly sustainable in a world where national borders are inc...

We’ve recently been through a week of horror as the cool calm and collected Pell (the ultimate bureaucrat) was questioned by the Royal Commission. Pell’s performance was nothing other than remarkable on many fronts. Only once did he let the Mr. Hyde side take over in an unconsidered statement of not being interested in his “mate” abusing (mating with) kids. Very little came out of Pell that we didn’t know already, nor was there that classic “got-ya” moment where the witness breaks down and admits to everything. Apart from Pell hiding from Australian justice and making it difficult (if he is genuinely sick, he should retire and come home) – a la Skase – nothing really seems to have been achieved by that whole procedure. Pell may or may not have been involved in such activity – there has not been any proof of it – he may or may not have been aware of it happening – once again no direct proof. But on the second issue, he would have had to be the only human on “Earth” (Well, the Christia...

If ever you wondered which level of politics you should enter, the answer is blatantly obvious – it is undoubtedly councils. Yes, it’s grubby, it lacks any sophistication or intelligence and the people deals with (or compete against) are the most corrupt, but that’s how you make money and making money is the name of the game. Long gone are the days when individuals entered politics with the genuine desired to make a change and improve the community, state of country. It is now a career – a highly paid career. In fact Australian politicians are amongst the highest if not the highest paid politicians in the world. I believe the Australian prime minister is paid more than the president of the US. See, whilst higher levels of politics have a greater impact on the future of the nation, there isn’t much money in it. These levels of politics set strategy and high level policy, but the money is really at the coal front where the detail policy and business deals take place. There is no doubt th...

The Western world is getting their knickers in a knot over the islands created by China. But are they making a mountain out of a sand dune?! Yes, the bloody commies are invading the world again, check under the beds each night, folks, you never know who might be hiding under there!!! Be scared! Be very very scared!!! But the crazy Bitch, ooooops!! I mean Bimbo (Julie Bishop) ), in typical Aussie fashion sees no end to the opportunities!! She’s canvassing to make it a holiday resort for good ole’ Aussies!! She wants to make sure that we are all welcome there! Why, it’s gotten all the ingredients that are needed to make it a tropical paradise – nothing (literally) but pristine beaches, Asian chics to be prostituted and transmitted disease to, not too far from Aussie and has a readymade air strip! What more do ya’ need. Yea, drugs n’ alcohol – nothing that a couple of Aussie chics with surf boards couldn’t sort out!. South sea paradise This bimbo probably thought she was being smart...

I scream Holocaust from every roof top because the word needs to be liberated! It’s a word that since WWII has been completely stifled and monopolised by the Jews. So much so that if used in any other context, it is considered offensive!! As was recently witnessed, when the former captain of Team Australia – a complete puppet of Israel – got his knickers in a knot over the use of this word! Abbott’s Holocaust gaffe–courtesy of Youtube The strength of the Jewish lobby has even resulted in a sub-definition of “ The Holocaust ” being included in the oxford dictionary which refers specifically to the horrendous atrocities inflicted on the Jews in Europe. Clearly this would not have been the case prior to WWII. It is also interesting that at the very time that the Jewish holocaust was taking place, there was another, of equal devastation (6-9 million) happening in India – Churchill’s Holocaust on the sub-humans of Bengal through wilful starvation. One that very few, if any, are aware ...

As a young child of about 5 years, I recall my brother received a comic book which idolised Churchill and his supposed “escape” from the Boer prison. I lived in a society that was still in awe of their masters and revered their heroes. My uncle was a historian and a prize possession of his, were the two gigantic volumes of fiction on WWII – the Churchill version. Having being brought up in this environment, it was hardly surprising that I considered Churchill a great man. Why, it was only a few weeks back that at a party, churchill came up in the discussion, and one of the visitors adoringly said “Churchill won the war”! But in fact, Churchill did not win the war, he lost an empire! He bungled the war (that he loved so much) sooo badly that his forces had their arses whooped and driven right back to mother England. It was fortunate that Hitler didn’t really want to fight a war with Britain or there wouldn’t have been much left of those men whose lives were mercifully saved by Hitl...

On Saturday (12th December 2015) yours truly experienced a delightful evening at the Australia Ballet’s production of Sleeping Beauty – the finale to the 2015 season - “ A year of Beauty ”. From the very outset, I should make it clear that although I have enjoyed ballet from my childhood ranging from the few lessons I had and the old black and white movies at the British council, to periodically attending performances, I could only profess to be a lover of the art form and in no way an expert on the subject. If a picture painted a thousand words then a performance paints a million! This was a new production by David McAllister. Everything apart from the music and Choreography was started from a blank canvass. As someone who made a modest donation to the production, the Australian Ballet pleasantly provided continuous updates over the 2 or so years of it’s production. The creation of the costumes from some of the initial draft drawings were mesmerising and indicat...