Category Archives: Oppressive government

Crankster Squad

Posted on February 28, 2021 by currencylad

WITH News Corp providing cover this weekend for Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s crazy obsession with extracting from Facebook the encryption keys that prevent him from reading your mail – spoiler alert: if you oppose governments wiretapping citizens, you’re a … Continue reading →

Posted in Oppressive government | 12 Comments

The ADF can’t defend Australia

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

Jim Molan has a very troubling op-ed in The Australian today: Australians need to come to a consensus about the nation we want to be and how we will sustain that in the face of real threat. We should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Go Woke Go Broke, Oppressive government, Taking out the trash | 117 Comments

Pro-ponzi outfit’s own poll: we want newcomers to integrate

Posted on February 7, 2021 by currencylad

The ABC dobs us in to the “Liberal” government. Alex Hawke says he’ll take “measures” against you soon.

Posted in Culture Wars, Oppressive government | 44 Comments

Ministry of Truth might become a reality

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

From the New York Times: Several experts I spoke with recommended that the Biden administration put together a cross-agency task force to tackle disinformation and domestic extremism, which would be led by something like a “reality czar.” It sounds a … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, Freedom of speech, Hypocrisy of progressives, Oppressive government | 108 Comments

Fascism: El Presidente launches assault on Supreme Court

Posted on January 29, 2021 by currencylad

Politico: Biden starts staffing a commission on Supreme Court reform.   Like all liars with a low IQ, Biden will add suspicious embellishments to the bullshit story but the key goals now out in the open are “term limits” and … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Oppressive government, Rule of law | 15 Comments

Vaping and combustible cigarettes are substitutes

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

Late last year I pointed out that the so-called gateway from vaping to combustible cigarettes was based on dodgy statistics. Nonetheless the Australian government remains committed to vaping being outlawed – or only available under prescription. In the meantime the … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Hypocrisy of progressives, Innovation, Oppressive government, Take Nanny down, Terrorism | 13 Comments

Mass arrests soon?

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

So now John Brennan is celebrating that The Biden administration is going to be going after libertarians because “they are an insidious threat to democracy” pic.twitter.com/LevpBba8Ag — Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) January 20, 2021

Posted in American politics, Hypocrisy of progressives, Oppressive government | 120 Comments

Most COVID fines to be dropped

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

The Age is reporting the news – unsurprising and welcome … yet still problematic. Police officers who issued fines for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions have been instructed to hand out cautions for unpaid infringements rather than proceed with charges in … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, Ethics and morality, Freedom, Hypocrisy of progressives, Oppressive government, Politics of the Left, Rule of law | 62 Comments

ASIC and a policy trilemma

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sinclair Davidson

There is an ASIC apologist op-ed in the AFR that contains this gem: Regulators such as ASIC are created separately to carry out their democratically legislated mandate, independently and expertly.  Hmmmmmmm. Seems to me that a regulator cannot be democratic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Oppressive government | 24 Comments

Masking the truth

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Steve Kates

Can this really be true? From No Governments Have Isolated COVID-19 Virus–What Does That Mean?: Is Dr. Anthony Fauci Guilty of Negligent Homicide?, Oct. 27, 2020: “In 2009, Dr. Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper about the Spanish Flu Epidemic that … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID-19, Oppressive government | 33 Comments