Tag: "Australasia"

Paging Newman

Paging Newman

Week’s after learning that Kramer and Newman’s bottle scheme might be coming to Australia comes word that Newman himself might also be. Australia’s postal service has increased the maximum weight for mailmen and women by 15 kg (33 pounds) in an attempt to attract more “posties,” local media reported on Tuesday. Australia Post had a [...]

Aussie Terror Plot Trial

Yet more evidence that the global Jihad is gathering steam, with a huge terrorist plot in the spotlight Down Under as a terror trial gets underway. The leader of an alleged home-grown Muslim terrorist group talked of an attack that would kill 1000 people, a Melbourne terror trial heard today. Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 47, said [...]

Fearing Kramer

Kramer lives on, and you can’t even blame Shimon Peres for it. Concerns have been raised that a Seinfeld-style scheme will be attempted by interstate residents after the State Government announced the recycling levy would be doubled. Premier Mike Rann yesterday said the levy would be 10c for each bottle or can later this year. [...]

Partying, Aussie Style

I know I probably shouldn’t laugh at this, but I can’t help it. Whether it’s the party boy’s nonchalant answers, the reporter’s attempts to ask hard-hitting questions of said party boy, or the image of the reveller running past with a hat strategically covering his private parts, it cracks me up (hat tip: Shy Guy). [...]

Bad Music

Bad Music

The Australian Jewish News reports that Croation ultra-Nationalist Marko Perkovic and his band Thompson (not to be confused with this band), have been cleared to enter Australia and play a series of concerts (hat tip: Jewgle Perth). According to the ADL: Croatian-based singer Marko Perkovic (who is also called Thompson) and his band Thompson are [...]

Social Butterfly

The David “Terrortubby” Hicks circus continues, with his delightful father Terry “Dangerfield” Hicks providing us with this gem of an observation about his son: He said his son’s concern to avoid detection was based on his lack of confidence and poor social skills after being held in military detention for so long. David Hicks converted [...]

Release the Beast

Release the Beast

Yesterday, I predicted that former Al-Qaeda terrorist David Hicks would not offer a genuine apology for his role in terrorism, upon his release from prison today. As it turns out, he did not even offer an insincere one. A defiant David Hicks was in hiding last night after refusing to apologise for working with Islamic [...]

The Apology

Former Al-Qaeda terrorist David Hicks is set to apologize for his crimes after his release from jail tomorrow. Although something tells me his “apology” won’t be overly genuine. David Hicks plans to head from the prison food line to the dole queue on his release from jail tomorrow, after an apology from the confessed terrorist [...]

No Escape

For the past few weeks, I have been spending time with my parents in my hometown of Perth, Western Australia. And a more relaxed place you will be hard pressed to find. Gorgeous weather, friendly people, and relative quiet – it is very easy to forget about the troubles in the Middle East, and, indeed, [...]

State of the Union

State of the Union

Reading The West Australian this morning, I was struck by this image of two high profile Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) members who are no longer part of the state Labor party (the drongo on the left was expelled last month following remarks he made about then Prime Minister John Howard, while the [...]