tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post836295466131245590..comments2024-03-29T13:03:12.535+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond goes out into the real world for a break from the reptile madness and mayhem ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50545791487114989882016-11-10T07:18:07.740+11:002016-11-10T07:18:07.740+11:00Point taken, Nick, but in the pond's heyday wo...Point taken, Nick, but in the pond's heyday women who went to mass head to wear head covering. Those days are gone. These days, anyone who wears head covering is either off to the Melbourne Cup, a deluded fashionista on parade in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, or Toorak or similar, or someone proudly proclaiming that they belong to a religion, camel herder division. If they construe that as respectable and traditional, the pond has the equal right to construe it as confrontational - in much the same way as the pond resents strident atheists wandering around with T-shirts proclaiming their strident atheism. If you want to send a religious message, please reinvent the telegram.dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-46165583697564766822016-11-09T20:47:02.692+11:002016-11-09T20:47:02.692+11:00On this Trumpday more Exceptions proving rules: Co...On this Trumpday more Exceptions proving rules: Counterpoint. Tom Switzer. For once not a total loss loon.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/the-new-mccarthyism/7963422" rel="nofollow">The new McCarthyism</a><br />ABC RN Counterpoint, Monday 31 October 2016<br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/challenging-the-western-narrative-on-syria/7996946" rel="nofollow">Challenging the narrative on Syria</a> ABC RN Counterpoint, Monday 7 November 2016<br /><br />Who???<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Cohen" rel="nofollow">Stephen F. Cohen</a> - Wikipedia<br /><a href="https://www.thenation.com/authors/stephen-f-cohen/" rel="nofollow">Stephen F. Cohen</a> Contributing Editor, The Nation<br /><a href="https://hal.arts.unsw.edu.au/about-us/people/stephen-cohen/" rel="nofollow">Associate Professor Stephen Cohen</a> School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW<br /><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/07/30/russia_expert_stephen_cohen_trump_wants_to_stop_the_new_cold_war_but_the_america_media_just_doesnt_understand.html" rel="nofollow">Russia Expert Stephen Cohen: Trump Wants To Stop The New Cold War, But The American Media Just Doesn't Understand</a> - Real Clear Politics, CNN interview transcript<br /><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/23/only-donald-trump-raises-five-fundamental-and-urgent-foreign-policy-questions-stephen-f-cohen-bemoans-msms-dismissal-of-trumps-queries/" rel="nofollow">Only Donald Trump Raises Five “Fundamental and Urgent” Foreign Policy Questions: Stephen F. Cohen Bemoans MSM’s Dismissal of Trump’s Queries</a> by John V. Walsh, CounterPunch<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCMyHJJrdDw" rel="nofollow">Russia scholar Stephen Cohen shuts down CNN shill host who tries to link Trump to Putin</a> YouTube, 5 minute CNN interview video<br /><br />Who???<br /><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/staff/profiles/t.anderson.php" rel="nofollow">Dr Tim Anderson</a> - Department of Political Economy. The University of Sydney.<br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/academic-with-a-murky-past-stirs-fresh-controversy-with-trip-to-damascus/story-e6frg6zo-1226794765060" rel="nofollow">Academic with a murky past stirs fresh controversy with trip to Damascus</a> - The Australian, January 04, 2014 12:00AM <br /><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-dirty-war-on-syria/5491859" rel="nofollow">The Dirty War on Syria: Professor Anderson Reveals the “Unspoken Truth”</a><br /><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/sinister-role-seen-in-uni-studies-centre-20100921-15le1.html" rel="nofollow">Sinister role seen in (Sydney) uni (US) studies centre</a> - The Sydney Morning Herald <br /><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/tim-anderson-3381" rel="nofollow">Tim Anderson profile</a> - The Conversation<br /><a href="https://www.sott.net/article/305835-Tim-Anderson-author-of-The-Dirty-War-on-Syria-explains-western-imperialist-venture-in-Syria-is-NOT-a-civil-war" rel="nofollow">Tim Anderson author of The Dirty War on Syria explains western imperialist venture in Syria is NOT a civil war</a> - Sott.net, Manar al-Frieh/Manal SANA Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:12 UTC<br /><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-germany-and-the-dirty-war-on-syria/5536557" rel="nofollow">NATO, Germany and “The Dirty War on Syria”</a> By Prof. Tim Anderson, Global Research, July 19, 2016<br /><a href="http://www.tim-anderson.info/" rel="nofollow">Tim Anderson.info</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Hilton_Hotel_bombing" rel="nofollow">Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing</a> - WikipediaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15236906744851281592016-11-09T18:46:23.297+11:002016-11-09T18:46:23.297+11:00You said it Miss pp. I've said it. Power serve...You said it Miss pp. I've said it. Power serves the interests of power. There was <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwyurDtUQAAKb5H.jpg:large" rel="nofollow">another way</a> open... but Killiary, and power needs must.<br /><br />Neocon, neoliberal, Libs, Labs, Dems, Reps... all the same for more of the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-78820412458186412202016-11-09T18:16:08.198+11:002016-11-09T18:16:08.198+11:00Clinton machine halted<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cwywh7BVEAEAyo9.jpg:large" rel="nofollow">Clinton machine halted</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-9637495705346784982016-11-09T18:00:27.286+11:002016-11-09T18:00:27.286+11:00Rowe's cartoon is creepy. And there will be no...Rowe's cartoon is creepy. And there will be no inquiry into the late election intervention of the FBI. Those cries of 'Lock Her Up' must be ringing like a siren in Hillary's ears.<br /><br />As usual the media commentary has been dire. The most often comment is that the election result was a SHOCK, that NOBODY saw it coming. Huh! Michael Moore did and so (blush) did Miss pp.<br /><br />Why wouldn't the Orange Man have won? People are bleeding. Trump megaphoned their pain and Hillary promised them more of the same.<br /><br />Our political parties should take note. Enough people do not want what either of the major parties are selling.<br /><br />It is all very scary.<br /><br />Miss ppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-82822785469674494512016-11-09T16:34:19.834+11:002016-11-09T16:34:19.834+11:00Donaldism it is. We breathe, Xi, Putin, and me. Wh...Donaldism it is. We breathe, Xi, Putin, and me. Whew, that was close. Too bad about the exponential bucks from the Killiary project expected in Darwin... Raytheon shill Bomber's anguished huffing and puffing and will have to do.. stuff 'em. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-73437693743935301662016-11-09T14:19:11.681+11:002016-11-09T14:19:11.681+11:00"Here's the thing. The hijab isn't a ..."Here's the thing. The hijab isn't a badge of womanhood, it's a sign of a religion, and a deeply silly religion at that."<br /><br />Hi Dorothy. Not to disagree entirely with the point you’re making, which I’m largely on side with, but I'd humbly mansuggest it's a bit more than that. Traditionally, it's a class marker. A sign of respectability. Once upon a time in history, only the wealthiest elite women wore them. Slaves and prostitutes were forbidden from wearing them. <br /><br />The reason a contemporary middle-class Muslim woman might choose to wear one is often as much about respectability and traditionalism, as it is about subscribing to religious authority. ie. who wants to walk around looking like a poor commoner? <br /><br />Sure, that's entangled in the same kind of ‘moralising about appearance’ that fuels and feeds religious authority and paternalism. But it's not quite the same thing as a nun's habit, or a bumper sticker of a fish, which are both explicitly religious symbols, and serve no other purpose than to proclaim ‘religion’.<br />Nicknoreply@blogger.com