Articles tagged ‘Satire’.

Labor’s plan for the flag
Cluster bombs from the blue. Thanks, Labor....
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Castlemaine’s anticlinal fold for World Heritage
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1 April 2011 The Anticlinal Fold United Co-op of Castlemaine is proud to announce it has received correspondence from UNESCO headquarters in Paris thi...
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Friday satire: ARPANSA suggests put on a sun hat
You can even brush your thyroid if you go deep enough
By Andrew McKenna On Wednesday the Australian Government had some solid travel advice for Australians thinking of travelling in quake-ravaged and nucl...
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This General
Gen.-David-Petraeus
Warning: Some images may disturb some viewers....
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15 February 1989: Afghan troops pull out of Soviet Union
Grave fears are now held that Red Army communist troops will fill the void left by Afghan troops, and that Russia will fall to the communists
Afghan troops are withdrawing from the USSR, nine years after they swept into the country. A convoy of Afghan armoured vehicles travelled the 260-mile...
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Emerson speaks and Crapometer breaks dial
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By Andrew McKenna Australian Trade Minister Dr Craig Emerson has been in Davos, Switzerland, at the Economic Forum for Rich and Powerful Countries rec...
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26 January 1788: illegals detained at Eora Country, ringleader arrested for people smuggling
Some of the illegal vessels. Coast guard sources said they were infested with alien vermin that would pose a significant threat to our flora and fauna. The vessels were towed to sea and burned.
By Andrew McKenna 26 January 1788 (by the Christian Calendar): Moderates have attacked Uncle Bennelong’s proposal to pursue an ‘Aotearoa S...
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The Quiz Answers
By Chris Hosking For those interested, here are the answers to the Mount Alexander Quiz for 2010. Thank you to all those who entered and the winner w...
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Yellowcake spills, but nuclear industry safe, folks (nothing to see here, move right along)
By Andrew McKenna Eighteen days ago a storm in the Pacific broke open containers carrying radioactive uranium oxide concentrate (‘yellowcakeR...
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17 January 1991: ‘Mother of all Battles’ begins
Mid-East Allied military action is pressuring the Bush Government to destroy its stockpiles of WMDs
By Andrew McKenna Gulf States have sent hundreds of planes on bombing raids into the US homeland, at the start of ‘Operation Atlantic Blizzard&#...
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Holiday reading: 6 August 1945: Japan drops atomic bomb on Las Vegas
President Truman was unavailable for comment
By Andrew McKenna published 6 August 2010 A Japanese aircraft has dropped the first atomic bomb on the US city of Las Vegas. Emperor Hirohito, announc...
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Holiday reading: Commonwealth reinstates witch burning
The first offender is dealt with under the Commonwealth's new legislation.
By Andrew McKenna Published 8 June 2010 In a shock move from Canberra, the Federal Government today reinstated witch burning as punishment for certain...
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Holiday reading: I love you Hillary
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By Andrew McKenna Published 9 November 2010 Clinton: I want the Iranians to know that if I’m President, we will attack Iran. In the next 10 year...
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Holiday reading: God bows out of the Federal election
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By Andrew McKenna published 26 July 2010 Following recent speculation that God is contemplating retirement, His office has just issued a press release...
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Mark Steel: A clear case of attack by wheelchair
The police like to set their public relations department a special Christmas challenge, don’t they? Because that’s the only explanation fo...
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UK debt crisis worsens
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Even the Royals are feeling the pinch. How in heck are they going to pay for the wedding?...
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Pope okays condoms for condom animals, but not auto-erotic asphyxiation
Not to be tried at home
By Andrew McKenna Pope Benedict XVI has said that condom use is acceptable under certain conditions. In an interview with a German journalist, he sai...
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How to say Advocate in Tasmania
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By Emlyn Johnson There are three main newspapers in Tasmania. The Mercury covers Hobart and the south-east. The Examiner covers Launceston and the Nor...
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I love you Hilary
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By Andrew McKenna Clinton: I want the Iranians to know that if I’m President, we will attack Iran. In the next 10 years, during which they might...
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‘Time for words is over’ – US
Terrorists held at the Leonora Prison in the WA Goldfields. The US has had enough.
By Andrew McKenna The UN is inspecting our refugee prisons and if it does not get full cooperation the United States is threatening war. ‘We are...
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Afghan war spin
The British in Afghanistan. Some time two centuries ago.
By Andrew McKenna (Warning: four letter words below) Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned that Australia will need to stay engaged in Afghanistan i...
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Capsicum foam for home use?
By Andrew McKenna In the wake of a second Victorian teenager being sprayed with capsicum foam by police in the space of a week, authorities have sugge...
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Financial meltdown
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By Andrew McKenna The Governor of the Reserve Bank has warned there would be significant business continuity issues as tensions over China’s und...
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‘There is a green light to whack away’ in Pakistan – CIA
By Andrew McKenna The Pentagon and CIA are stepping up the US program to dry up floodwaters in Pakistan by diverting drones and missiles from Afghani...
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Is Julia Gillard a reptile?
Tell us it isn’t so....
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Where the bloody hell are you
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Our human rights record has been improving for over 200 years, and we offer free accommodation to refugees....
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