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Scary Stuff – March 10th, 2008 by Kristen

The Sydney Morning Herald this morning had a front page feature on the increasing segregation of children in the Australian education system.
I first saw racial segregation when I was 11 years old. Until then I had been fairly naïve about racism in Australia, being a white kid whose only contact with anyone Aboriginal had been […]

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Hollywood Power Struggle

Bad Ideas, Scary Stuff – February 1st, 2008 by Kristen

Mr Iemma and Costa - maybe you should take a wider view:
During 2000/ 2001, the state of California had it largest series of rolling blackouts yet, resulting in a declaration of a state of emergency.
This had a profound impact on the state’s economy and its citizens. A notable example is that many internet companies in […]

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The Rise of the Idiot

Scary Stuff, The Focus – January 18th, 2008 by Kristen (2 responses)

Corey Delaney Worthington is a very naughty boy. Normally the kid who throws a massive party whilst his parents are away and gets busted, is probably grounded for a few months and put on permanent washing up duty. But in a world where a guy-linered teen can sit in a closet and cry for Britney […]

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Clinton Crony Makes Creepy Reference To JFK Assassination

Scary Stuff – January 10th, 2008 by Don (2 responses)

“Some people compare one of the other candidates to John F. Kennedy. But he was assassinated …” The comment, an apparent reference to Senator Barack Obama, is particularly striking given documented fears among blacks that Mr. Obama will be assassinated if elected. How to describe this? Desperate? Weird? Uhm..
I discovered this Huffingtonpost report via digg […]

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Hitlerian Echoes in a Modern Age…Scare Mongering or Sign Posts…What Naomi Says..

Scary Stuff – December 20th, 2007 by Don

Just saw a very powerful interview, by Amy Goodman, of Democracy Now, with popular author and social critic Naomi Wolf. “You will be shocked and disturbed by this book. Most Americans reject outright any comparison of post 9/11 America with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany or Pinochet’s Chile. Sadly, the parallels and similarities, […]

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