Andrew Bolt Herald Sun April 30 , 2023 Arguably the greatest fraud in Australian literary history will star at the Melbourne Writers Festival, proving organisers want fantasy over reality. I may be some time. I start my huge retirement trip this week, hoping to worry less about the death of truth. Perfect timing. The MelbourneContinue reading “Our cultural elites really do prefer fakes to facts”
Category Archives: Absurdity of Woke
Modern Art: an ugly reflection
Alexandra Marshall The Spectator Australia 1 May 2023 Art is a reflection of civilisation. How apt then, that the last time I wandered beside the Arts Centre in Victoria there were ‘artists’ dressed up as sheep pretending to eat the lawn – baa-ing at passersby who shrugged off the experience as ‘Victoria’. Our concept ofContinue reading “Modern Art: an ugly reflection”
Dutch farmers vs greens: why it matters
Dutch farmers have won a battle. But can they win the war? Features Eva Vlaardingerbroek Eva Vlaardingerbroek 29 April 2023 9:00 AM Amsterdam It’s not often that regional ballots in the Netherlands capture the attention of the international media. But last month that is exactly what happened. On 15 March, the so-called ‘provincial elections’Continue reading “Dutch farmers vs greens: why it matters”
The narcissism of Just Stop Oil
World John Mac Ghlionn A woman rights a message on a damaged petrol station pump during a protest in London (Credit: Getty images) John Mac Ghlionn 26 April 2023 6:30 PM Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists have an insatiable appetite for mayhem. Protesters from the environmental group are slowing down traffic in London today, conductingContinue reading “The narcissism of Just Stop Oil”
Voters want spine in the face of intellectual cowardice
Peta Cridlin The Daily Telegraph April 25, 2023 But while Peter Dutton seems determined to push back against political correctness, the Victorian Liberal Party keeps genuflecting to it. Last week the Moira Deeming saga took a new twist with Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto refusing to guarantee that Deeming would be re-admitted to the partyContinue reading “Voters want spine in the face of intellectual cowardice”
QED
Bruce Pascoe, Very Much in the Black Tony Thomas Bruce Pascoe with his pink cheeks, white beard and strange claims to Aboriginality has suffered the downside of celebrity. His Dark Emu thesis is that pre-contact Aborigines were romantic farmers who tilled, planted, harvested and stored their native crops like the picturesque Wessex folk in aContinue reading “QED”
Ambiguous sacred site claim practice run for Voice
Date: April 23, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 8 Comments Letter to the Editor Here we go, a flexing of entitled, dictatorial muscle.A little practice run for Vic – by some ambiguous claim … A popular campsite renowned for its surf beach and coastal walking trails has been closed over concerns an Aboriginal site and its artefactsContinue reading “Ambiguous sacred site claim practice run for Voice”
Wokeness is weakness
Date: April 21, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 3 Comments What is wokeness? The woke define it as the notion of being “awake” to alleged modes of systemic and cultural oppression. Why is this useful to the leftist state? Because if certain groups of people, whether these groups be based on race, “gender identity,” or sexuality (orContinue reading “Wokeness is weakness”
She’s just ‘racist & cruel’
Sean Burke Politicom 20 April 2023 Rogue Federal Senator Lidia Thorpe doesn’t have mental health issues – she’s just “racist” and “cruel”, according to her father. The MP’s estranged parent, Roy Illingworth, said Senator Thorpe wanted for nothing as a child, but lost the plot after becoming a “greenie activist”. The way she is andContinue reading “She’s just ‘racist & cruel’”
Why is Netflix pretending that Cleopatra was black?
World David Abulafia Queen Cleopatra, a documentary series releasing 10 May 2023 (Credit: Netflix) David Abulafia 18 April 2023 9:49 PM ‘I remember my grandmother saying to me: I don’t care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black.’ So asserts a trailer for a new Netflix ‘docuseries’ looking at the lives of powerfulContinue reading “Why is Netflix pretending that Cleopatra was black?”
Contribution by Sarah Hanson-Young to dairy fire and beef contamination issues – exploding cows!
Apr 18 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews “Methane, we said it would become a Climate Change problem and you refused to believe us. And now the cattle are exploding. You reap what you so you idiots. Stop eating cattle, now! Spoken on behalf of the Greens.” green14@gmail.com13.236.95.191 Share this:
Wind power dangerous, has killed people and livestock while a wind farm cannot boil a jug
Apr 13 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews by Brian Johnson Wind turbines are useless and solar has limitations. We are faced with a very serious situation. Wind turbines cannot produce the essential and legally required 50 hertz energy. The very energy required for our homes and factories. A wind turbine, a wind farm, cannot boil aContinue reading “Wind power dangerous, has killed people and livestock while a wind farm cannot boil a jug”
Liddell shutdown to put “green energy” system to the acid test
Apr 13 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews By TONY MOBILIFONITIS AT the time of this article being written, the three remaining units in 1680 megawatt Liddell Power station near Musswellbrook, NSW, were due to be turned off in just 14 days as autumn and winter set in. Last winter, during a low-wind deep freeze, the AustralianContinue reading “Liddell shutdown to put “green energy” system to the acid test”
QED
Hairy Man in Silly Dress Cries ‘Respect!’ Timothy Cootes ABC content producers, I surmise, are under the impression that the Australian public hasn’t had quite enough queer content of late. Although our ABC provided celebratory and at times even reverent coverage of Sydney’s WorldPride last month, when the party ended there was an urgent needContinue reading “QED”
Cultural Politics
Life-Altering Decisions and the Adolescent Brain John Whitehall In his first letter to the Corinthians, St Paul explained, “When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child, but when I grew up, I put away childish things.”[1] Though accepted as an obvious fact of nature, the cause of this transformationContinue reading “Cultural Politics”
Get onboard the Holocaust bus for the staged events
Mar 31 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews By Lyndesy Symonds For the Long March of subversion through all Western institutions, the Marxist Identity Gook cadres all have a ticket to board the Holocaust Bus and go to their staged events, protests, demos etc. They are all kitted out with their victim IDs, ideology, power words (whichContinue reading “Get onboard the Holocaust bus for the staged events”
The green foods time bomb
Flat White Viv Forbes The SaltBushClub.com Viv Forbes 1 April 2023 7:00 AM Green propagandists continue to inflict lethal damage to our electricity industry – it has become unreliable and expensive. Their intrusive green energy infrastructure is also nibbling away at our grasslands and farms, thus reducing their capacity to produce food. These foolish greenContinue reading “The green foods time bomb”
Why did Guy Pearce apologise for this trans tweet?
World Tom Slater Guy Pearce (Credit: Getty images) Tom Slater 31 March 2023 5:20 PM Hollywood actor Guy Pearce has apologised for posting a pro-trans tweet. That’s where we’re at now with the culture war. The Twitterstorms don’t even need to make sense anymore, as the bizarre case of the LA Confidential star’s recent commentsContinue reading “Why did Guy Pearce apologise for this trans tweet?”
Lidia Thorpe’s unchecked ignorance, bitterness and bile masquerading as ‘progressive values’
Rita Panahi The Herald Sun March 24, 2023 You have to hand it to Senator Lidia Thorpe. In the space of a month she’s caused a ruckus at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and at a women’s rights event in Canberra. A queer quinella, indeed. Thorpe’s regular bouts of profound stupidity have becomeContinue reading “Lidia Thorpe’s unchecked ignorance, bitterness and bile masquerading as ‘progressive values’”
Europe abandons electric vehicle mandate due to lack of green baseload power
Mar 29 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews https://www.europereloaded.com/europe-abandons-all-electric-car-mandate/ The transition was supposed to go on for 13 years after its announcement in 2022 but was abandoned only a year after its adoption. What happened? Prodded by climate activists, the EU was pressured to ban fossil fuel vehicles and replace them with battery-powered vehicles. The problem isContinue reading “Europe abandons electric vehicle mandate due to lack of green baseload power”