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  • Ten Years On. The Bloodiest War. the Dirtiest Lies.

    The Bloodiest War, The Dirtiest Lies, The Murdoch Press. Continue reading

  • The Ascent of Obama

    My Backwards Bush counter tells me that there are seventy-eight days, fourteen minutes, and twenty-five seconds to go, before Bush the Lessor stumbles away to his inglorious obscurity – while paradoxically, and indelibly, entering history as the worst president ever.… Continue reading

  • Mohamed Haneef; The Politics Of Hate

    Of one thing we can be sure. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews, and Prime Minister John Howard will pursue Mohamed Haneef with every ounce of their being. Far more important for them now, is not… Continue reading

  • It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

    Some time ago I wrote a blog suggesting that the point where US had lost the war in Iraq had now passed. (see Terra Firma Blogs, “The Beginning of the Beginning of the End “). It was written on the 8th… Continue reading

  • The Trial of Lindy Chamberlain

    This essay was written in the 1980’s, after Lindy Chamberlain had been jailed for the murder of her infant daughter, Azaria, who had been taken by a dingo at Uluru (Ayers Rock). It seeks to expose the ridiculous logic which… Continue reading