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October 03, 2018 Episode 167 – Ignorant politicians and an honourable thief
Our Australian podcast gives Education Minister Dan Tehan the Dan Quayle Award and we introduce an honourable thief.
5:33 David Gillespie gives some more analogies regarding our government’s funding of private schools. He says that it is the equivalent of an avid reader suggesting he is saving the local library by buying his own books and then expecting his collection to be paid for by the taxpayer.
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1 hr 11 min
September 27, 2018 Episode 166 – Needy Private Schools, Free Will and Other Myths – an Australian Podcast
We start out with a shout out to Wilks and Tim and then launch into a discussion about government funding of private schools in Australia. If you want a private system, then you should fund 100% yourself. It is no surprise that Scott Morrison has thrown money at the private school sector. His argument that it is to help drought-affected families makes no sense given the Catholic hierarchy decides which schools get the money and they have previously distributed their money very unfairly to the detriment of poorer Catholic schools. Of course, Labor must accept a lot of the blame as they entered a bidding war with the Catholics. The funding model used to guess the school’s economic status from the socioeconomic status of the catchment area but now they use the actual income of the families of the school and as a result, the wealthy inner-city Catholic schools will miss out. $614,000,000 is designed to ease the burden of rich families having to pay their proper share. To help your dinner party debates we present a short history of how private school funding started at Goulburn and how we could replace the Goulburn Catholic schools for an extra 1% per annum. This and the TPP could be enough for The Fist to vote for the Greens.
27:05 Waz joined us to discuss a thought experiment regarding doctors performing circumcisions.
43:27 Letters to the editor, how did we go? – The Age Vs News Corp
Our democracy is in trouble. We said that in episode 135 when we learned the ABC bosses pulled Emma Alberici’s article. Now we find out they wanted to sack her. – ABC chairman Justin Milne told former managing director Michelle Guthrie to sack high-profile presenter Emma Alberici following a complaint from then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
There are competing theories about what caused News Corp to align steadfastly to the right, given the success it has had playing the parties against one another. 54:04 It seems that Lachlan Murdoch will be no betterthan his father.
1:00:13 With a headline like this
1 hr 49 min
September 27, 2018 Episode 166 – Needy Private Schools, Free Will and Other Myths – an Australian Podcast
We start out with a shout out to Wilks and Tim and then launch into a discussion about government funding of private schools in Australia. If you want a private system, then you should fund 100% yourself.
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1 hr 52 min
September 18, 2018 Episode 165 – Morrison is testing the waters of religious privilege
Scott Morrison has tested his religious agenda on Sky News, The 7:30 Report, 2GB and The New York Times. We should all be worried.
3:17 Morrison on Sky News
So a school should be able to sack a teacher for immoral un-Christian behaviour but a Board or a professional partnership should not be able to sack a member for Christian bigotry.
10:42 The Senate Committee Report
The last paragraph of page 4 of the Senate Report states:
“… opinions about the prayer are not significantly different in 2018 than during the 1997 inquiry, nor indeed than when the prayer was first adopted (in 1901). Those in favour of the prayer strongly favour its retention, while those opposed to the prayer are less vocal and less concerned to see it changed.“
15:50 The NSL Media Release About Prayers Continuing In The Senate
16:19 NSL Media Release: PM Blatantly Misleads Australians on Religious Freedom
19:30 A call to action – Letters to the Editor
24:19 “They defeat us, and we deserve it for our apathy.”
29:16 We offer a prayer for Scott Morrison
30:29 Archbishop Coleridge – Australia is a pluralist – not a secular – society,
31:26 Should a child be forced to stay for the National Anthem yet Senators be allowed to leave for prayers? A child refuses to stand. Comments by Pauline Hanson, Harper is not an impudent child, she is hope
41:44 Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony BS at events. Just another case of inherited privilege. The left objects to Christian Prayers but fawns over Aboriginal spiritual ceremonies. The Left objects to the Monarchy’s claim to inherited privilege but says nothing about Aboriginal claims to inherited privilege.
54:09 Landon Hardbottom has played us.
56:36 Morrison on Trump – It’s apparent that he doesn’t know Trump yet, describing him as “very practical” and someone “who’s not going to waste a day.”. “I like that about him,” enthused Morrison, who is obviously ready to do the Aussie equivalent of the S...
1 hr 22 min
September 18, 2018 Episode 165 – Morrison is testing the waters of religious privilege
Scott Morrison has tested his religious agenda on Sky News, The 7:30 Report, 2GB and The New York Times. We should all be worried.
3:17 Morrison on Sky News
So a school should be able to sack a teacher for immoral un-Christian behaviour but a Board or a professional partnership should not be able to sack a member for Christian bigotry.
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1 hr 24 min
September 11, 2018 Episode 164 – The crazy left attacks Bandt but supports Serena
The Left has no moral compass. It attacked Adam Bandt for admiring his hot wife but supported the disgraceful behaviour of Serena Williams.
3:08 His hot wife gets Adam Bandt into hot water
Here are some of the comments:
Katred Stave –
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2 hr 5 min
September 04, 2018 Episode 163 – The Demise of the Nation State
Money shuffling by multi-nationals has left sovereign states powerless.
2:38 The Fist appeared on The Bullshit Filter
6:13 Apparently, we are not allowed to poke fun at the religious belief of our Prime Minister
10:11 Gay conversion therapy is on the nose
14:30 Reason Party meeting –
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1 hr 13 min
August 28, 2018 Episode 162 – Who is Scott Morrison?
Everything you need to know about our new Prime Minister.
We review our predictions from episode 54
Scott Morrison is the fifth prime minister in five years.
Leadership changes in summary
The Liberal Party seems to be falling for “Balmain basket weavers” syndrome.
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1 hr 22 min
August 22, 2018 Episode 161 – The Liberal Party Suffers The Final Solution
1:00 Turnbull Vs Dutton. The conservative religious nutters can’t stand having a progressive in charge of their “Conservative” Party. Welcome to the future of the Liberal Party as it lurches into a Tea Party abyss of conservative ideology.
10:00 A study shows that endorsement of free-market economics predicted rejection of climate science
12:24 Is Dutton in breach of S.44?
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1 hr 36 min
August 14, 2018 Episode 160 – Aboriginal Culture Must Take Some Blame
We gird our loins and question high rates of sexual harassment in Universities and then put on our asbestos suits and argue that Aboriginal culture must take some blame for the sorry state of Aboriginal people.
1:02 Sexual assault in our Universities.
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1 hr 5 min