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Drugs. We’re Hoping You Don’t Know Anything.

“I don’t need no drugs in my system ’cause my dancing and didge sets me free.”- Bruce AKA Boy BC.

Reading through the material the Australian government has provided to the public as part of various drug campaigns has been very effective in both testing my patience and draining my hope that policy disgraces of this variety can’t persist for much longer. The fact that these campaigns are not subject to any serious scrutiny seems to suggest a level of misinformation about drugs that surprises even me. How anyone could process this shit and not be left at the very least confused is something I am having difficulty comprehending. To better illustrate what exactly I mean, here’s some of the content on heroin from the most recent government mindfuck, entitled “Where’s Your Head At?” (An understandable question).

Heroin is an ‘opioid’, which is a term that refers to substances similar to the drug morphine. Street heroin is mixed with other substances, such as glucose, caffeine, sugar and paracetamol. These additives can be dangerous when added to heroin.

Hold your questions, there’s more…

Because there’s no way to tell the purity of heroin being used, users can’t gauge the amount they are taking and can accidentally overdose. Heroin overdose is one of the leading causes of death in Australia in 18 to 34 year-olds, and non-fatal overdoses are common amongst heroin users.

Other than perhaps the imprecise definition contained within the first sentence, this is accurate information. That is, information about the heroin supplied illegally under current conditions. It conveniently ignores two simple questions. Why is street heroin mixed with other dangerous substances, and why is there no way to tell the purity of heroin being used? The answers to these questions are simple (The market is furious), yet they expose the huge flaws in the conclusions that the government is attempting to convince the reader to accept. From that point, the real causes of the drug problem that don’t receive any form of acknowledgement in the campaign materials at all become easily identifiable. The agenda falls apart from there, and the most important question of all eventually arises-

Wouldn’t it be more effective to legalise all drugs?

Of course, getting that far also means the realisation that by maintaining a policy of drug prohibition the government is willingly causing countless preventable deaths. Oh dear!

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Who killed Quadrant? and other Conservative Jokes

Who Killed Quadrant?

No need to wonder Ladies and Gentlemen, it was none other than Keith Windschuttle himself, the conservative other conservatives secretly wish would just go away. He’s a sloppy historian who has made some corrections to Aboriginal history but drowned them in dreadful ‘undergraduate tone’ prose and rah-rah left hatred. Mythologise the Scottish Enlightenment all you like, Mr Windschuttle, but don’t claim to be a part of it. You are neither even-handed nor brilliant.

Under his editorial reign, Quadrant has thickened (dimensionally and intellectually). No longer a magazine of ideas, it seems mostly to consist of Necrophiliac imperialists (all hail the dead white male) ’sticking it’ to the Left. Again, I must say it has taken a decidedly ‘undergraduate tone’.

Australian Liberals, American Idiocy

Well, the Senate Inquiry into university bias has found that the Young Liberals campaign for ‘fair and balanced’ universities was childish and had a decidedly ‘undergraduate tone’. Snap. The submission itself was incredibly embarrassing – Dan and I spent an afternoon chortling over the idiocy it contained. From memory it consisted mostly of syllabi with the words gender, class, and race highlighted. Such brilliant insights from the young minds of our political future.

The campaign, of course, was based on one run in the United States (by David ‘I love Israeli Genocide’ Horowitz). Dr Horowitz is the author of such wondrous tomes as The Professors: The 100 Most Dangerous Academics in America. Note: Fowler’s strongly suggests the use of academician. Electricity – electrician, academy – academician.

I commend the Young Liberals for trying to foster a policy movement in Conservative youth but this campaign shows us just how far we have to travel. Australia does not have a Conservative intellectual movement. We have many intelligent Conservatives without a real core voting bloc. Were one to be formed and made central to a new, reformed Liberal Party we could have ‘perpetual’ Coalition government. The less intelligent amongst the Conservative movement (especially a few of the parliamentarian drongos) tend towards excessive behaviour because they lack tact and critical thinking skills. The Member for Genetically Modified Orgasms is a case in point…

Conservatives can become academicians – in the Classics, Theology, Medieval Studies, Philosophy and so on and so forth. Perhaps in the near future the media will interview intellectuals as Conservatives rather than ‘Bob’ from the Shire who ‘reckons all them immigrantss should rack off’. Liberals! Make cogent arguments in English and express complex thoughts to the populace, and you will be surprised at how grateful they are that you aren’t talking down to them. The economy is hotting up and cooling down? Is it an engine or a complex array of transactions and regulatory interactions between private individuals, the state, and corporations?

To end on a decidedly undergraduate note: Fuck Off Dumb Cunts, Bring on the Smart Blokes!!

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George Carlin

It’s not news to many that George Carlin died the other day, but it did give me a chance to reflect. Even at my young age (21), the people I admire are dying off. Carlin and Hicks both blended their comedy with thought provoking messages about the state of society.

And despite the internet being a new medium allowing us to reach far more new creations, as well as new types of content flowing out, people like these are rare enough that even expanding the distribution methods won’t allow us to reach more like them.

Sorry I don’t have a solution, just figured it was worth reflecting on. Just remember that the people you admire are gonna die and that will be the end of them. Make sure to enjoy them while you can.

Anyone interesting in seeing Carlin’s material, there is loads on youtube, best example here. Plenty of Hicks on there as well.

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Rudd Laws… are they being circumvented?

And I don’t mean by the obvious buying of spirits for a cheaper price with more alcohol, or drinking beer or wine (bottle or cask). I mean by the companies who make RTDs, who might feel a bit miffed by the reduction in their sales.

Case in point: the store I work in currently recieved an interesting shipment of Jim Beam Cans.

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5 reasons parents should buy their kids GTA IV and why Australian censorship can go and fuck itself.

Here we go, 5 compelling moral reasons you should subject your children to digitised violence, prostitution and all those other wonderful things that make life worth living.

1. Racism – what better way to stop your twat-mouth child mouthing off at people of different skin colours, cultural background and clothing than to make them play as an illegal (Russian?) immigrant in America. One that can barely speak English.

2. Hookers – show them what real hookers are all about. The strung-out crack addled, unpleasant smelling, worse looking hookers in GTA IV should scare them away from every wanting to have sex with (or be near) a hooker… ever (their loss).

3. Gambling – in the first 10 minutes debt collectors are after you, fucking shit up and wanting their pound of flesh. Teach your kids to gamble responsibly and never borrow money from the mob.

4. Vehicular Manslaughter – nobody likes to wash their car, and blood is really hard to get off (so i’ve heard). What better way to display the damage a human corpse does to your precious car than with simulated vehicular manslaughter. I mean there’s all the cleaning… and the dents, who wants to do through all that trouble.

5. Stealing – bystanders and cops will never help you. So defend your shit kids.

See? look at all the life lessons your kids can learn just from playing a simple videogame, don’t you owe them that much?

In other news the Australian version of GTA IV has been compromised by the invisible pigeon-holing committee who’s decided it needed to be childproofed to fit into the MA15+ rating. Why the fuck don’t we have an R18+ rating? I’m sick of all these nancy-pants “protect our kids by censoring everything so we don’t have to do anything, ever” parents. How fucking hard is it to control what your kids watch, read and play. Anyway there is NO correlation between videogame violence and real violence (as much as unconfirmed internet rumours and unsolicited studies would like you to believe). And if you done brought your young’lings up right then what’s there to fear, they should be able to adequately separate fact from fiction. If they couldn’t we’d expect and epidemic of kids hunting in the woods, looking for knolls to kill so they can gain XP and level up.

I suggest you either import or pirate GTA IV, at least that way you can get the amount of violence and tits you deserve.

Maldark

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Quick Update

This update is mainly to show that I haven’t died from alcohol poisoning, brain collapse from too many fundie quotes, or been struck down by God. I still sit here, and I bring new links to keep you all busy.

First, if you don’t have anything to do over the summer this year I’ve got a proposal for you….. SUPERCAMP!! That’s right you too can attend the Creation Supercamp run by Creation Ministries International (the Australian branch of Answers in Genesis) and learn about how the entire scientific community and body of evidence is wrong.

They’re even good enough to allow time in their schedule for devotions (weee morning AND evening!) and even some free time. You can read their itinerary for yourself and judge if you want to go, all I know is that I’m glad I don’t need to choose between supercamp and Defcon, because that would be an impossible choice. Oh and if you go, don’t forget the requried readings.

The other exciting link is unbelief.org which is all about the religious right in Australia. Before I talk further about this site, it is important to remember the Commonwealth Constitution. In particular, section 116

116. The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.

That is the quick response to anyone who says that this country was founded on Judo-Christian values and that we should do insane things like outlaw Islam because of that.

While unbelief hasn’t been updated so far this year, it seems to be a good resource if you want to know more about the Fundamentalist movement in Australia. And if it inspires you, ask to contribute. Or just start your own blog, and post freedom.

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Reasons why I drink…

This is of course only one reason why I drink… Alcohol being the delicious substance that it is is another reason …. Others will be added to new blog posts and the UST Hitlist in due time…

Discovery Institute - Centre for Science and Culture

Figure 1: Fucking stupidity

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UNSW Atheist Society – Leading the Way.

As from the very emotional Australian today:

EYEBROWS were raised on the University of NSW campus this week when all students received an email from pro-vice-chancellor (students) Joan Cooper, reminding them of the rules of engagement, as it were.

“Whether you are a new or returning student, as you begin your studies at UNSW, you will meet people from different backgrounds and those who have values and ideas which vary from your own,” Professor Cooper wrote.

Continuing carefully, she said: “I want to remind you that while UNSW is a place where we cherish academic and student freedom of expression, vilification of others is both unacceptable and is of course, against the law in NSW.”

What gives? According to a university spokeswoman the reminder was prompted by “hate flyers” being distributed on campus regarding scientology and “an offensive blog”.

I’d just like to personally congratulate the head of the UNSW Atheist Society, and the members of said society. What is life if not a non-stop trolling expedition. I would recommend that you escalate the campaign forthwith.

Particularly the anti-scientology stuff. No one batted an eyelid when UTS was absolutely plastered with anti-scientology flyers in the lead up to the raids on Scientology, and yet UNSW plays the tolerance card all a-crazy with the hatin on the man.

I swear to christ I hope the hate-filled blog was our blog, and if not, someone links me to that blog and I aggregate their content. Anonymous blogs on the internet that completely tear people to shreds on utterly circumstantial and rather anemic evidence are the best form of things.

Say what you want about the democratisation of media, blogs are the cheapest and nastiest way to make vitriol fact.

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Monosyllabic Muckraking!

We’re back after a sojurn to Melbourne. Yes, that’s right, check Landeryou for the whole situation. Interestingly enough the Melbourne Young Liberals are about as mentally balanced and as physiologically damaging as tertiary syphilis. Aspersions on their possession of long-incubated STI’s aside, I’ve returned to the greatest City in the land, Sydney, only to be confronted with a maelstrom of bullshit bordering on a tsunami in a portaloo.

Let us begin.

Authorities will have powers to conduct body searches, confiscate vehicles and evict people from World Youth Day events.

State Parliament has invoked powers similar to those introduced during the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum this year and the Olympics in 2000, giving police and other officials control over a range of issues, from air space to unauthorised advertising.

The World Youth Day Amendment Bill was passed last week to smooth the way for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI during the Catholic Church’s six-day youth pilgrimage in July.

It grants the Catholic Church unrestricted access to Randwick Racecourse for the closing papal Mass, which the church estimates will be attended by up to 500,000 international and Australian Catholic pilgrims.

The bill goes beyond access guarantees, with the inclusion of a controversial clause that can delegate power from Parliament to the Government. It allows the State Government to introduce regulations that permit police and private security guards to conduct searches of pilgrims and their bags, and any cars at World Youth Day sites, and bar entry to anyone.

I’ll allow you to let that sink in. APEC, and GWB’s lance through the heart of our right to, you know, walk around unimpeded aside, it appears that the Hat-Wearing ÜberCatholic himself Pope Benedict XVI has been left so unprotected by the furious will of the Lord that it’s been left up to timid Boris to do Christ’s dirty work for him.

My honest answer (And I’m sorry for all the cheap shots) is what directives do the police have against the pilgrims? Are all Condoms and Hormonal Pills to be confiscated as part of the iron fist of an irate deity? Will the fines be commuted if the guilty say their rosary several times? If you feel earnestly sorry about your egregious infraction of reactionary law-lavishing (ED: As the parliament En-Cunts the police [Dictionary: In, or relating to the process of promoting cunt-like behaviour]) will the police be forced to forgive you and tear up their gleefully scrawled ticket?

More on this to come, oh and yeah the article came from the SMH, you know this, I know this, it’s pretty much the best fucking paper in the country except for the Australian, so live with it.

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Election Debrief 02-A: I see the future

Against my better judgement, it seems a lot of Australians have voted in favour of Labor in this election.

By which I mean to say that my judgement is better than a lot of Australians, and that some (presumably large) proportion of those same Australians cast votes contrary to the requirements for action based on my judgement. Ten thousand comedians are excited.

Currently, my home seat of Bennelong is under serious contention by invading Labo[u]r forces. With 77% of the ballots counted, Labo[u]r’s ’star candidate’ under the guise of one recently-respectable Maxine McKew is polling with a 5.3% swing in her favour. The ABC have decided this is sufficient to call the seat hers, though the very experts they broadcast state such a swing is necessary only for her to be in the running, with 6.1% or greater required for a win. In truth though, postal votes will decide this seat at some indeterminate but comparatively distant point in time.

It is the collective will of the social majority that their government be changed to something new and exciting, because they are bored of John Howard’s administration. Their will shall be done, courtesy of the AEC. That being a given, observe the future:

Rudd will keep his election promises because, while it isn’t hard to keep promises when they take the form of broad generalisations almost completely encompassing current government policy, he also appears to be a witless mannequin with no idea what’s going on. I hope I’m wrong, really – I want the country in which I live to be as viable as possible – but all indications so far indicate a lack of comprehension on the part of Labo[u]r with regards to what keeps an economy afloat.

The next three years will see wideranging social reforms, which is code for exorbitant spending. Because of this, Rudd will win the 2011/12 election. Depending on his rate of economic deforestation/the effectiveness with which the Liberals point out his many colourful violations of sound governance principles, he may or may not gain a further majority.

Finally, in 2013/14 there will be a landmark election in which there is a severe victory for the Liberals over the corpse of Rudd’s popularity. The leader of the Liberal Party and elected Prime Minister will be Joe Hockey. Do you know why? Allow me to end by enlightening you:

The Hero.

You’ll vote for this man. Trust me.

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