Category: politics
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Russian Politics in the Crystal Ball
Tomorrow the Russians go to the polls to vote for the Duma, the Russian parliament. Vladimir Putin is not standing for the presidency next time around as his tenure is legaly limited by the constitution to two terms, and will instead be putting himself forward as a parliamentary candidate. Here’s my prediction for the near…
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I feel an election coming on
Now they want to ban HIV positive migrants… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551245.stm Truly this is a bumper news day!
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Further censorship in Australia
Every time Australia’s government is in the news these days I can’t help but to be astounded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551003.stm Once again, in an election year the “tough on <whatever>” line comes out, further eroding civic freedoms. This time they have started censoring books and films that “glorify terrorism”. The following line in the article below left…
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Why I am ashamed of the Australian Government
I don’t typically blog about politics but there is something that I need to express my views on. For those who are unfamiliar with the story, a guy called David Hicks, an Australian, was captured in Afghanistan by the US military and sent to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. After years of confinement, and…