While young tigers at our universities put up posters on round cement structures telling us about the joys of communism/socialism, and how great the Russian revolution was, the reality of socialism is seen in every socialist experiment. Venezuela is the latest failure:

  http://collapse.news/2018-01-16-starving-venezuelans-ransack-food-banks-slaughter-grazing-cattle.html 
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/how-the-collapse-of-venezuela-really-happened-part-2_01182018 
  http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/socialist-dystopia-starving-venezuelans-loot-as-runaway-inflation-forces-pillaging-for-food_01172018

     January is here and the invasion versus settlement debate is back making news headlines. The Prime Minister wants to keep Australia Day as it is while the Greens are calling for the date to be changed. We’ve all heard the generic talking points. Team ‘Invasion Day’ says 26 January is offensive to some Australians. Team ‘Australia Day’ says 26 January is a day for all Australians regardless. Yet there is a fundamental point which goes to the heart of this debate that literally no one, to date, seems to have picked up on. Hence, this article.

     Native title can only exist if Australia was settled, not invaded. Why? Because international law recognises all territories acquired through invasion and annexation by force, prior to World War II, as lawful conquests. This ‘Right of Conquest’ doctrine was first conceived by the International Law Commission of the United Nations and later adopted as UN General Assembly Resolution 3314. Provided that all citizens of a lawfully conquered territory are granted equal rights by the local law, international law doesn’t consider the descendants of the conqueror and the conquered as two separate peoples. This in turn invalidates any claims to separate land rights under the same jurisdiction. As one of the 193 member states of the United Nations, Australia is not exempt from this doctrine.

     So much for university types respecting our institutions and the rule of law:

  “Diablo Valley College Professor Albert Ponce has come under fire after a video of him telling students that it’s acceptable to violate U.S. laws circulated around the internet.”
  http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/01/09/diable-valley-college-professor-tells-students-to-violate-u-s-laws-abolish-white-democracy/
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32xwMTDx9A
  http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/40648/

     Former Google employer James Damore, was fired from Google over a memo he released which was critical of the company’s diversity initiatives. He has now filed a discrimination lawsuit:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6p02fijxrd7c6m/20180108%20Damore%20-%20Complaint_fs.pdf?dl=0

    Some of the points covered, if true, show that Google is a really weird place to work, if you are a white male:

To THE AUSTRALIAN          Henry Ergas has provided a well-researched statement (‘Think before it’s Crown and out’, 12/1) as to why Australians may be prudent to retain the monarchy. However, his claim that ‘heredity confers so little political legitimacy’ can be contested. When Prince Charles becomes our next monarch, he will not merely carry on a royal blood line that stretches for over a thousand years, he will bear within himself and embody the history and culture of Britain as well as a profound knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of a British sovereign. That is something which in part ‘comes with the blood’ and is not transferable save to his legitimate successor.

     Tradition (and not merely British tradition) tells us that the affairs of this world are partly shaped by influences from invisible but higher worlds, so that, in metaphysical or mystical terms, the choice of a new monarch is not something that happens ‘just by chance’ but is a conscious and meaningful contribution to the national destiny by higher powers. Royal heredity thus contains deep mystery and an associated authority.
  NJ, Belgrave, Vic

     Just before the latest moral outrage over Trump by the liberal/Left/progressives, there was the previous move, still going, to impeach Trump because he is, according to the progressives, “insane.” Here, for example is one report:

“A psychiatrist has called for Donald Trump to be physically detained for an “emergency” mental health evaluation, sparking a debate about the professional ethics of “armchair” diagnosis.
Dr Bandy Lee, assistant professor in forensic psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, met with a dozen Democratic politicians last month to “brief” them on Mr Trump’s fitness for office — despite never having met or evaluated the US President".

To THE AGE   
     Once more beating the tawdry republican drum (‘A new year, new talk of a republic’, 3/1),
you imply that Her Majesty the Queen is not ‘one of our own’, but just what do you mean by that ambiguous term?

     For those of us who cherish the current reality that Australia is a nation founded by the British and
constituted within the sacred tradition of Christianity, the Queen is most certainly one of us - indeed, pre-eminently so.
A monarchy stands for a people inspired by holy mystery; a republic is human, all-too-human.
Changing from the one to the other would not be a ‘fresh start’ but a profound slipping into decadence.
  NJ, Belgrave, Vic

To THE AUSTRALIAN
     David Long is pulling too long a bow in claiming that Australia today ‘is a republic’ (3/1).
It is not; it is a constitutional monarchy ruled by Her Majesty the Queen, the Australian Sovereign.

     While it may be true that the monarch and the governor-general have very little personal power to impose their individual will on Australians, they occupy a position analogous to that of the Brahmins in Hindu sacred tradition, being those who advise but do not act themselves. They have, that is, a position of profound influence - and influence for good - on the ongoing life of the nation. They symbolise and embody the nation’s heart.
No republican president can ever exercise such glorious and spiritual guidance.
  NJ, Belgrave, Vic

To THE AGE    
     Justin Malbon (‘A simple way to get a president’, 4/1) ingeniously suggests that the republican cause can be facilitated by the addition of the title of ‘president of Australia’ to the office of governor-general. However, this appears to be yet another ethically dubious scheme for getting around the fact that another referendum might well meet the same fate as that of 1999.

     Malbon is right to note that ‘symbolism is potent’. To change our nation from monarchy to republic is no small matter. It has many ramifications, some of them profound (such as the vast difference between sacred and secular authority). Honourable republicans should ensure that no change is effected save by a referendum that has been fairly conducted.
  NJ, Belgrave, Vic

     Of course it does, for many reasons, including the problem of gangs and home invasions:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-02/street-gangs-are-a-problem-in-melbourne-police-admit/9297984

“Victorian police have conceded Melbourne has a problem with African street gangs, after earlier insisting there were no gangs in the city, as the State Government rejects criticism it has dropped the ball on the problem.
Police Minister Lisa Neville on Tuesday defended the Government’s handling of youth crime after the Federal Government on Monday said “African gang crime” was out of control in Melbourne because of lenient state policies.
The issue has become a priority for both major parties after a series of recent headline-grabbing crimes blamed on groups of young African men, including the trashing of an Airbnb property in Werribee, vandalism in Tarneit and a night of violence at St Kilda Beach involving dozens of youths.”

     The 61.6 percenters who voted for same sex marriage, must also have voted for the end of religious freedom, since at present the government does not seem very concerned about its pledge that no bill on same sex marriage would impinge on religious freedom. Before the plebby, 62 percent of voters supported legal guarantees for freedom of religion, even though numerous people strongly argued that this was naïve, and that once the same sex vote was secured, freedom of religion would be forgotten. And, it has. Even the mildest amendments protecting freedom of religion have been voted down:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/marriage-legislation-puts-religious-freedom-in-doubt/news-story/ce9ec86ca4a6f93aadafab5ba283fee1

     This is a parliament where the same sex legislation passage was treated like some sort of wartime victory, with pollies hugging in the parliament. What would the Founding fathers have thought if they could have seen that?

      My, my, anyone would think that suddenly, after decades of talk, and promotion of the policy of Asianisation (“we are a part of Asia”), our politicians are suddenly worried about Chinese influence! Treason laws? What?
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/national-security/treason-laws-put-focus-on-labors-china-links/news-story/dd75c425afb5ecf4db036d6705ffe0b6

“Malcolm Turnbull is escalating pressure on Bill Shorten to back a dramatic expansion of treason laws to curb foreign influence in Australian politics amid growing fears over the use of cash and covert activities to undermine the national interest.

     Unless it is some white guy doing something bad, do not expect any sort of fair, balanced coverage in the mainstream media:
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/02/cnn-msnbc-new-york-times-totally-ignore-kansas-kill-all-white-people-murder-suspect/

“A story about an African-American male who allegedly murdered multiple white men after once saying he wanted to “kill all white people” is being completely ignored by the liberal media.
Fredrick Demond Scott, a 22-year-old black male, has been charged this week with the murder of Steven Gibbons and John Palmer, two middle-aged white males. Gibbons was reportedly found dead on August 14 of this year and Gibbons was killed in Aug. 2016.
Scott is also a suspect in three other killings of white men. 
This comes after Scott reportedly once said that he wanted to “kill all white people.”

     A sad story, indeed:
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/12/07/august-ames-suicide-sjw-mob-condemns-refusal-work-gay-actors/

“Porn star August Ames was found dead of an apparent suicide Wednesday, one day after the adult actress was apparently bullied by social justice warriors on social media for explaining she would not perform in scenes alongside male actors who also perform in gay porn, due to health concerns.
Ames, whose real name is Mercedes Grabowski, “died of asphyxia due to hanging” in what has been ruled as a suicide, according to Ventura County, California officials. She was 23 years old.
Grabowski was bullied on Twitter after she announced her refusal to do porn scenes with gay porn actors, citing what she claimed was a higher likelihood of contracting HIV.”

     This is all true, I swear to it on a big breakfast of bacon and eggs: a man gets 15 years in prison, plus another 15 years’ probation, to be served after his prison sentence, for leaving bacon on the doorstep of a mosque in Florida:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/muslim-hate-crime-bacon-mosque-man-jailed-15-years-michael-wolfe-florida-a8098926.html
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/09/florida-man-convicted-hate-crime-bacon-mosque-smashing-windows-15-years-prison/

“A man who broke into a mosque and left a slice of raw bacon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Michael Wolfe from Titusville in Florida pleaded guilty to the break-in at the Islamic Society of Central Florida Masjid Al-Munin Mosque in January 2016.
CCTV footage shows the 37-year-old smashing windows and lights with a machete before leaving bacon by the front door.
Wolfe pleaded guilty to criminal mischief to a place of worship with a hate crime enhancement on Tuesday, after a plea deal was arranged with the mosque and the police.

     Unlike many Americans, I am not a great pro-gun person.  I don’t oppose private gun ownership.  On the contrary, it is the guns in the hands of the state and criminals that worries me, and these forces are far more dangerous than armed civilians, as this case well shows:
https://altright.com/2017/12/10/joyces-diary-part-3/

“Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, a former Arizona police officer, was acquitted on Thursday of a murder charge in the 2016 fatal shooting of Daniel Shaver outside his hotel room. The body cam footage of the killing is very unsettling and shows Brailsford ordering a slightly inebriated and very distressed Shaver to exit his hotel room, lay face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements –  under threat of being shot if he failed to comply.  Brailsford’s panicked conduct in the footage is erratic.  He issues a hail of sometimes conflicting instructions, i.e. for Shaver to raise his hands and also to crawl along the ground.  Throughout, Shaver sobs as he begs police not to shoot, and displays obvious confusion at some of the conflicting commands he is asked to comply with.  As Shaver reaches down to pull up his falling shorts, a panicked and aggressive Brailsford fires several shots into Shaver’s prone frame, killing him almost instantly.
I’ve always felt that modern policing attracts the worst possible recruits, and is a breeding ground for narcissists and government lapdogs. Even the worst behavior of Black cop-baiters, in protesting at the alleged ‘institutional racism’ of police departments, has never convinced me to fully side with the police.  For those with any sense of lingering attachment to the boys in blue, Charlottesville should have been a wake-up call in terms of police co-operation with the government agenda.  Yes, some officers may be on board with our ideas, but as a corporate entity “The Police” are a major part of the problem — they are ground zero for the enforcement of the corrupt laws that silence dissent and pave the way for our destruction.  Brailsford was ultimately just another conformist cretin, consumed by narcissism, riddled with cowardice, and content to take a paycheck in exchange for being the government’s willing executioner.  Protect and Serve? More like “Protect yourself and Serve the State.”

     Following in the aftermath of the glorious victory for human rights in the same sex marriage vote, something which the entire history of humanity has been building up to, there has been other noteworthy achievements in previously, somewhat slow Australia, namely:

“It’s a big win for transgender teens today in Australia.
Australia was the last place in the world transgender children needed court authorisation to receive Stage 2 hormone treatment, even if they or their parents consented to the procedure.
That’s now no longer the case thanks to a landmark decision in the country’s Family Court on Thursday, ending the need for the unnecessary and stressful legal process.
Since 2013, it’s been a requirement that courts need to approve Stage 2 treatment.
Stage 2 hormone treatment involves the administration of oestrogen or testosterone, allowing an adolescent to develop the pubertal characteristics of the gender they associate with. It follows Stage 1 hormone treatment, which delays puberty.”
http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/transgender-teens-ruling-australia/#VMuQyMJzeaq8

     First, the same sex marriage legislation, and then, almost instantly, we have this:
http://theconversation.com/we-have-marriage-equality-now-we-need-lgbtqi-inclusive-sexuality-education-in-schools-87501
https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2017/12/08/opinion-we-have-marriage-equality-now-we-need-lgbtqi-inclusive-sexuality
https://billmuehlenberg.com/2017/12/08/day-day-infamy/

     Read all about it if you need more details than the headlines.

     Relax, let an old lady handle this one. There is a growing cultural war over toilets, with something of a trend to create unisex toilets:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gender-neutral-public-toilets-should-be-the-norm-20160503-golmtp.html
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/public-service-push-for-genderneutral-bathrooms-20170511-gw2taq.html

     Urinals are on the way out, with the sort of standard toilets we all have at home coming to the fore. Thus, men, being extremely poor aims, will make these toilets unhygienic for women.  Ladies, you know what I mean! All in the name of political correctness.

     A while back, the media were all in a huff over child migrants who had to be admitted into Europe. When photographs of these “children” appeared, it was obvious that almost all of them were adults of military-conscription age. A big cover-up then took place:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-refugees-migrants-two-thirds-home-office-dental-teeth-david-davies-a7369186.html\
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4563200/75-suspicious-child-migrants-Sweden-adults.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3858392/First-child-migrants-proved-ADULT-fingerprints-appeared-database-used-check-criminals-entering-Britain.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42234585
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-child-asylum-seekers-adult-age-test-migrants-refugee-crisis-a7464081.html

     In a nutshell, the vast majority of these “children” are adults, about 75 percent, allowed in on false pretences, but, well, they are here now, so they are good honest citizens.