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Have you signed the petition to the Prime Minister yet? If not, do it now!
Yesterday Pauline Hanson took a well aimed swipe at Cheryl Kernot in a press release headed, “Unlike Cheryl, I will not be sleeping with the enemy.” Worthwhile having a look!
The Bond family, who have recently been in the news appear to be getting itchy feet after dad, Alan, and his Swiss based financial contact, Bollag, came under the spotlight in recent days.
Susanne Bond is auctioning an equestrian farm, Walkabout Farm, at Brigadoon, just north of Perth, for an estimated Au$2 million. She became the beneficiary of the farm when dad's company Bond Corp sold her the 79.5 ha land in 1987 and 1988 when the company was on the ropes.
It seems however, that the Bond family don't like dealing with banks... they much prefer putting money underneath their bed... a Sydney business consultant revealed yesterday that Alan Bond's wife, Diana Bliss, gave him Au$130,000 cash in a box while he negotiated a deal with then bankrupt Alan Bond...
Luke Atkins, the consultant claims that he was contacted by Jurg Bollag in October 1993 while he was negotiating the sale of Craig Bond's Brisbane mansion... the money? Well the bankrupt Bond used it to buy commodities and properties through Atkins... but, once counted, was found to be Au$50 short... now wouldn't that be just like Bond!
The Australia/Israel Review is run by the Australian Israel Jewish Affairs Council whose chairman is none other than one of Australia's richest men, Mark Leibler. And who is Mark Leibler? The brother of Isi Leibler and one of Australia's most astute taxation lawyers... having worked as an inside adviser on a number of federal government bodies.
He is also a former president of the Australian Zionist Organisation which is directly funded by Israel. Leibler is also active in ethnic politics and has developed his very own ethnic organisation under which he presents a broad alliance.
He of course hates the "all Australians should be treated equally" policy of Pauline Hanson with a passion.
On page 116 of his book "Hanson, trick or treat" David Veitch sums up the background of the Australia-Israel Review as follows:
The founders of the Australia-Israel Review back in
the late 1970s were Isador Magid and Robert Zablud. Magid and Zablud have
been successful businessmen in property development and finance in Australia.
They have also extensive involvement with Jewish charities and Zionist causes
into Israel. In the 1930s Robert Zablud was personally and politically close
to Vladimir Jabotinsky the founder of the Revolutionist Zionist
movement.
What is the background to Vladimir Jabotinsky? He was born in Odessa, in
the Crimea, trained as a linguist, later becoming a journalist. During World
War I, Jabotinsky was an officer in the British army and received a decoration.
Jabotinsky moved his Revisionist Zionist HQ to Italy. In November 1934, Mussolini
set up a Betar squadron at his scuola marittima at Civitavecchia.
There 134 cadets were trained by the fascist blackshirts. It was Mussolini
who told David Pratto, later to become Chief Rabbi of Rome, that for
One commentator has claimed that Jabotinsky "was greatly influenced by Italian
nationalism". This is certainly an understatement and a disingenuous way
of excusing Jabotinsky's fascist outlook. Jabotinsky backed Hitler's ally,
Benito Mussolini.
During the 1930s, Jabotinsky was castigated by such diverse pro-Zionist
figures as Albert Einstein, the American Youth Zionist Foundation, with charges
against him which included the allegations of spreading "Hitlerism" among
Jews, and acting as "a fascist fuhrer". David Ben-Gurion called Jabotinsky
"Vladimir Hitler", a founder of the World Jewish Congress, Stephen Wise,
labelled Jabotinsky's policies as fascist. Jabotinsky also collaborated with
anti-Semetic Petliura regime in the Ukraine, and was roundly condemned for
it. A former editor of the Australia-Israel Review, Mr Michael Danby,
however, has claimed that Jabotinsky is a much "misunderstood" person by
history.
The Revisionist Zionist philosophy of Vladimir Jabotinsky, the building and
extension of Greater Israel, has had a profound impact on the Likud faction
in Israel, now the government of Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu. Jabotinsky,
and the Revisionist Zionist line, are the spiritual roots of the
Australia-Israel Review today in Australia.
When the Australia-Israel Review speaks out against Pauline Hanson,
accusing her of dancing with extremists and neo-Nazis, then the Australia-Israel
Review's own background should be kept in mind! The Australia-Israel Review
should "look to the mote" in its own eye.
"Zionsim to succeed you need to have a Jewish state, with a Jewish flag
and a Jewish language. The person who understands that is your fascist
Jabotinsky."
This Australia/Israel Review magazine is actually on-line and, despite its name, is totally infatuated with Pauline Hanson and continually writes denigrating articles on her and anyone who has any association with One Nation. Very little that we can see is actually covered in relation to its acclaimed title. The master blaster of the frontline assault by the magazine is so called Nazi fighter David Greason whose regular "TZADIK" articles in the Australia/Israel Review are nothing more than candy floss and popcorn pieces aimed at trivialising and attacking Pauline Hanson personally.
The irony is that Greason is quick to call others "Hitlerites" as a quote from an article headed "Hanson Oi, Oi, Oi" points out, “ (British National Party) is a haven for thugs, gun runners, drug runners and unreconstructed Hitlerites”. While Tyndall's “bonehead” (the term anti-racist skinheads give their racist counterparts) battalions have stepped back, they are still an essential part of the BNP and a significant source of racist violence....
Greason himself has a past and a present that it would appear he is trying hard to hide - despite the best efforts of left wing extremists who he apparently "hangs out with" - a few keystrokes in the search engines revealed all... first (thanks to Militant... yes those extreme left ALP lunes who were behind the violent protests at Dandenong earlier this year) we were able to confirm that Greason is a closet fascist... I quote from a recent Militant news release, "A recent article in the Australia-Israel Review by David Greason, himself a former fascist, describes the favourable reaction that Hanson has been receiving on the neo-nazi Internet network."
In fact Greason recently published a paper which is held by the University of Melbourne called "I was a teenage fascist". (Burgmann VN 1995. Review of David Greason, I was a Teenage Fascist. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 41 (1): 148-148.)
(It has been stated that Greason's direct association with Militant and other Communist organisations is more than just a passing interest and one can only wonder if we have accidentally uncovered the source of funding that these loony left groups get to fund their violent protests at One Nation meetings.)
Then we discover that Mr David Greason is the author of an on-line article headed, The League of Rights: a reply to Brockett" in which he reveals his total hangup with "racism" which is tagged on to anything that moves - this following his own confession of being a "fascist". Here is an extract from that article:
"By 1968, the National Director of the Australian League of Rights, Eric Dudley Butler, had been active in politics for just over 30 years. Rightly or wrongly, he and the League were widely considered to be anti-Semitic, racist and possibly even pro-Nazi."
Getting back to the Australia/Israel Review, here is an extract from one of Mr Greason's recent efforts in Tzadik:
Only last week, her latest adviser David Thomas jumped
ship. (I actually rang Thomas a fortnight ago and asked him when he was
leaving - naturally he denied it, but I rattled Hanson's offsider Barbara
Hazleton when I told her where I was calling from, which made the whole exercise
worthwhile.) Her new adviser, David Oldfield, will be out before the
year's out, I bet. And that's where her weak spot kicks in. No one stays
for any time (no one who's not an absolute sycophant, that is) because
she doesn't take advice, and she certainly doesn't take orders.
But when you're as basic as Pauline is and yet you want to be the next Prime
Minister you have to accept that other people are going to call the shots
sometime. That's what's happening now with One Nation and she's not coping
well.
So here's my one point plan for getting rid of Pauline Hanson: target
those around her. Target those who are doing her work. Don't bother calling
her a racist; it's not going to shift her or her fans an inch. Instead,
go for her supporters. Go for her staff. And not in a nasty way. In a
nice way. Show the world how they've made this insignificant drone the superstar
she is today. C'mon, Good Weekend, hold your nose and run a glowing profile
on Pauline's new-found best buddy Barbara Hazelton.
Let's see how long David Ettridge lasts when Hanson starts hearing the rumours
about his own gargantuan agenda. What with Hanson's paranoia, and our needling,
she won't be able to hold on to a staffer for more than a month.
Hasta la vista, baby! You won't be back.
In another article headed "Bad Company" by Michael Kapel the Australia/Israel Review show their extreme and bigoted anti-Hanson bias when they go to enormous lengths for a small readership magazine to try to "dig up dirt" on Pauline Hanson's One Nation National Director, David Ettridge.
This article received nationwide coverage... without the links of those running the publication even being questioned.
Making the
news" -
We reported yesterday on the letter by one of the sacked Arco workers at Gordonstone mine near Emerald. Now the unions, headed by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) are to launch a legal challenge against the mine management's moves to kick out sacked miners who live in their homes. I personally don't have much time for unions and even less for the CFMEU but on this occasion... good on ya.
Some workers stand to lose Au$30,000 in home improvements that they have ut into the home but good old American Arco says tough... you knew the conditions when you signed the contracts... hey who needs these Yanks in Australia? And why do we put up with them?
This is happening at a time when Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith has told the Labor and Democrat members of the Senate that they should "hang their heads in shame" for blocking changes to the unfair dismissal laws.
The laws, if passed, would have allowed employers with less than 15 staff to sack them freely without fear of being taken to the unfair dismissal tribunal... a very costly exercise for business in this category.
Australia now officially boasts its lowest inflation rate in 35 years with hopes now appearing of another interest rate cut in home lending. The results were accompanied by another drop in the value of the Australian dollar... now down to just US71.2 cents.
Inflation actually fell by 0.4% in the September quarter with home lending rates contributing the biggest share of the drop. Australia is not facing "deflation" because the underling inflation rate for the quarter was 1.4% - in itself a significant drop.
Australian first league cricket players are threatening to go on strike this season after the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to negotiate with their Australian Cricket Association (ACA) on salary and player benefits.
ACA spokesman Tim May said that within 30 seconds of the meeting starting the ACB walked out because it refused to discuss a document on player salaries and incentives compiled by the ACA.
ACB chief executive officer Malcolm Speed said that the ACA's proposals were flatly rejected because he and other members of the board felt that they would take away control of the game from the board.
Another perfect day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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