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Thoughts from the abyss on politics, current affairs, culture, news and other ephemera from The Brown Note radio show presented by Julian Brown, recorded unscripted, unedited and live. Full show with music at https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-brown/ YouTube version - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSju31TDdZd7KZWwbwOwg4A
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Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Why John Howard Is The Worst Prime Minister In Australian History
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
John Howard did what Margaret Thatcher did in the UK - reshaped the country for worse forever, the awful impact of his terrible economic and cultural legacy shapes us to this day.
Posted in response to Greg Jericho's excellent article on the evil of this man - https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2024/mar/26/blaming-john-howard-is-easy-but-his-government-helped-shape-the-world-we-live-in-now-and-for-future-generations
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
A Campaign To Stop Dan Andrews Going To Israel
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Ex Australian state leader, Dan Andrews, is a hero of mine, no-one has stuck their middle finger up to the Murdoch press and the populist right quite like Dan. They never landed a blow on him through years of abuse, he just laughed in their faces. Unfortunately he shares the Achilles heel of UK and Australian Labor parties, by being an beholden to the Israel lobby. Him going to a back slapping business trip to Israel in the middle of the Gaza war and what many are calling genocide, is an utter, unconscionable disgrace.
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Ukraine: The Pope's White Flag
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Saturday Mar 23, 2024
Having posted many times about seeking peace and not just piling arms into this conflict, I again find myself on the same side as the Pope (?!) but this time Ukraine has a terrifying window of opportunity, with an American election only half a year away, and the prospect of a Putin loving puppet in the White House, the strength of their hand is shrinking rapidly.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Eurovision Or Bust
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Even FIFA don't seem quite as hypocritical as The Eurovision Song Contest - the most preachy of all major events when it comes to exclusivity for all, tolerance and promoting rights. They took a "principled" stand and immediately banned Russia from competing, to uphold "ideals of democracy" but maintain they are non-political (I guess upholding democracy isnt political?!) and wont ban Israel, because it's different. I guess the Palestinians have enough democracy? No-one is buying this, but Eurovision has deservedly set itself up for the biggest global protest against Israels mass-murder in Gaza yet. And Eurovision, stop waving that rainbow flag in my face whilst you enable genocide.
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Can You Be Racist To White People?
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
The Australian women's soccer captain, Sam Kerr, has been arrested and charged, in London, for allegedly racially abusing a white police officer. Mindblowingly, ex-mens player, and now major pundit, the universally respected Craig Forster, who has spent years publicly speaking out about racism, didn't even understand the difference between racism towards black people and white people. Here is my no doubt soon to be universally praised answer to the question - can you be racist towards white people?
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Dutton's Disaster In Dunkley
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Last week I posted that the Australian opposition leader, Peter "Potato" Dutton, was the most unelectable in twenty years, this week he lost an election. A small election with a swing towards him, but a fragment of what he needs, and now he's turning to nuclear power as a pivot. The lack of understanding the man has, let alone his lack of charisma is a rolled gold election win for Labor. I have already banked the money two years out, it's over - my biggest long term call ever.
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Peter Dutton - The Worst Opposition Leader In 20 Years
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sorry populist right, but the leader of the Australian opposition Liberal party, is the least electable since Mark Latham, twenty years ago. But keep doing what you're doing :)
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
In Defence Of The British Museum
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
In one of my irregular, "how to make friends", pieces - a new hill to die on, a defence of of the poster-boy for colonialism, The British Museum.
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Alexei Navalny And Julian Assange: Western Hypocrisy At Its Finest
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
The recent death in custody of Russian political dissident, Alexei Navalny (which I don't actually think benefits Putin) has been met with a wave of Western condemnation and new sanctions against Russia, apparently the only nation committing these crimes international sanctions warrant... However the West's treatment of their own political dissidents and whistleblowers has been identical to what Putin is accused of, minus death in custody for Assange, so far...