Tom Keneally? Yes his historical novels really crack me up, especially Schindler's Ark, that was a hoot. Excuse my mirth, who else John Pilger?

The Masochists Who Defend Sadists: The Regressive Left in Theory and Practice
http://quillette.com/2016/01/22/the-masochists-who-defend-sadists-the-regressive-left-in-theory-and-practice/

E-mail from my dear friend Senator Lee Rhiannon, if you are in Sydney on the day, you are all invited.

Dear Paul,

On January 26 thousands of Australians all around the country will be remembering the Frontier Wars when this land’s First Peoples fought against British colonisation. Starting in 1788, the wars spanned well over 100 years.

Indigenous peoples’ struggles and victories against structural racism continue.

Many in the Indigenous communities mark this day as Invasion Day or Survival Day.

We will be attending the Invasion Day 2016 Sydney march and we are hoping that you will be able to join us.

Location: The Block, Redfern (right by Redfern Station)
Time: 10am



Following this, we will be at Yabun festival, an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures held on the 26th of January each year in Sydney.

It would be great to see you at Yabun. We will be in and around the Greens stall.

Location: Victoria Park Camperdown, Corner of City Road & Parramatta Road
Time: All day

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Regards

Senator Lee Rhiannon and Jim Casey, Greens candidate for Grayndler

p/s On 6th Feb we will be celbrating Waitangi Day (New Zealand National Day) at Holroyd Gardens Merrylands Sydney, another great day which draws a very large number, both Maori and Pakeha.

Dear Foxy,

A bit disappointing: " .... You believe what you believe - I heard too many oral histories at the State Library of Victoria to doubt them - including from the writer - Thomas Keneally. .... "

Stories are worthless, completely worthless, without some evidence. I'm surprised that Keneally would go along with that, he usually does a lot of homework before he writes a book.

What do we run with - somebody's yarn, or a story, no matter how awkward or unexpected, that has some evidential backing ? Where lies the truth ? How can you know without evidence ?

Love,

Joe

It's the day after Robert (Robbie) Burn's birthday.

Of Course we need to link many comments - both oral
and written to address current national issues and
concerns. As historians point out Reconciliation
remains a major national aspiration, a collective
hope for a better communal future, a crusade that
many hope will overcome a dark and disturbing history,

Many Australians believe that now is the moment for
a decisive change of direction, that now is the time
to transcend the surviving legacy of colonialism.

We need to face up to our history, to embrace the
past in all its aspects, to cease trying to hide the
violence, the dispossession, the deprivation.

Most people now want to know the truth about the past and
to come to terms with it. They see this as an essential
step along the way towards national maturity.

There is nothing to celebrate about multiculturalism and two look-alike Left political parties dragging a once good country into the gutter.