The latest threat to net neutrality comes from "The Land of The Free!!" courtesy of Barack Obama - the same man who said when he was running for election as US president in 2007 and 2008 that one of the first things he would do as president of the USA was to close Guantanamo Bay.
We are still waiting.
And he was going to support whistleblowers - and whatever happened to Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou and all the others.
Don't hold your breath!
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07 June 2014
PALESTINE - TIME AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS LEARNT SOME HISTORY!
Palestine - the great taboo in Australian politics.
Is there a parliamentarian in the federal parliament - and probably in most state and territory parliaments - who is not a zionist?
Even the Greens, who, at some stages in their short careers in Australian parliaments have been "supporters" of the Palestinians, are these days hedging their bets, shamefully!
Now we have a current federal parliament government minister showing his ignorance about the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem!
It is a fact that Israel occupies the whole of Palestine, which is controlled by the Israelis as a giant concentration camp, aided and abetted by their US and other allies around the world, who are too afraid of losing Jewish support money in their own countries to think of changing their allegiances.
Israeli apartheid is worse than South African apartheid, and the only way a chink has managed to appear in Israel's armoury is by way of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement which, after years of getting nowhere, has at last started making inroads into the Israeli government consciousness.
Since Israel became an occupying state in 1948 it has continued to make the lives of Palestinians worse and worse in each successive year, and the stage has now been reached where there is no possibility of a viable separate Palestinian state ever being possible.
Where are the politicians - both here and around the world - with the guts and courage to stand up to their governments and to the Jewish/Israel lobbies within their communities, and demand that Palestinians be recognised as equal citizens of a combined Israel-Palestine territory?
Oh - of course! the answer came in a flash of lightning!
The Israel-Palestine affair continues to cause the Western World and their allies to keep fighting wars in support of Israel, and the armament manufacturers would be devastated if there was peace in the Middle East.
So, to make sure that never happens, everybody must go on supporting Israel and condemning the Palestinians to life in their concentration camp.
Is there a parliamentarian in the federal parliament - and probably in most state and territory parliaments - who is not a zionist?
Even the Greens, who, at some stages in their short careers in Australian parliaments have been "supporters" of the Palestinians, are these days hedging their bets, shamefully!
Now we have a current federal parliament government minister showing his ignorance about the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem!
It is a fact that Israel occupies the whole of Palestine, which is controlled by the Israelis as a giant concentration camp, aided and abetted by their US and other allies around the world, who are too afraid of losing Jewish support money in their own countries to think of changing their allegiances.
Israeli apartheid is worse than South African apartheid, and the only way a chink has managed to appear in Israel's armoury is by way of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement which, after years of getting nowhere, has at last started making inroads into the Israeli government consciousness.
Since Israel became an occupying state in 1948 it has continued to make the lives of Palestinians worse and worse in each successive year, and the stage has now been reached where there is no possibility of a viable separate Palestinian state ever being possible.
Where are the politicians - both here and around the world - with the guts and courage to stand up to their governments and to the Jewish/Israel lobbies within their communities, and demand that Palestinians be recognised as equal citizens of a combined Israel-Palestine territory?
Oh - of course! the answer came in a flash of lightning!
The Israel-Palestine affair continues to cause the Western World and their allies to keep fighting wars in support of Israel, and the armament manufacturers would be devastated if there was peace in the Middle East.
So, to make sure that never happens, everybody must go on supporting Israel and condemning the Palestinians to life in their concentration camp.
04 June 2014
EUTHANASIA PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PETER SHORT - AND SADLY AN OBITUARY ON 30 DECEMBER 2014
Peter Short has started a petition to the Australian Prime Minister in order to urge him to consider changing laws to enable voluntary euthanasia in Australia.
Here is his petition and links to his blog and my euthanasia web pages:
Hello supporters of my Petition around Medically assisted Death for Terminally ill people. I just want to share with you there will be more press and TV of this issue coming. I also have some political interest. My real challenge is moving the signatures on this petition to something significant in number, i.e. research say 80% of Australians support it. Your signatures are fantastic , could I ask you to think about a way to get this thought about and signed up at a viral level. Doing all I can as one person ,who believes in this passionately and needs everyones help to change their future. Thanks in anticipation, currently approaching 900 but target is 100,000 by end June
Peter
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UPDATE - 29 DECEMBER 2014
Sydney Morning Herald
December 30, 2014
•
By Liam Mannix
Reporter
Euthanasia campaigner: Peter Short. Photo: Joe Armao
Born 28 January 1957
Died peacefully in Cabrini Pallative Care on December 29, 2014
Physician-assisted death campaigner Peter Short, whose advocacy and plight inspired draft dying-with-dignity legislation in the Federal Parliament, has died aged 57.
Mr Short passed away peacefully on Monday morning, in palliative care and with wife Elizabeth holding his hand.
Mr Short's campaign was based on his belief that it was undignified for terminally ill to not have the choice to end their own lives under carefully controlled circumstances. Mr Short was given the means and the knowledge to end his own by physician-assisted death campaigner Dr Rodney Syme.
Mr Short did not take that option.
His wife Elizabeth said Mr Short, like everybody who is given the option - albeit illegally in Australia the moment - benefited hugely because having choice removed fear and anxiety.
"The fact that Peter had the knowledge and the means to end his own life was an invaluable part of his palliation," she said.
"It allowed him to live the remainder of his life exactly as he wanted – pushing himself as hard as he wanted, working 12 hour days in his support of the proposed dying with dignity legislation, making wonderful memories with his family and friends.
"He did not fear the end as he knew it was his to control he if so chose."
His cousin Michael Short, editor of The Zone section in The Age, said Mr Short's final year was made so much richer because he had that option.
"Peter embodied and experienced the benefits of the change in the law he was seeking", Michael Short said.
"Having the option is the important thing. That's what helps people."
In January Mr Short was told his oesophageal cancer – in remission for five years – had returned, and would kill him. At the time, his doctor told him he had only five months to live, a prognosis he would significantly outlive.
After his diagnosis, Mr Short became a fierce campaigner for the right of the terminally ill to have choice at the end of their lives.
He worked closely with federal Greens senator Richard Di Natale on the development of a bill that would make it legal for doctors to help terminally ill, mentally competent adults end their lives.
Senator Di Natale, the Greens health spokesman, introduced the draft legislation earlier this year. It was referred to a Liberal-led all-party senate committee, which held national hearings and received many submissions.
The committee, led by Liberal senator Ian Macdonald, recommended a free vote in the Parliament for the legislation, and supported its passage.
That bill is expected to come before the Senate next year. When it is introduced, the senator hopes to have it co-sponsored by an MP from each major party.
For months before his death Mr Short sought a meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott to urge support for the bill and a free vote for Coalition MPs.
Mr Abbott rang Mr Short days before his death, and during a half-hour conversation pledged his MPs would be given a free vote should the bill reach the floor of the Parliament.
That was like reaching "the top of a mountain", Mr Short told The Age at the time.
A month ago The Age ran a week-long campaign in support of a change to the law to allow physician-assisted death in strictly regulated circumstances.
Much of his story he documented himself, on his blog Tic Toc Tic Toc dying to a killer clock.
On Monday his wife Elizabeth posted the final entry.
"My beautiful husband Pete died this morning at 12:20am. He died peacefully and I was privileged enough to be sitting on his bed holding his hand at that time.
"Pete's decision to opt for palliative care brought him to a place of calmness and serenity and for all of us, safety and security. It allowed Pete to relax, stop fighting and go calmly to his happy place.
"Thank you all so much for your constant love and support, it has meant the world to us."
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For Peter's sake
The Age letters 31 December 2014
My friend and neighbour, Peter Short, passed away peacefully on Monday, after succumbing to oesophageal cancer. His final journey was made more bearable and dignified because he was equipped with the means to end his life at a time of his own choosing, should he have elected to do so.
Peter spoke so passionately about the palliative power of having that choice and lobbied hard to make it available for all Australians suffering terminal illness, without their physician risking criminal prosecution.
Sharing his experience very publicly with the support of his family helped to bring the dying with dignity cause to public attention and has set the stage for a change in the law. Tony Abbott contacted Peter before Christmas and agreed to allow Coalition MPs a conscience vote on Senator Di Natale's draft bill in the new year. It is up to our federal MPs now to vote it into law – in Peter's memory and because it is the right thing to do.
So give your MP a call now to stress your support for the bill.
Luke Simpkin, Camberwell
Here is his petition and links to his blog and my euthanasia web pages:
Hello supporters of my Petition around Medically assisted Death for Terminally ill people. I just want to share with you there will be more press and TV of this issue coming. I also have some political interest. My real challenge is moving the signatures on this petition to something significant in number, i.e. research say 80% of Australians support it. Your signatures are fantastic , could I ask you to think about a way to get this thought about and signed up at a viral level. Doing all I can as one person ,who believes in this passionately and needs everyones help to change their future. Thanks in anticipation, currently approaching 900 but target is 100,000 by end June
Peter
pgs28.wordpress.com
Euthanasia web pages are:
www.red-jos.net/euthana1.htm
and following on, parts 2,3,4,5,6,7,8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE - 29 DECEMBER 2014
Physician-assisted death campaigner Peter Short dies at 57
Sydney Morning Herald
December 30, 2014
•
By Liam Mannix
Reporter
Euthanasia campaigner: Peter Short. Photo: Joe Armao
Born 28 January 1957
Died peacefully in Cabrini Pallative Care on December 29, 2014
Physician-assisted death campaigner Peter Short, whose advocacy and plight inspired draft dying-with-dignity legislation in the Federal Parliament, has died aged 57.
Mr Short passed away peacefully on Monday morning, in palliative care and with wife Elizabeth holding his hand.
Mr Short's campaign was based on his belief that it was undignified for terminally ill to not have the choice to end their own lives under carefully controlled circumstances. Mr Short was given the means and the knowledge to end his own by physician-assisted death campaigner Dr Rodney Syme.
Mr Short did not take that option.
His wife Elizabeth said Mr Short, like everybody who is given the option - albeit illegally in Australia the moment - benefited hugely because having choice removed fear and anxiety.
"The fact that Peter had the knowledge and the means to end his own life was an invaluable part of his palliation," she said.
"It allowed him to live the remainder of his life exactly as he wanted – pushing himself as hard as he wanted, working 12 hour days in his support of the proposed dying with dignity legislation, making wonderful memories with his family and friends.
"He did not fear the end as he knew it was his to control he if so chose."
His cousin Michael Short, editor of The Zone section in The Age, said Mr Short's final year was made so much richer because he had that option.
"Peter embodied and experienced the benefits of the change in the law he was seeking", Michael Short said.
"Having the option is the important thing. That's what helps people."
In January Mr Short was told his oesophageal cancer – in remission for five years – had returned, and would kill him. At the time, his doctor told him he had only five months to live, a prognosis he would significantly outlive.
After his diagnosis, Mr Short became a fierce campaigner for the right of the terminally ill to have choice at the end of their lives.
He worked closely with federal Greens senator Richard Di Natale on the development of a bill that would make it legal for doctors to help terminally ill, mentally competent adults end their lives.
Senator Di Natale, the Greens health spokesman, introduced the draft legislation earlier this year. It was referred to a Liberal-led all-party senate committee, which held national hearings and received many submissions.
The committee, led by Liberal senator Ian Macdonald, recommended a free vote in the Parliament for the legislation, and supported its passage.
That bill is expected to come before the Senate next year. When it is introduced, the senator hopes to have it co-sponsored by an MP from each major party.
For months before his death Mr Short sought a meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott to urge support for the bill and a free vote for Coalition MPs.
Mr Abbott rang Mr Short days before his death, and during a half-hour conversation pledged his MPs would be given a free vote should the bill reach the floor of the Parliament.
That was like reaching "the top of a mountain", Mr Short told The Age at the time.
A month ago The Age ran a week-long campaign in support of a change to the law to allow physician-assisted death in strictly regulated circumstances.
Much of his story he documented himself, on his blog Tic Toc Tic Toc dying to a killer clock.
On Monday his wife Elizabeth posted the final entry.
"My beautiful husband Pete died this morning at 12:20am. He died peacefully and I was privileged enough to be sitting on his bed holding his hand at that time.
"Pete's decision to opt for palliative care brought him to a place of calmness and serenity and for all of us, safety and security. It allowed Pete to relax, stop fighting and go calmly to his happy place.
"Thank you all so much for your constant love and support, it has meant the world to us."
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For Peter's sake
The Age letters 31 December 2014
My friend and neighbour, Peter Short, passed away peacefully on Monday, after succumbing to oesophageal cancer. His final journey was made more bearable and dignified because he was equipped with the means to end his life at a time of his own choosing, should he have elected to do so.
Peter spoke so passionately about the palliative power of having that choice and lobbied hard to make it available for all Australians suffering terminal illness, without their physician risking criminal prosecution.
Sharing his experience very publicly with the support of his family helped to bring the dying with dignity cause to public attention and has set the stage for a change in the law. Tony Abbott contacted Peter before Christmas and agreed to allow Coalition MPs a conscience vote on Senator Di Natale's draft bill in the new year. It is up to our federal MPs now to vote it into law – in Peter's memory and because it is the right thing to do.
So give your MP a call now to stress your support for the bill.
Luke Simpkin, Camberwell
25 May 2014
23 May 2014
THE GREATEST LIES ANY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EVER TOLD!
If you think that Australians - most of us who are not in the "millionaire" class - are being lied to about the budget and what previous governments have done to ruin the income of the government to be able to fund everything that governments are usually responsible for - think again!
It is not so much that we are being lied to so much as we are not being told the truth about anything. This and previous governments since 1992 have always had enough money for all the organisations and everything else that governments are supposed to be responsible for to run the country.
However, everything is now being sold off and privatised so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the gap widens. Obviously we don't need local workers any more - everything can be outsourced to countries where wages are a fraction of Australia's, taxes are not levied in the same way, and/or corruption flourishes - and who says there is no corruption in Australia?
But think about two organisations which, on their own, would fill the government's coffers over and over and over again until they would be overflowing.
What are these two organisations?
Well the most obvious one is religion. Religions have tax exemption and are probably worth more than all government assets put together.
The other obvious one is the concentration camps in foreign countries, set up by the Australian government and run by private companies who run them for huge profits and the more people incarcerated, the richer these companies get.
But the government has to pay for these concentration camps in foreign countries by paying those governments money for occupying some of their territory and incarcerating our legitimate asylum seekers who should be inside Australia and being part of Australian life.
Closing the concentration camps and bringing all asylum seekers into Australia would save the government billions, if not trillions of dollars making Australia even richer than it already is.
Taxing religions as all other organisations are taxed - properties and other holdings - and Australia would become twice as rich as if it only closed the concentration camps.
Paul Keating started the rot in 1992 and every government since has compounded it.
Australia is rotten to the core and corrupt into the bargain - in fact it is no bargain!
And all the so-called justification for levying new taxes on those who can least afford it is corruption of the worst sort. Australia is not only emulating the Tea Party, it is becoming the Tea Party!
It is not so much that we are being lied to so much as we are not being told the truth about anything. This and previous governments since 1992 have always had enough money for all the organisations and everything else that governments are supposed to be responsible for to run the country.
However, everything is now being sold off and privatised so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the gap widens. Obviously we don't need local workers any more - everything can be outsourced to countries where wages are a fraction of Australia's, taxes are not levied in the same way, and/or corruption flourishes - and who says there is no corruption in Australia?
But think about two organisations which, on their own, would fill the government's coffers over and over and over again until they would be overflowing.
What are these two organisations?
Well the most obvious one is religion. Religions have tax exemption and are probably worth more than all government assets put together.
The other obvious one is the concentration camps in foreign countries, set up by the Australian government and run by private companies who run them for huge profits and the more people incarcerated, the richer these companies get.
But the government has to pay for these concentration camps in foreign countries by paying those governments money for occupying some of their territory and incarcerating our legitimate asylum seekers who should be inside Australia and being part of Australian life.
Closing the concentration camps and bringing all asylum seekers into Australia would save the government billions, if not trillions of dollars making Australia even richer than it already is.
Taxing religions as all other organisations are taxed - properties and other holdings - and Australia would become twice as rich as if it only closed the concentration camps.
Paul Keating started the rot in 1992 and every government since has compounded it.
Australia is rotten to the core and corrupt into the bargain - in fact it is no bargain!
And all the so-called justification for levying new taxes on those who can least afford it is corruption of the worst sort. Australia is not only emulating the Tea Party, it is becoming the Tea Party!
MARCH IN MAY VIDEO IN SYDNEY 18 MAY 2014
The following video is from Antony Loewenstein's blog on 22 MAY 2014.
It is a short extract from a day of demonstrations around Australia against the Abbott government's decimation of Australians who live below the "millionaire" level - such as about 22 million people would be aware of!
It is a short extract from a day of demonstrations around Australia against the Abbott government's decimation of Australians who live below the "millionaire" level - such as about 22 million people would be aware of!
MARCH IN MAY DEMONSTRATION IN SYDNEY 18 MAY 2014
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About Me
- Mannie De Saxe
- Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 90 years old, political gay activist, hosting two web sites, one personal: http://www.red-jos.net
one shared with my partner, 94-year-old Ken Lovett: http://www.josken.net
and also this blog. The blog now has an alphabetical index: http://www.red-jos.net/alpha3.htm