Who wants to be politically correct?
The term "politically correct" is rather pervasive these days. It's a catch cry and a creed to aspire to and live by. But have you ever stopped and considered what it really means?
Consider this:...
Shock beheading of crocodile in Northern Australia
The shock beheading of a crocodile has been reported to the Australian Federal Police this week after a crocodile's body was discovered by park rangers under a bridge on the Arnhem Highway.
Evidence from an...
ISIS humiliated as U.S. and Kurds free prisoners
United States and Kurdish forces have stormed an Islamic State prison, freeing 70 hostages.Sadly, one U.S. soldier lost his life in the operation, while several IS militants were captured or killed. The liberation of...
Donald Trump: World would be a better place if Gaddafi and Saddam still in...
United States presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said what it appears many are thinking; that the world would be a better place if Libya's Colonel Gaddafi and Iraq's Saddam Hussein were still in power.
"People...
Food for thought – Katter schools Latham on guns
Haven’t really had a lot of time to sit down lately and digest Channel Nine’s new panellist talk show “The Verdict” (which airs Thursdays at 8:30pm on channel 9,) due to work commitments. However...
A “statesman” speaks
What a conciliatory statesman is Mahmoud Abbas. The President of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority, still, even after unilaterally extending his own tenure in the top job several years after...
The death of the university
If you were not completely convinced until now, despite the weight of evidence, the recent attempt to ban Germaine Greer from speaking at Cardiff University confirms the death of the university as an institution...
The New Normal: The Middle East Migrant Crisis
Since getting into the newspaper caper, we here at The XYZ have learned the hard way lessons which we had, until now, only read about. A key lesson has been the way in which...
Finding your “safe-space”
Do you have a space which is full of rainbows, and where everyone likes you and thinks you're great?
Do you have a space where people always say nice things to you, and if someone...
Quote of the Day: Which formerly politically correct term is now politically incorrect?
The XYZ Quote of the Day for October 24, 2015, broaches the prospect that no sooner has one tool of oppression against free minds become the norm, than it needs to be purged. For...
Food for thought – Bibi says “No deal” to threats of destruction
Wednesday’s XYZ Quote of the Day stirred that fire of reverence I have for Israel, and its Likudnik Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Earlier this month PM Netanyahu tweeted “How does the UN General...
University proposed ban – Germaine Greer: hateful transphobe
If you are not yet convinced that reasoned and considered debate has been all but expelled from western universities, this story may finally change your mind.
Cardiff University's Student Union women's officer Rachael Melhuish has...
How can this racist speech be tolerated?
I was in furious agreement with the language police over at The Age this week, as they loudly, and repeatedly, condemned Liberal Senator Eric Abetz for using a shockingly racist slur on national radio....
Breaking: Islamic Councils Demand Halal Certified Capsicum Spray
In an amazing development, already violent protestors demanding that infidels who criticise Islam be beheaded turned the violence up a notch when the police had to use capsicum spray to subdue them. A protester...
Food for thought – Hammering Hillary over Benghazi
Yesterday, after working an evening shift, I glossed over the day’s coverage from the US House Select Committee on the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.
Front and center was former Secretary of State, Hillary Diane...
Quote of the day: 24 October 2015
Today's 'quote of the day' comes to us from the Tasmanian senator, Eric Abetz.
The XYZ likes to be in tune, and up to date with the latest cutting edge research, and taking the lead...
Russell Brand in Australia: don’t underestimate the visiting prophet | Van Badham | Comment...
The term 'prophet' was once reserved for real and genuine change agents, who gave voice to some major injustice, and made the powers that be take notice. Larger than life figures, who inspired whole...
Future watermelon government
Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale has indicated today that he would be willing to enter into a coalition with the Labor Party to form government in the future, and modestly named himself as...
Australian Muslim community accepts responsibility for murder by white Swedish Nazi
In a dramatic turn of events, the Australian Muslim community has accepted responsibility for yesterday's murder in Sweden of a teacher and a student by a Swedish man brandishing a sword, after it was...
Institutional Stupidity
Readers may be familiar with the 'Darwin Awards' which are handed out each year to those homo sapiens who commit especially excessive acts of stupidity, usually ending with their deaths, and so 'chlorinating the...