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When I made the decision to keep the Christmas season free of politics, little did I know how difficult that would be.
I never acknowledged or accepted that politics is part of our lives these days and to not talk about it is like suggesting that the weather won't happen until the New Year. It ain't gonna happen.
Read more: The years between birth and death... ours or the governments?
Samuel Pepys is probably the most famous diarist in history and his words are treasured throughout the English speaking world. A politician from the 1600's, he captured the spirit and soul of Britain in those days of an era we no longer recognise.
Read more: Diarists, propaganda and truth.... oh those pesky things called words!
My love of and for cricket started at an early age.
During WW2 the interstate cricket competition, The Sheffield Shield, was suspended. It resumed in the 1946/47 series and traditionally, the match between Victoria and NSW started on Boxing Day. I was 11 at the time and went to the game every day it was played.
Read more: I remember when... cricket was more than just a game
As Christmas comes. it is that time of year when Bing Crosby serenades us as we wander down the supermarket aisles throughout the world. His voice has almost become synonymous with the festive season.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977 was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, having sold over one billion analog records and tapes, as well as digital compact discs and downloads around the world.
Read more: I remember when... Bing Crosby ruled the airwaves
Only minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve, 1953, the engine driver of the Wellington to Auckland express train will notch back to walking pace in a remote area of New Zealand's North Island's 'volcanic plateau. Most passengers will be sleeping.
If the pandemic policy response had taken the form of mere advice, we would not be in the midst of this social, economic, cultural, political disaster. What caused the wreckage was the application of political force that was baked into the pandemic response this time in a way that has no precedent in human history.
Read more: Who Will Be Held Responsible for this Devastation?
It's tough being a bloke these days. It's tough being a woman these days. It's tough being a kid these days. In fact, life is tough for pretty much everyone who is " old school " conservative and has more than a few functioning brain cells left in their head. The simple job of living has become a government enterprise and is being rebranded as EXISTING. SURVIVING this insanity. We are living in a circus and fair ground where the circus reigns supreme and absolutely nothing is fun and it certainly is not fair.
Read more: Chains, Trains and being constrained. And elephants
The late and great George Carlin was as prophetic as he was a comic genius. Delivered in 2005, prior to his passing in 2008, this incredible piece rings more alarm bells today than all those years ago. In it he says "It's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin
When Dr Suess was " banned " by Cancel Culture I wondered why. His books were nonsense and delightfully foolish. Harmless fun. Simple words to delight and educate children in a way that entertained and put smiles on little faces.
In fact, being a Dr Suess fan all of my life, I have always had one of his books in my home and I am nearly 70. So why am I writing about frogs, footwear, fantasy and fluffy pillows? Well, read the article and you may understand,
Read more: Frogs, Fantasy, a good nights sleep and sturdy footwear. Oh, and sneetches.
Read more: I remember when... school holidays meant fun, freedom and forgetting rules
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“Every tyrant must begin by claiming to have what his victims respect and to give…
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At nine years old, I felt the silence of the lambs, long before I knew…
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Howling into the Abyss of Settler-Colonial Absurdism A Decolonial Reading of "The Werewolves of Dusty…
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RATTY NEWS SPECIAL INVESTIGATION THE WEREWOLVES OF DUSTY GULCH Project Howl, the Hacked Rolling Pin,…
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The Ghost Returns The first thing he noticed was the silence. Not the silence of…
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A Dream Needs a Driver: Sir William Hamilton, the Jet Boat, and the Men Who…
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When I tell people I’m a beek, inevitably the first thing they say is, “Yes,…
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He stood on top of the world - literally. But Sir Edmund Hillary never saw…
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The Basement at Yekaterinburg When People Become Symbols, History Takes a Dark Turn On the…
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In many Western countries today, we often speak of multiculturalism as though traditions no longer…
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RATTY NEWS EXCLUSIVE THE DUCKS WHO KNEW TOO MUCH How the Mysterious Death of the…
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In a world that seems determined to teach us to hate our countries, I remember…
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When the Bush Is No Longer Enough Just days after Sam Neill's passing on 13…
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Why Churchill Still Matters in Australia: Blunt Voices, Shared Goals, and the Fight for a…
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Bastille Day, Artificial Intelligence, and the New Reign of Terror The guillotine has gone digital.…
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How a turned head, a washing machine, and a handful of extraordinary coincidences made me…
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RATTY NEWS FILM REVIEW Dracula the Emu No Stakes... No Steaks... No Hope. Reviewed by…
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A 94-year-old’s heartfelt plea about cruelty to animals, the neglect of children and the elderly,…
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No, Sire. It Is a Revolution. It's easy to forget, but revolutions don't just fall…
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RATTY NEWS EXCLUSIVE The Great Sausage Tax Scandal and the Return of Laughing Jack McKooka…
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When ideology excuses everything and responsibility belongs to no one. I recently picked up Crime…
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By Roderick (Whiskers) McNibble, Investigative Laundrologist - “Warning: The following article is satire and uses exaggeration…
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Paul Revere’s Ride: Not the Birth of Independence, But the Moment Duty Called The American…
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When Truth Hung on the Washing Line They say history repeats. But sometimes, it just…
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Before the Road Trains: The Long Walk South - Cattle, Drovers and the Spirit of…
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Dusty Gulch Grand Throwdown: Thunderdome, Cattle, Cake and the Honklander III By Roderick McNibble, Chief…
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We're still building memorials. But we're burying the values they were built to honour. Without…
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In the Name of God, Go! A marriage can survive many things. It can survive…
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Roderick’s Reality Crisis When an American member of our small community doubted the Chiko Roll,…
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Imagine this: It is the 25th April, and a German man and his wife from…
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Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, is a time for Americans to…
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Each war seems to produce its own under-appreciated heroes who, for reasons that have nothing…
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Thursday January 01
As a child, we spent our Christmas holidays at a remote coastal sheep farm in…
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Friday March 27
The Sale I Didn’t Make Harping back to apprentices, this series started, oddly enough, with…
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Saturday April 25
In this world of misery and mayhem, violence and vitriol, chaos and calamity, I often…
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Friday April 10
We All Need a Billy Not all heroes wear capes. Some are tiny, grey, and…
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Monday March 23
It started with a bottle of Worcestershire sauce. Someone mentioned they’d just finished theirs.. and…
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It began, as many great revolutions do, with a plague. Not of frogs, or locusts,…
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By Lance Corporal ‘Muttley’ McBark War Correspondent, Territorial Bones Division – seconded to Ratty News…
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