We lived in Sydney for twenty five years but now live in regional New South Wales. The following video is unbelievable. The China virus is an excuse for the Police State in which we now live. In fact, every Australian state is a Police State. The freedom and liberty once known is now GONE due to the China virus and the government pushing the notion it is all for public safety. What other freedoms are going to be taken to keep us safe?
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I have seen interviews with Jimmy Lai on Sky News Australia before he was arrested and he said he would be willing to die for Hong Kong’s freedom. Well, many politicians and well to do business people in America and Australia don’t seem to have the same love for their country as Jimmy does for Hong Kong. Jimmy Lai’s situation should disturb all of us who love liberty!
‘Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the territory’s controversial new national security law.
Mr Lai, 73, is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, and could face a lengthy jail term.
He is the most high-profile person charged under the new law.
Mr Lai founded the Apple Daily newspaper and is a fierce critic of the Beijing authorities.
Beijing has said the new security law will return stability to the territory after a year of unrest, but critics say it has silenced dissent.
Mr Lai was originally arrested under the law in August after a police raid on Apple Daily’s head office, but was released on bail.
However, he has been in custody since 2 December, after being denied bail on a separate charge of fraud related to the lease of a building that houses the newspaper. He will appear in court on Saturday.
Mr Lai also holds UK citizenship and a spokesman for PM Boris Johnson said on Friday that the UK remained “deeply concerned about the Hong Kong authorities’ focus on pursuing legal cases against pro-democracy figures like Jimmy Lai”.
Meanwhile US-based news network Bloomberg reported that its Beijing-based staff member Haze Fan was being held by the Chinese authorities on suspicion of endangering national security.
Ms Fan, a Chinese citizen, had been missing since Monday when she was seen being escorted from her apartment by plain-clothes security officials. Her detention was confirmed on Thursday. A Bloomberg spokesperson said they were “very concerned for her”.
In a separate case in Hong Kong earlier, teenage activist Tony Chung was convicted of desecrating the Chinese flag and unlawful assembly. He could now be facing up to five years in prison.
Chung, the leader of a now disbanded pro-democracy group, is also the first public political figure to be prosecuted under the national security law. He faces a charge of secession, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
China has accelerated its crackdown on Hong Kong’s opposition since the law was imposed in June, with legislators disqualified and dozens of activists charged or investigated.
Three prominent activists including Joshua Wong were jailed earlier this month for their part in pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Who is Jimmy Lai?
One of the city’s most prominent supporters of the pro-democracy movement, Mr Lai is estimated to be worth more than $1bn (£766m). Having made his initial fortune in the clothing industry, he later ventured into media and founded Next Digital.
Next Digital publishes Apple Daily, a well-read tabloid which is frequently critical of Hong Kong and mainland Chinese leadership.
In a local media landscape increasingly fearful of Beijing, Mr Lai is a persistent thorn for China – both through his publications and writing.media captionJimmy Lai told the BBC he would not give in to intimidation
It has seen him become a hero for many residents in Hong Kong but on the mainland he is viewed as a traitor who threatens Chinese national security.
Interviewed by the BBC before his arrest earlier in December, he said he would not give in to intimidation.
“If they can induce fear in you, that’s the cheapest way to control you and the most effective way and they know it. The only way to defeat the way of intimidation is to face up to fear and don’t let it frighten you.”
What is in the National Security Law?
A former British colony, Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 but under the “one country, two systems” principle.
It was supposed to guarantee certain freedoms for the territory – including freedom of assembly and speech, an independent judiciary and some democratic rights – which mainland China does not have.
But the National Security Law has reduced Hong Kong’s autonomy and made it easier to punish demonstrators.
The legislation introduced new crimes, including penalties of up to life in prison. Anyone found to have conspired with foreigners to provoke “hatred” of the Chinese government or the Hong Kong authorities may have committed a crime.https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.36.7/iframe.htmlmedia captionHong Kong security law: The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains what it means, and what people there think
Trials can be held in secret and without a jury, and cases can be taken over by the mainland authorities. Mainland security personnel can legally operate in Hong Kong with impunity.
After the law was introduced, a number of pro-democracy groups disbanded out of fears for their safety.
The Chinese government defends the law, saying it will help return stability to the territory, which has been shaken by pro-democracy protests, and bring it more into line with the Chinese mainland.’https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55271020
‘TRUMP BANNED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
It’s a chilling moment when the speech of an elected US President is banned, anywhere. This is why we fight. This is why we resist the censorship of self-appointed Leftist elites, in all forums. If it can happen to President Trump, kicked off Twitter and Facebook, then what hope do the powerless have in society? It’s also bizarre, even amusing, to read media elites, none of whom saw Trump coming, on what it means now. These conceited spoilt children of the Left are blind to how their own arrogance and manic need to control other people embeds the Resistance to them. Among outsiders, the urge for free speech grows stronger day-by-day. There is a large and growing backlash in Australia (and other countries) to the way in which self-appointed, always-opinionated Lefties are trying to make everyone just like them, to control our speech, our words, our values, our behaviour. Everyday I get tremendous feedback from people, urging me to continue the fight for commonsense, evidence-based policy and person freedom. It’s the greatest encouragement and commitment of my public life not to let these people down. The great people of the suburbs and regions, away from the inner-city control freaks. I’ll always speak out and fight for what’s right. Mark Latham’https://www.facebook.com/MarkLathamsOutsiders/?ref=page_internal
The following is exactly what a dictator does so if you live in the USA and are a conservative be prepared for worse than what Macron or even Obama did.
‘At the beginning of the month, the Macron government quietly released far-reaching changes to its police intelligence guidelines, to facilitate the mass documentation of the political views of the French population.
The changes were enacted via a series of executive decrees published on December 4. They were not accompanied by any press statement or public debate, and were initially revealed only due to an article by the French data and technology blog Next INpact. The decrees significantly enlarge the conditions in which police can create detailed personal files on individuals and the information that these files can contain.’https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/14/fran-d14.html
I live overseas but I am still an American and it is so sad to see what has just transpired. The cheating and mafia style of politics that the USA has allowed to occur is unbelievable but not unpredictable. We have voted in every Presidential election but this just may be our last. Why vote when cheating has become the norm. Why vote when a man who shows signs of dementia and a vice president that is an out and out socialist/Marxist at the very least will be given full reign under a Demoncrat Congress! I remember when Communist Russia held elections and the outcome was known before it happened. That’s what America now is!
We sing GOD BLESS AMERICA but I believe God has turned His back on America. God cannot bless a nation that has turned its back on Him. Sadly, Christians are to blame for some of this and perhaps most of it. The churches have thrown God and His Word out. Psychology has replaced theology! Therefore, sodomy and same sex so called marriage is just one of the many things that are now accepted by many who call themselves a Christian. However, this is an offense to a holy God. Then there is the teaching of evolution as though it is a proven fact of science. It is NOT a proven fact. Oh, and when I speak of God I speak of the Creator God found in Scripture that brought all that we see around us into being about ten thousand years ago according to the first Book of the Bible, Genesis! One does not have to understand every facet of every science to believe the Genesis account and what the Apostle wrote in Colossians 1:16, 17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Oh, and by the way there are a many many scientists that have earned doctorates in various scientific fields who believe in the veracity of the Book of Genesis and other Scriptures such as the one just quoted from Colossians.
Not only have the sodomites and evolutionists been accepted as normal but now those who holler ‘follow the science’ tell us there are more than two genders! This is another fairytale that sprouts when God is mocked and thrown out of a society. What will the American society be like in four years after the Devilcrats have finished? Young people will be so confused that there will be so much mental ‘illness’ that the society once known by those who were born in the 40’s and 50’s will be no more.
Well, you the reader must know the future does not look bright! The China virus, more lockdowns, mask wearing all the time and more travel restrictions are just a sample of what lies ahead in a Biden/Harris world. If a political party will cheat to win an election what will it do after it gains power!? More could be said but is anyone listening? Therefore, I will close with a saying by a man who was a very close friend to the Creator; Even so, come, Lord Jesus Revelation 22:20 .
With a Biden/Harris WH what Rowan Atkinson has to say will be seen in all its fury in the USA.
‘Rowan Atkinson has slammed the Cancel Culture movement, comparing it to a “medieval mob” looking for someone to burn. The Blackadder and Mr Bean comedian has hit out at the movement which took many scalps in his industry throughout 2020. Mr Atkinson told Radio Times the growing movement is stifling free speech and rejects any difference of opinion. “The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society,” he said. “It’s important that we’re exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion”. The British comic has been known to publicly fight for freedom of expression and free speech, strongly campaigning against laws and movements which attempt to suppress open debate. Mr Atkinson came under fire for his ardent support of free speech when in August he was criticised by online woke trolls for speaking up against Scotland’s hate crimes bill. “(The bill) risked stifling freedom of expression, and the ability to articulate or criticise religious and other beliefs,” he said. He has joined fellow British comic John Cleese in admonishing the toxic cancel culture movement. Cancel culture aims to stifle and ‘cancel’ people who share beliefs which are seemingly contrary to the political correct group-think. Mr Atkinson said it is important within society that people are “exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion”. “What we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn,” he said. “So, it’s scary for anyone who’s a victim of that mob and it fills me with fear about the future”. Unfortunately for Mr Atkinson, when other artists and literary figures attempted to call out the movement in an open letter to Harper’s Magazine titled ‘A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,’ they too were cancelled. Hopefully for audiences across the world, Atkinson doesn’t suffer the same fate.’https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6220513004001?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Sky%20News%20Australia%20%20Newsletter&utm_content=Daily%20Sky%20News%20Australia%20%20Newsletter+CID_fac6a43d01fef1dd50b6fd9d42e0930a&utm_source=Daily%20newsletter&utm_term=Rowan%20Atkinson%20Cancel%20culture%20is%20a%20medieval%20mob%20looking%20for%20someone%20to%20burn
If Communism had the answer would the Berlin Wall ever had been built? If Communism was the answer would thousands of Russians and East Berliners have sought to escape the tyranny and brutality of Communism? The answer to these questions is NO! Yet, there are those who still hold to and push the LIE! Here in Australia the Communist Party of Australia said ‘The year 2020 will remain in people’s memory forever and become a reference point for future historians. In the same way we revisited what happened during the so-called Spanish flu a century ago, history books will note the disaster created by the Covid-19 and the failures of capitalism.
Yes, you read that correctly, ‘the failures of capitalism’! The present system is not perfect but it is MUCH better to live under the freedom we have now than it would be to be a slave under Communism!
‘The group – known as “The Elders” – said on Thursday (local time) in a statement that Mr Trump “should follow the example set by his predecessors and declare himself willing to accept the verdict cast” by voters.’https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/us-news/trump-news/2020/11/13/former-leaders-urge-trump-to-act-responsibly-and-concede-defeat/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News%20Alert%20-%2020201113
The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2017. Now, guess who makes up this group today? Well, one of the Elders is the good ole boy from Plains, Georgia Jimmy Carter! Yeah, that’s right. On the Elder web site it says of this has been
‘JIMMY CARTER
Elder Emeritus
Former President of the United States, Nobel Peace Laureate and veteran peace negotiator; dedicated to advancing peace, democracy and health worldwide.’https://www.theelders.org/
Another Elder that isn’t worth the space he occupies is
‘BAN KI-MOON
Deputy Chair
Former UN Secretary-General and former South Korean Foreign Minister; championed the world’s vulnerable by putting Sustainable Development, climate change, and gender equality at the top of the UN agenda.’ Note CLIMATE CHANGE!
The ELDERS is just another Leftist/Marxist/Communist/Socialist group that these left leaning media do-gooders go to for their hate of all freedom loving people and President Trump. The way things are going if President Trump isn’t returned to the WH we who disagree with these diabolical depraved truth deniers will be walking the plank sooner than later.
Rubert Murdoch owns Sky News here in Australia and fortunately for many of us in regional Australia we receive without charge what the Leftists call Sky after dark. It’s then we conservatives are allowed to hear Peta Credlin, Andrew Bolt, Alan Jones and others. Nevertheless, here and around the Western world ‘For the left, Rupert Murdoch truly is an, if not the, Antichrist. He has been so before Trump and is likely to be so after Trump is gone. This is one of the great political constants of the last four decades across much of the English-speaking world.
That Murdoch has “extremely polarised” our politics, or that he has “poisoned” our media, is really a shorthand for “he has dared to provide an alternative view” for that part of the electorate that is instinctively not left-wing. More so than any other media owners (most of them by now in any case gone, like Conrad Black), Murdoch has successfully worked to fill this rather big niche in the market.
Today, he and his media empire are the only thing standing in the way of the total monopolistic domination of the English-language media by the left-wing Public-Private Partnership of state-run and funded and various supported privatemedia outlets. That’s why the left hates him – if not for Murdoch, left-wing voices would be the only ones heard and read by the hundreds of millions of people in the United States, Great Britain and Australia.
The post-Marx, Gramscian/Frankfurt School left has seen the path to political power leading through the gradual take-over of the “commanding heights” of cultural production – if you can influence and control what people are taught, what they see, hear and read, what they feel and what they think, you will get your hands on the levers of power in a surer (and more peaceful) way than through a revolution and take-over of the means of production. This is in a way the reversal of classical Marxism where the economic power arrangements shape the culture of the people; for the new, cultural left, those who control the culture will in time hold the economic and political power too. This is not a conspiracy, just an ideological outlook that explains why our contemporary culture, education and the media overwhelmingly skew to the left.
But Rupert Murdoch remains a giant steaming Australian turd on the banquet table of the modern left.
Look at the United States. Of the biggest circulation daily newspapers, only two can be considered to the right of centre – “New York Post” and “The Wall Street Journal”, though the later more in its opinion pages than news reporting. Both are owned by Murdoch. The rest of the field offers various shades of conventional left. In 2016, only six newspapers endorsed Donald Trump (granted, a rather unconventional GOP candidate) for president, including such giants of print industry as “St. Joseph News-Press”, “Santa Barbara News-Press”, “The Waxahachie Daily Light”, Hillsboro’s “Times-Gazette”, “The Antelope Valley Press”, and (for a change in pace) “Las Vegas Review-Journal”. You get the drift. News and popular interest and lifestyle magazines – anything from “Time” to “Vanity Fair” — skews even more decisively to the left. On the small screen, Fox stands alone versus all the major free-to-air and cable channels. Radio is the only mass medium with a significant right-of-centre presence, talk radio having been an oasis of voices other than the progressive mainstream for at least 30 years now.
In Great Britain, Murdoch owns the tabloid “Sun” and the respectable “Times”. The former is actually pretty ecumenical both in reporting and in opinion. The only other major British daily more unequivocally associated with the right, “The Telegraph”, is not owned by Murdoch, which makes it a significant outlier in the English-speaking world. Murdoch’s Sky is the only counterbalance to the progressive bias on the silver screen, led, of course, by the taxpayer-funded BBC empire.
Australia is a newspaper outlier. This is where Murdoch’s media empire has started and this is where Murdoch owns just over half of daily newspapers, altogether accounting for about 70 per cent of the total circulation. The others, including the Nine newspapers, correspondingly lean to the left. If Australians at least have a better than elsewhere choice in print media, the television is pretty uniformly non-right, nowhere more so than at the state-owned (read: taxpayer-funded, left-run) ABC. As an alternative to it all there is only Sky, which as a subscriber-only service has a smaller reach compared to the free-to-air channels. Then there’s the trust-fund kids of The Guardian Australia, the abuse of union superannuation funds that is The New Daily, the left-wing Melbourne millionaires’ playthings such as The Monthly and the Saturday Paper and Crikey and that symbol of so much that is wrong with our universities, The Conversation.
Take away Murdoch then, and you have the mainstream media almost completely devoid of voices other than the conventional left-wing perspective in opinion and the crusading, politicised, biased reporting in the news. The alternative provided by most (but certainly not all) Murdoch’s outlets means that the progressive “education” of the population cannot be successfully concluded. As the popular observation goes, the left loves diversity in everything except opinion. The progressive utopia looks like United Colors of Benneton all singing from one catalogue. That we’re not there yet, despite the ginormous effort by the left, is largely due to Murdoch.
No wonder the left hates him so much. But he is 89 (though if it’s true you’re only as old as the woman you feel, thanks to Jerry Hall, he’s only 64). His children are no ideological warriors; they range from safely conventional to conventionally left-leaning.
So let’s enjoy Rupert while we still can – after he’s gone there is no one person to replace him in his role as the lone counter-point to the left’s domination of the media. We will need an army of Ruperts instead to stand athwart the narrative and call the bullshit. And we better start planning for it soon.’https://www.spectator.com.au/2020/10/rupert-murdoch-doesnt-dominate-our-media-he-stands-in-the-way-of-total-left-control-hence-the-hate-campaign/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FLAT%20%2020201102%20%20AL&utm_content=FLAT%20%2020201102%20%20AL+CID_901f08e715bf311aa0c7b813ed70b327&utm_source=CampaignMonitor_Australia&utm_term=Arthur%20Chrenkoff
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was a total flop as PM. He despised conservatives as PM and he continues to spew his hatred toward anything that has the smell of conservatism! Those conservatives in regional areas of New South Wales rely on Murdoch’s Sky News after dark for the only conservative news one can obtain on free to air television. If Kevin Rudd gets his way there will be NO conservative news in Australia! The following is from a Muslim web site and of course they love Leftist Rudd.
‘Within a week, hundreds of thousands of Australians have signed the petition initiated by former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd on Saturday 10 October 2020, calling for a royal commission into Murdoch media empire, naming News Corp a “cancer on democracy” and a “protection racket” for the Coalition holding almost 70 percent of print readership across Australia.’https://www.amust.com.au/2020/10/overwhelming-support-for-rudd-petition-against-murdoch-media/
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