Tawdry 'Slipper Affair' sexting scandal leads to national smackdown, Down Under! Boom goes the dynamite! Feisty Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls Opposition Leader Tony Abbott a hypocrite and a misogynist... and then really starts to level-the-boom!; A case involving sexting and sexual harassment, plus vile personal attacks from a popular radio host, lead PM to verbally hang Abbott by his own words and deeds

This morning's print edition of The Australian has the smackdown and all the associated facts and histrionics front-and-center.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

NewsOnABC video: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used a call by Tony Abbott for the Government to remove Peter Slipper as Speaker to attack the Opposition Leader for hypocrisy, labelling him a misogynist. Uploaded October 9, 2012. http://youtu.be/ihd7ofrwQX0

Tawdry 'Slipper Affair' sexting scandal leads to national smackdown, Down Under! Boom goes the dynamite! Feisty Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls Opposition Leader Tony Abbott a hypocrite and a misogynist... and then really starts to level-the-boom!; A case involving sexting and sexual harassment, plus vile personal attacks from a popular radio host, lead PM to verbally hang Abbott by his own words and deeds

"The Leader of the Opposition says that people who hold sexist views and who are misogynists are not appropriate for high office. Well I hope the Leader of the Opposition has got a piece of paper and he is writing out his resignation. Because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror. That's what he needs."

This may be THE single most amazing political video I've seen all year..

The transcript: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/transcript-of-julia-gillards-speech-20121010-27c36.html

Some background that led to the remarks...

SkyNewsAustralia video: Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency speaks on the comments uttered by pro-Tony Abbott radio host Alan Jones of Sydney 2GB that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's father "died of shame" because "he had a daughter who told lies every time she stood for Parliament" -despite her being Australia's first female PM. Uploaded October 1, 2012. http://youtu.be/MG5cc63vgss

The predicate and the coup de grâce of the Speaker is here: Peter Slipper resigns as Speaker after scandals trigger a tumultuous day in Parliament

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/peter-slipper-resigns-after-dramatic-day-in-parliament/story-fncynkc6-1226492425543

Sydney Morning Herald

Julia 'badass' Gillard: Slipper resignation just a sidebar

By Stephanie Gardiner

October 10, 2012 - 11:27AM

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/julia-badass-gillard-slipper-resignation-just-a-sidebar-20121010-27c0g.html

I remind those of you who are new to the blog that my family and I were "this-close" to moving from Miami to Sydney back around 1973 or so, just as I was about to enter JFK, John F. Kennedy Junior High School in North Miami Beach. Or, as it was known to many of the area's stoners who routinely ditched class to hang-out all day at the 163rd Street Shopping Center, "Jail For Kids." 

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NOT the kind of Australian we like: Belal Khazaal, Muslim author of terrorism handbook is freed from supermax prison after being granted a retrial

Network TEN News (Australia) video: Belal Khazaal is freed from Australia's highest-security prison, the Goulburns Supermax in New South Wales, after being granted a retrial and having served three years of a twelve year sentence.

http://youtu.be/6BnTjuPixcU

The former Quantas employee -and accused Jihadist- with a yen for writing about killing and assassinating innocent people, not to mention, shooting down passenger planes in his 110-page tome, "Provisions of the Rules of Jihad: Short Judicial Rulings and Organisational Instructions for Fighters and Mujahideen Against Infidels,"will have a number of requirements imposed on him by polite society in Australia while he awaits a new trial in November.

According to Sunday's edition of The Australian, the Lebanese-born Khazal must

live with his wife and family and not change his abode without giving 24 hours' notice. He must also report to Bankstown police daily and declare any visitors received in the previous 24 hours. He must also stay at least 1km from any overseas points of departure and not speak at gatherings that advocate violence.

Oh, and not insignificantly, his family had to pay sureties in excess of $400,000, which have to be paid if he tries to leave Australia in the rear-view mirror.

Read the rest of the article here to see what this character is all about:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/accused-jihadist-belal-khazaal-returns-to-family/story-e6frg6nf-1226091029468

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