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    The Annual Totally Arbitrary Awards: 2020 Edition
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 1
    • 7 min

    The Annual Totally Arbitrary Awards: 2020 Edition

    So 2020 is finally run and done. How'd we all go? For me, 2020 was one of the best years I can remember - everyone was brought down to my...
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    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards 2019
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards 2019

    In a sign of the downfall of civilisation, most of the novelty awards have remained intact.
    60 views0 comments
    Damo's Guide To Arguing On The Internet
    Damian Smith
    • Oct 18, 2019
    • 10 min

    Damo's Guide To Arguing On The Internet

    There’s the so-called “Horseshoe Theory” of politics - that both extreme sides of politics, left and right, have more in common with each...
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    My Facebook Valedictory
    Damian Smith
    • May 20, 2019
    • 6 min

    My Facebook Valedictory

    I've recently removed myself from all forms of social media. Many months ago I went cold turkey on the festering cesspit that is Twitter ...
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    Tu quoque
    Damian Smith
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Tu quoque

    I recently posted a blog about the rampant corruption of the Liberal National Party because, well, they’re rampantly corrupt. I do things...
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    A Quick Addendum
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Quick Addendum

    In the time it took me to format and upload my list of LNP fascist thuggery yesterday, they actually managed to pile on more things that ...
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    The 14 Signs of Fascism...yet again.
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 21, 2019
    • 5 min

    The 14 Signs of Fascism...yet again.

    Every so often I put out one of these lists detailing how the LNP government are fascists, with the numerous examples they provide me. I ...
    25 views0 comments
    Shorten's Sweet
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 12, 2019
    • 4 min

    Shorten's Sweet

    On the rare occasion I stoop to listening to the vox populi a regular refrain can be heard time and again: “I’m not a Liberal, but I don’...
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    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018 (In memory of John “Total Biscuit” Bain, who passed this year, and his Arbitrary Awards, bot...
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    Poe's Law
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    Poe's Law

    “G’day, Elizabeth, Mick Fanning’s mum. We’re here at the Gold Coast down at Broadbeach and yeah, fair dinkum, we should be supporting A...
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    Shaken, Not Stirred
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 17, 2018
    • 4 min

    Shaken, Not Stirred

    And so another day, another LNP scandal. Michaelia Cash is still under investigation for rank abuse of power in a rather fascist sense, b...
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    Hyper Bowl!
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Hyper Bowl!

    I’ve been reading Paul Keating - The Big Picture Leader by Troy Bramston. I do thoroughly recommend it. It’s a candid insight into the mi...
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