Amazingly, it wasn’t until 1994 that the whole country—all the states and territories—actually celebrated Australia Day on January 26 itself; for decades before that, they’d mark it on the nearest Friday or Monday to make sure they got a long weekend out of the deal. (Assuming they marked it at all, which apparently they didn’t in Canberra during the 1960s. Only the capital of the fucking country.) That’s how much people really gave a shit about January 26 per se, it was far from the sacred date some people want you to believe it is; as I’ve said since the whole “change the date” debate started heating up, as long as we get the public holiday no one really cares when.
Anyway, Stilgherrian posted… this on Mastodon earlier today:
They found whatever this is out front of some antiques shop in Katoomba, where apparently this sort of thing is a frequent occurrence. Also, the shop has a red ensign flag out front, which is evidently a sign of sovereign citizen bullshit and other far right idiocy. Charming people running this place, obviously. Slightly puzzled by the logic of the sign, we should boycott businesses that insult our servicefolks who died for us though “the bankers” made them do so… given that was arguably a greater insult to them than Woolworths not selling Australia Day merch, maybe we should boycott “the bankers” instead? But why do I feel like “bankers” here is code for THE JOOOOOOOOOOS? Maybe let’s not do that.
Talking of people not into our Hebrew cousins…
…this was the rather more WTF story from today:
A group of men wearing all black, including balaclavas, have sparked a police operation in North Sydney.
A train travelling into Sydney abruptly terminated at North Sydney Station due to the operation.
A number of men wearing all black were inside one of the carriages.
They produced a banner referencing a Neo-Nazi group.
The operation led to Sydney buses diverting services to the Pacific Highway, missing up to two stops.
The police operation began at 11:30am this morning and ended just after 4pm.
NSW Police said there were no injuries and there was no threat to public safety.
Obviously, cos if there’s one thing I associate with a mob of sixty-odd fucking NEO-NAZIS (including Thomas Sewell, apparently) gathering in public en masse, it’s A LACK OF THREAT TO OTHER PEOPLE. I don’t think somehow that these cunts were just there to have a nice picnic or something for the public holiday. (Not this particular one, at any rate.) Can’t say I’m a big fan of these guys running rampant around my city while being only minimally challenged. That’s something I think we should boycott.
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