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		<title>A NEW PARADIGM?</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/09/a-new-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for not posting something up earlier to share in the relief that many of you must have felt during the announcement by Windsor and Oakeshott. I truly feel like we have dodged a bullet, but to borrow another clichéd phrase, I also feel like we have only won the battle and not the war. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A CRISIS OF LEGITIMACY</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/a-crisis-of-legitimacy/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/a-crisis-of-legitimacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another day has passed in the slow march towards minority government. Little has changed in what we know, however it is most disturbing to see how the forces of darkness (News Ltd) are trying to influence the outcome. For three days straight there have been editorials in the Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, Herald Sun and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>DIRTY TRICKS</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/dirty-tricks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just watch&#8230;

Has this been properly reported by the mainstream media? Of course not. It is now clear that media bias in this country is out of control. Our once independent ABC has now become a right-wing stable for News Limited hacks. The board is still stacked with conservatives from the Howard era. Most are up [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>UNCERTAINTY REIGNS</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/uncertainty-reigns/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/uncertainty-reigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NATIONAL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to clear up some of the nonsense being bandied about all over the place, I&#8217;m going to summarise where things stand at present.
Right now Anthony Green has the ALP sitting on 72 likely seats and the Coalition on 73. Along with that we have 4 independents and 1 Green.
The following seats should [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABBOTT LIKELY TO SEIZE POWER: OH F*CK</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/abbott-likely-to-seize-power-oh-fck/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/abbott-likely-to-seize-power-oh-fck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NATIONAL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EDIT: I have been re-evaluating my statement after examining more recent polling data.
I now believe a Labor minority government is more likely. We are currently sitting on 72 seats. Wilkie and Brandt will side with Labor, putting us on 74. Oakeshott is a progressive and will likely also side with Labor (75). He has also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE FIX IS IN: LIVE BLOG</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/the-fix-is-in-live-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/the-fix-is-in-live-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sky News and ABC24 would have you believing that a massive swing against the Labor party is underway at present in NSW. Supposedly an exit poll is showing a collapse in the Labor vote, sufficient to sweep the Gillard government from power and install Tony Abbott as our next Prime Minister. God Help us all.
Updates [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>TONY ABBOTT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/tony-abbott-the-man-behind-the-mask/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/tony-abbott-the-man-behind-the-mask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard was roundly criticised in the media for deciding to announce that she would be revealing the &#8220;real&#8221; Julia to the nation. In hindsight, I believe this was one of the shrewdest political moves of her entire campaign. After all, one thing we have not seen is the &#8220;real&#8221; Tony Abbott. The media has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR TONY ABBOTT</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/10-reasons-not-to-vote-for-tony-abbott/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/10-reasons-not-to-vote-for-tony-abbott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Tony Abbott claims that his religious views will not affect the policies he put into place in government. Yet, as health minister he blocked the introduction of RU486, a drug which would allow women to have non-surgical abortions. He claimed that it had a &#8220;higher rate of adverse events&#8221; to justify the ban, a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>150</slash:comments>
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		<title>THE END IS NIGH</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/the-end-is-nigh/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/the-end-is-nigh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NATIONAL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After evaluating the state of the media for the last couple of days, I believe Labor is set for a narrow loss. Not to throw in the towel, but I believe the undecideds will make up their minds based on the mood of the media in the last couple of days. The incredible endemic bias [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>LIBERALS TO CUT THE PBS</title>
		<link>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/liberals-to-cut-the-pbs/</link>
		<comments>http://dailybludge.com.au/2010/08/liberals-to-cut-the-pbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Fiasson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NATIONAL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailybludge.com.au/?p=1145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Liberal party costing document, available here, they will save $1.1 billion over the forward estimates period by making cuts to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. Its Orwellian heading is &#8220;PBS &#8211; Ensuring a Sustainable Healthcare System&#8221;.
My question is this &#8211; with $1.1 billion being slashed from the PBS budget over the forward period, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>101</slash:comments>
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