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Politics: | Acolyte | Bill of Rights 2004 | COVID-19 | Elon Musk | Fascism | Greens issues | Media 2022 | MH370 | Parliament 2002-4 | Pauline Hanson cartoons | Raygun | Song of the South | Torture | Transgenderism | V for Vandetta | Wind farms | Woke | Women sports | Workplace relationships |   1. Cause for concern? During the early 2020s a number of issues arose which caused the writer - a former Greens federal member of parliament - to question the direction the party was heading in, and some of the policy decisions being made. These were primarily around the subjects of Covid-19 and Transgenderism. However, the complexity of the issues meant that aspects of these concerns went to the heart of how the party had traditionally operated, and how was operating over the previous decade. A party which emphasised openness, concensus decision making, and adherence to four guiding principles, could be sa...
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Peter Green - Live Bluesbreakers 1967

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Peter Green: Give Up Livin' | John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 1965-7 | Live 1967-70 | Live Bluesbreakers 1967 | Munich 1970 | 1. Introduction The Real Blue Vimeo site contains a set of five audio recordings from 1967 featuring Peter Green and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers live in England. They were posted during 2018-2019 and feature accompanying detailed descriptions of the circumstances surrounding their creation by the 16 year old Tom Huissen. These so-called liner notes (from a CD edition?) are taken from a variety of sources, such as Frans ten Kleij (Mr. French), a blues guitarist with John the Revelator . Those descriptions, along with the five recordings, are brought together below. The recordings are as follows: Ram Jam Club, Brixton, London, 1 February 1967 The Marquee, London, 27 April 1967 Klooks Kleek, West Hamstead, 28 April 1967 Bromley Court Hotel, 29 April 1967 Manor House, 5 May 1967 The quality is very good for the...
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Bulli's black panther & Australian spirit big cats

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| Aboriginal Dreaming Stories | Black Panther | Cook's Australian Fairy Tales | Ida Rentoul Outhwaite bibliography | Faërie in Australia | Peck's Australian Legends | Picnic at Hanging Rock - Faërie Realm | Picnic - Path of Light | Picnic - C3 & C18 | Disappearance @ Hanging Rock | Trees & nature spirits | We [the Big Cats in Britain Project] were determined to find an explanation that wasn't supernatural (Coggan 2020) 1. Black Panther in OZ Big cats appear in countries and places around the world were they should not be and are not native. A notable example is the Black Panther in Australia and Great Britain. In the world of cryptozoology , they are one amongst many such mysteries. This article looks specifically at their historic presence in Australia, alongside more general aspects such as totemic elements and communication. A Black Panther is actually a black jaguar - stocky, muscular, and with a short tail; or a black...
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Buddhist books ..... a personal collection

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Tibet & Tibetan Buddhism Archive The following is a listing of Buddhist related books I have collected over the last three decades. They are arranged chronologically, from most recent to oldest. There is a focus on Tibetan Buddhism and the plight of Tibetan culture under Chinese occupation since 1949. 2013 Venerable Master Hsing Yun, The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha , Buddha's Light Publishing, Los Angeles, 2013, 448p. Includes foldout map. 2012 Vishvapani Bloomfield, Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One , Quercus, London, 2012, 388p. Biography. John Peacock, The Tibetan Way of Life and Death , DK Publishing, London, 2012, 144p. Profusely illustrated introduction to Tibetan Buddhist culture. 2010 Geshe Kesang Gyatso, The New Meditation Book: Meditations to make our life happy and meaningful ,  Tharpa Publications, Ulverston, 216p. Tibetan Buddhism. 2009 Desmond Biddulph and Darcy Flynn, Teachings of the Buddha: The Wisdom of th...
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