Archive - Raising Hell

Raising Hell: Can I Count On Your Vote?

"Vote early and often," - John Van Buren, New York lawyer and politician, 1848.

Apr 30 •

Royce Kurmelovs

February 2025

Raising Hell: The Future Is Now

“We don't want any of that sort of thing up here," - Joh Bjelke-Peterson, longest serving Queensland Premier, on condoms, as per Sydney Morning Herald.

Feb 3 •

Royce Kurmelovs

December 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 93: The 24 Hour News Cycle Never Sleeps. Neither Do I, Apparently

"Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like hell," - Clint Murchison Jr…

Dec 16, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 92: A World To Win

"When an absolute decision is obtained the system of the victors — whoever they are — will probably be adopted to a very great extent by the…

Dec 2, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

November 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 91: A Can of Tuna In The Mud

"I haven't found anybody in seven and a half years shake their fist at me and say 'Howard I'm angry with you for letting the value of my house…

Nov 11, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

October 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 90: It's called 'f*ck you money'

"Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time," - Mike Tyson, 19 August 1987

Oct 21, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 89: On Climate Change As A Class Issue

"I'm a warrior for the middle class!" - former US president Barack Obama, on the campaign trail in Ohio, 22 September 2011.

Oct 7, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

September 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 88: 'Expressing Concern About How Those Customers Would Feel'

"I will simply not do penance." - Text handwritten by Adolf Eichmann in 1956, as quoted in Eichmann Before Jerusalem by Bettina Stangneth (2015).

Sep 23, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 87: 'Within Scope'

'Pinching $50,000 from a son of a bitch is not theft, it's a good deed.' - Fidel Castro, responding to criticism after having taken money from Francisco…

Sep 9, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

August 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 86: Here's a little gas-fired fantasy

'[...]More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.' - Primo Levi, 17 February 1986

Aug 26, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 85: "Incentives for Exploration"

"Propaganda is of no use to the politician unless he has something to say which the public, consciously or unconsciously, wants to hear" - Edward…

Aug 12, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

July 2024

Raising Hell: The Book Issue: "We're Not Going to Apologise"

"For readers interested in how the system hinders change, [Slick] is a timely book." - Books+Publishing, 11 June 2024

Jul 29, 2024 •

Royce Kurmelovs

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