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Raising Hell: QandA: Who The Hell Is Alexei Navalny?
"If Yeltsin suspends an anti-democratic Parliament, it is not necessarily an anti-democratic act." - Anonymous Clinton Administration official quoted in…
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Raising Hell: Issue 75: What's The Matter With Adelaide?
"Change has no constituency—and a perceived revolution has even less," - Jack Welch, General Electric CEO, father of the neoliberal corporation, Chapter…
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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.
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Raising Hell: On The Road: In Dubai
"We, in the UAE, have no such word as 'impossible', it does not exist in our lexicon." - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and UAE…
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Raising Hell: Issue 76: Revisiting That Time I Busted DHS In A Cover Up
"One day he'd take, the next day he'd give. At the end of the month, I was always ahead of the game, getting more than my salary," - Abu Ali, Saddam…
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Raising Hell: Can I Count On Your Vote?
"Vote early and often," - John Van Buren, New York lawyer and politician, 1848.
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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
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Raising Hell: Interview: Darren O'Donovan On The Robodebt Decision
“The case against Clevinger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with," - Joseph Heller, Catch-22.
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Raising Hell: Issue 44: Cashing Out
For the Fortnight: January 19 to February 2 Reporting In Where I recap what I’ve been doing this last fortnight so you know I’m not just using your…
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Raising Hell: Special Issue: The Australian Gas Industry's "No Friends" Problem
"Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too," Jimmy Hoffa…
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Raising Hell: Issue 77: Long Time, No Trouble
"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger, as quoted in The New York Times Magazine (June 1, 1969)
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Raising Hell: Issue 65: "Govern Me Harder, Daddy"
“We now have 28 flavors --that’s more than Howard Johnson’s has.” - Fidel Castro, on the success of his socialist ice creamy, as recalled by journalist…
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