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A lot of shit is written about Star Wars. So, I thought I’d write about who ‘is’ The Shit in Star Wars. Yes, none other than your friendly neighborhood Ruler of the Universe Emperor Palpatine, aka Darth Sidious. I mean, what a legend!

He got rid of those pesky religious nut jobs and terrorists, the Jedi. He brought much needed order to chaos in the Republican shit pile of discord. Some of Palpatine’s innovations include separating Church and State, getting rid of the ineffectual Senate, founding the mighty Galactic Empire and being an excellent multi tasker on many political fronts like domestic security, industrial relations, military strategy and foreign policy. Add to this being the boss of unruly minister without portfolio, Darth Vader, and you have a mighty accomplished political animal.

Played with aplomb, in Lucas’s at times unflattering portrait of the Galactic Empire, by Ian McDiarmid, I think Palpatine is being given a raw deal! By none other than that channel for all things Star Wars, Mr. George Lucas himself. Palpatine is constantly portrayed as Evil, when he clearly is a more balanced figure working towards Galactic unity, strength and wholeness. Palpatine digs both sides of the Force, so is much more balanced than that Galactic dwarf and Buddhist rip off artist, Yoda. He appreciates art, politics, women, sex, intrigue and power like any normal, healthy person. He also manages to keep his thoughts hid from annoying mind reading Jedi pests, that hijacked the Republic, while he goes about saving it and creating something new and better in the Empire.

Here at Idea Fix, we’d like to open the Emperor Palpatine Fan Club, the only one on the net. Probably not, but let me know others? A place to share and care about that misunderstood, humble Galactic ruler with da cool cloaks and da even cooler rhetoric.

Add your comments and send me Palpatine poop to post here on Idea Fix.

What up with this new animated Star Wars movie? It looks shite. Lucas, stop playing with Jar Jar Binks genitals and let new blood who appreciate the Dark Side as well as Light, direct a new episode each of the famed 7, 8 and 9 in the Star Wars saga. And bring the damn Emperor back, as a ghost if necessary, to train new Sith. That sounds sexy.

It really is! Think about it people. All so called exponents of the Multiculturist worldview always expand upon ideas of the Other, respect for different cultures and tolerance, etc. But these opinions are always broadcast by those in positions of power and privilege, to keep the Other at a safe distance. i.e. usually operating in some demeaning lower strata of the Capitalist system. Our country is multicultural, but who drives our cabs? Works at 711 or service stations, etc? Capitalism is merely importing for itself new exploitable working class units. More easily exploited, in fact sometimes, due to lack of knowledge of Western notions such as unions, access to education before arrival here and even knowledge of the local language and tongue.

Slavoj Zizek noticed how at the same time talk of class struggle was fading from public discourse, the rise of Multiculturist speak was growing. It became an ersatz class struggle. Zizek considers multiculturism a part of Global Capitalism’s hegemonic totality. Zizek notes how whenever we talk of the Other, it is always in a condescending way of what he calls ‘the reduced Other’. The poor Aborigines needs us to say sorry to them, owww, the poor Asian’s need our help with language, aren’t we sweet?, etc. Zizek also notes that we respect other cultures as they fit ours. When issues of Muslim misogyny or religious based terrorism are raised our tolerance ends, or the example Zizek uses of respecting Hindu’s… but even their custom of throwing the wife on the funeral pyre with her dead husband?

Zizek also notes the only way to truly not be racist is to be able to exchange racist jokes with other races and to be comfortable about it. When we play the Political Correctness game its a form of reverse racism, that is equally as insulting as open racism. We consider the Other too ’sensitive’ to hear racist jokes, we must protect her from our unspoken notions of superiority, etc.

I have long been deeply suspicious of multiculturism as a forced political concept. It can be used to destroy national cultures to create a mish mash nowhere land, ripe for Capitalist exploitation. The ideal ‘wasteland’ where Capitalism’s code can play out in its endless emptyness.

Hiding behind the PC Multiculturist, is always privilege. An understanding that, yes, we tolerate you ‘the Other’, as long as you fit into our general Western humanist liberal perspective. Slightly left capitalist newspapers, theatre, a little tennis, wine tasting, a nice brie, a walk in the park, riding a bike, a little ABC TV, some alternative radio and culture. It’s all so fucking trite and bourgeoisie.

I should like to expand these ideas in another post but for now I’ll leave you with a cool quote from our Slovakian provocateur Mr. Zizek, who says:

“Multiculturalism is a racism which empties its own position of all
positive content . . . but nevertheless retains this position as the
privileged empty point of universality from which one is able to
appreciate (and depreciate) properly other particular cultures — the
multiculturalist respect for the Other’s specificity, is the very form
of asserting one’s own superiority’

If you want a drink after 2am in Melbourne, its going to be a dry argument.

In an retrograde decision all Melbourne clubs now have curfews because John Brumby can’t control law and order in his own State. The clear way to deal with additional violence on city streets is more and better paid Police patrolling the CBD on weekends and maybe even implementing a people’s militia to keep control. The redirection at train stations of large gangs (mostly of Ethnic origins) from the CBD, would be a good idea too.

Not some absurd return to 1920’s prohibition. This decision will ruin Melbourne’s cosmoploitan bar and club reputation that is world famous, all becuase the Premiere can’t control the citzens in his own state.

Mr Brumby if you can’t control your Sovereign territory, maybe a people’s militia’s needs to step into the breech, under a Transcendental Fascist structure, that could easily and peacefully keep law and order in the streets, with a little help and backing from comrades in the Police. Mr Brumby, do not deprive Victorians of their freedoms and liberties, all because you can’t keep a handle on youth Violence!

And what of the underlying issues behind youth Aggression? The youth of today are so Violent for simple reasons, i.e. they have nothing to live for. No ideals, no existential spiritual path, no leaders, no hero’s (except empty headed sport stars and moronic celebrities), basically, no future. Working with no discernible goal, empty shopping at Malls and getting drunk from depression on weekends, is the spiritual vista open to todays youth. Tiny cogs in the giant Capitalist machine, the endless “Hell with air conditioning” is their present reality

Another future is possible!

And it does not begin by restricting the freedoms of all noble citizens of Victoria.

Career crim Leigh Robinson killed a women 40 years ago, was released from the clink and just did it again. He was spared the hangman’s black touch, back when the world was listening to all that humanistic claptrap about reforming prisoners. He was spared a snapped neck by then Victorian Governor Sir Rohan Delacombe, who posthumously has blood on his hands it seems. Was the wisdom of the hangman the best way to go with this charming fellow? With Robinson’s first offence (at age 20) leniency was probably best…but not in hindsight. But hindsight always has 20/20 vision

But what about, now? I’m not normally a supporter of the death penalty, but in clear cases of premeditated murder, particularly second murder offences like this, its appeal is hard to ‘die-ny’.

Thoughts, people?

See here for story.

Now, if your country went from this to this (see below) in just 60 years, how would you feel?

Not even the US has the cheek to do this to the Iraqi people. Can you imagine if they tried to move all Iraqi’s into similar small areas and enclaves. There be a little more than an incursion, I’d say. And rightfully, so too.

I’m a fan of Israel and a Jewish homeland. But this expansion seems a tad excessive and should have scant truck with the International community and UN. Surely, Jewish colonial exercises could be expanded to other parts of the world (ala The British Empire), that would welcome their infrastructure, investment and civilization. Some areas in Africa, Asia and various under developed Islands could be perfect locations for Israeli colonies.

But maybe, give a little land and autonomy back to the Palestinians first. Is that unreasonable?

I decided about a week ago to have an informal gathering at Katarina Zrinski’s restaurant, at the Croatian Club, in Footscray to celebrate my 39th birthday. This is the same restaurant proudly hanging a portrait of Croatian fascist leader and state founder Ante Pavelic. We applaud the bravery and steadfastness of the restaurant to not take down this portrait after public pressure. We recommend all Italian and Spanish restaurants to start sneaking in portraits of Benito Mussolini and Franco, respectively. Closely followed by German Restaurants hanging portraits of the chap with the small moustache, eventually. If its good enough for Mao and Stalin to have their visage’s gracing restaurant walls the same privilege must be given to those on the other end of the political spectrum.

How was the night? All good. The food was tasty, hearty fair enough to make you want to invade a small country, company was good (see below), no Croatian beer though (drat!) they had run out. We then hit Toff In Town, Madame Brussells and back to Bill’s house for more wine, women and song. We wanted to attend the dawn service service for ANZAC day plastered… but by 3 am wiser heads prevailed. A most enjoyable way to welcome in the last year of my thirties.

Go dine at Katarina Zrinski’s - it gets 5 stars here at Idea Fix for its wall art alone. Its got nice new decor, but an old school atmosphere.

Photo of me below with Ante Pavelic imperiously looking on, next to other Croate national hero’s. Followed by two happy snaps of some of the guests.

Don’t you think? It has acquired a real chic, deep intellectual appeal and glamour in the early 21st century…

But Sexy?

Well, at least these photos are, of young Croatian, female fascists. Notice the Ustase tattoo in the later on the girls inviting hip.

Women and Fascism is an interesting topic I have been exploring recently. Previously understood as mostly a male dominated movement, transcendental tendencies of the Great Mother and the Jungian Female Archetype have long been part of Fascist body politic. I’ll post about some of these ideas later, here on Idea Fix, where Fascism is discussed openly, playfully, honestly and forthrightly!… the same way the Left has long had the right and the privilege to openly discuss its ideas and ideology and the many grand and differing traditions that have feed off Marxism, Communism and Socialism.

But really we all know Fascism is all about Sex, don’t we, by now? Or do we?

Congratulations to Croatian restaurant Katarina Zrinski for heeding Idea Fix’s call for more Fascist leader portraits to be hung in Melbourne restaurants. See here. They have started what is surely to be a hip new dining trend, by hanging a portrait of Croatian Poglavenik ( Leader) Ante Pavelic! While blood thirsty butchers of the left like Mao and Stalin are ubiquitous and hanging everywhere across Melbourne restaurants, the fascist leader poster issue is still a “hot tomali” of cultural Political Correctness.

In the on going reformation of Fascist political theory, this most noble of ideas must be viewed historically as a bull wark against the dread leveling of Communism and Socialism. Most Fascist leaders must be viewed, at least in part, as commendable, as they stood up for their individual Nations in the fight against Communism - the true Terror of the 20th century.

Pavelic is no angel and has the usual scoreboard of offences against various minorities, but he founded the modern State of Croatia and is clearly a Croatian National hero. Hence his poster boy image at Croatian clubs and restaurant. And Compared to Mao he is a virtual Saint!

The local Jewish community are complaining about the Croatian restaurant. But until they ask for portraits of Mao and Stalin to be removed from Restaurants… how can the community have a problem with minor human rights offenders, by comparison, like Pavelic. Do the Jewish community only complain because their own ethnic identity and Nationalism is contested by their ancestors treatment at the hands of certain misguided Fascist regime’s of yore? The Jewish community proudly has its own National State of Israel now, that, it could be argued, is more Nationalistic than Croatia even. We applaud the State of Israel here at Idea Fix and welcome all Jewish people and thinkers into the new Transcendental Fascist Internationale. You are our friends, we love and respect your people, religion, culture and the great Nation of Israel. Yes, mighty Israel fought for with heroic Jewish old fighters in a swelter of blood and iron. Any future fascist’s should say ’sorry’ for the past excesses of over zealous and misguided leaders of history, but naturally acknowledge this is hardly enough to make up for past errors. The Tribes of Israel are clearly part of the Indo-European geo-political block. In a sense we are all Jews now. But I feel the vocal Jewish Community cannot complain when heroes of the Nationalist movements are made objects of pop culture or National pride, apropos like many in the Left. Fascism, or a new variant there of, is an exciting subject for cultural renewal. While we must acknowledge its past errors and mistakes (no greater than many Left Errors of the USSR?) and look forward to a bright future, with Zion as our staunch ally. We completely support the right of Jewish restaurants to put up portraits of even their own most right wing leaders like Sharon and others, but you cannot dictate the sources of other’s Nationalistic origin or Pride. To do so is hypocritical, retrograde and unproductive.

Plus its only a poster people, lighten up…

Do not back down Melbourne Croatian club, fight the good fight and do not allow anyone to dictate your sources of National pride, all the while acknowledging your proud position in the great Australian experiment.

Here is an Age good food guide review of the restaurant here.

Here is an article on the controversy here.

And here is some info on Ante Pavelic and his anti communist Ustase here.

Katarina Zrinski… you just picked up a new customer! I highly recommend Idea Fix readers to do the same… for the simple act of defiance against the dangerous Left wing hero worship of the likes of Mao. Dine happy under the Poglavenik’s ever watchful eye. Dobar Tek!

Oswald Mosley’s son, Max holds a London Nazi bondage party and gets into all kinds of scheisse. Where was my invite? Only joking, it looks like a pretty dull scene, see above.

This story is rather amusing and I’ve been meaning to write a post on it for a few days.

Here is story details:

“On 30 March 2008 the News of the World, a British tabloid newspaper, reported that Mosley had engaged in sexual acts with five prostitutes in a scenario that involved Nazi role-playing. The TimesSir Stirling Moss stated that despite his wish for Mosley to stay, he believed his position to be untenable. ITV commentator and reported a call for his resignation from the director of the Holocaust Centre. Sunday Times columnist Martin Brundle, who was recently the subject of a libel action brought by Mosley, said, “It’s not appropriate behaviour for the head of any global body such as the FIA.” Mosley received the support of Bernie Ecclestone who said, “Assuming it’s all true, what people do privately is up to them. I don’t honestly believe [it] affects the sport in any way. Knowing Max it might be all a bit of a joke. You know, it’s one of those things where he’s sort of taking the piss, rather than anything against Jewish people.” On 31 March, Ecclestone continued to argue that Mosley should not resign, but said it would be inappropriate for him to attend the next F1 event, the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Mosley responded to the allegations on the 1 April in a letter sent to all presidents of the national FIA clubs, all members of the FIA Senate and the World Motor Sport Council. In the letter he apologises for “the embarrassment the revelations caused” and claims that the allegations are part of a “covert” operation to discredit him. He describes the claims that he took part in Nazi role-playing as “entirely false”, and condemns what he calls the tabloid’s “unwarranted invasion” of his privacy. Mosley has said that he is pursuing legal action against the News of the World and has succeeded in having a related video removed from the paper’s website.

On 3 April Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, wrote to Mosley informing him that it would be inappropriate for the FIA president to attend the Bahrain Grand Prix. The same day BMW and Mercedes-Benz released a joint statement asking for a response from the FIA, the statement commented that “The content of the publications is disgraceful. As a company, we strongly distance ourselves from it”. Mosley responded to BMW and Mercedes by highlighting their involvement in the Second World War, adding “I fully understand why they would wish to strongly distance themselves from what they rightly describe as the disgraceful content of these publications”. He also questioned why neither BMW nor Mercedes had contacted him to ascertain if the allegations were true Honda asked the FIA to reach an “immediate decision in the best interests of F1 and Motorsport” Toyota was also critical of any “behaviour which could be seen to damage Formula One’s image”.

Mosley has announced an extraordinary general assembly of the FIA to discuss the allegations surrounding his private life, to take place “on the earliest practicable date.” Some FIA member car clubs have expressed their opinions; Germany’s ADAC asked Mosley to “reconsider” his position, Israel’s MEMSI said it was “shocked” about the allegations, KNAF of the Netherlands announced its intention to vote for Mosley’s resignation and The American Automobile Association said it “would be in the best interest of all concerned if he were to step down.” A different opinion comes from the Brazilian motorsport federation, Confederacao Brasileira De Automobilismo (CBA). Its President, Paulo Eneas Scaglione, has said that FIA President Max Mosley has a right to privacy in his private life and should go on and complete his mandate, if he chooses to do so.” - wikipedia

I have included scenes from the tape itself above. Very plain and boring S&M party with ugly Dom’s and a creepy old dude (Mosley, jnr) acting out a stale S&M scenario. Our weekly parties at Hellfire in the 90’s with everyone in their twenties and beautiful make this party look like a joke! If this is how the elite parties, they need some lessons. Eyes Wide Shut, is how I imagined the Nazi sex orgy to be, not some crap British tenement and pedestrian flogging antics..

Its funny really, fascism has always had a strong connection to S&M. I openly admit that is one of the reasons fascism interests me, the Transcendental variety, of course. Its a political expression of Sadomasochism in many ways - dominance, submission, power play, control, chaos, etc. I find admitting this dimension of fascism only strengthens its truth. Most fascists are perverts, like a lot of interesting people generally are…

I wonder what his father British Union of Fascist leader Oswald Mosley would have thought? He had a much better run at it. His parties looked like more fun. See picture below.

Trouble on the roof of World. We have seen riots in Tibet, crack downs by the Chinese authorities, media outrage, censorship from China plus the Chinese Government’s own position on the struggle. This all comes conveniently during China’s Olympic Year. Designed, I imagine to make Western democracies Olympic teams reconsider their travel plans this August.

So what are we dealing with?

First you have China. A Communist country slowly going Capitalist with a vast swarming population and a human rights record that would make Genghis Khan blush. China makes claims on Tibet that go back to the Ming dynasty and beyond.

Then you have the idea of a free Tibet ruled spiritually by non violence recommending religious leader, the Dalai Lama in exile. Many Tibetans claim China is an invading brutal Colonial force and want a Free Tibet under the Lama’s rule. China claims the Lama is backed by the CIA and MI5 to put a wedge in the Western part of China’s land.

What is needed here, as I have said what is needed in the Middle East, is a real U.N… with Teeth. An International peace keeping force that wields real power and will chill out both sides and bring a level of Western decency and civilisation back into this ugly situation.

I consider Tibet a Western asset, so I back the Dalai Lama. The Indo European’s from which most Europeans are descended are supposed to have appeared in this region of the world thousands of years ago. The writings of George Dumezil, Mircea Eliade and many others document this immigration of the Ancient tribes. Moving through India, the Middle East and then into Europa and Scandanavia. The Indo-European’s are the true owners of Tibet. The rule of the Dalai Lama will not be perfect, but as the West backs him, he will be our puppet in the region and his rule is vastly preferable to Chinese barbarism.

I support the Boycott of the Olympics and applaud all who have tried to dim the flame from these Eastern fools. The flame parade is now in doubt in many countries, it looks like, including Oz. China should not be welcome as hosts of the Olympics with their retrogarde antics, death penalty frenzy and the brutal oppression in Tibet and of Falun Gong. The rumblings about Taiwan are also disturbing. Move the Olympics to another civilised venue, like the last venue Greece or even Sydney, again?!

Fuck China. Fuck the Chinese people, too! Simply, for allowing their Government to behave in such a brutish way. After over 60 years of Communist crimes and atrocities, we must blame the Chinese people for their Government. The Germans copped enough shit for their 12 year Nazi regime. But no one points out the slavish, peasant minded Chinese people and their slobbering and groveling to this suckling pig of an abusive Government. I love China and its customs but it is about time the Government of China and its people woke up and see what century they are living in.

Tibet is ours.