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Never has the long shadow of America across the world been so ominous and so ephemeral as it is in the wake of Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations and Wikileaks. Data surveillance and the huge US presence in the tech and internet worlds have contributed to a sense of America as the omnipresent, unseen superpower in a way that no …

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  1. Adam 1

    It's Australian Labor Party

    /which I find weird because we generally spell things "right"

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    1. dan1980
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      It was done with the aim of differentiating themselves from the UK Labour party.

      New, modern (yes, American-ised) spelling to break from the old, stuffy spelling.

      I like the 'U', personally.

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  2. jake Silver badge

    ECHALON/Five Eyes "allegedly" monitors communications?

    I kinda think that that "allegedly" is superfluous ...

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    1. Cipher
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      Re: ECHALON/Five Eyes "allegedly" monitors communications?

      Agree. May as well have said: "The Sun allegedly rises each day."

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  3. Wombling_Free

    Maintain the rage.

    All conspiracy theories here are plausible. The Governor General acted without the Queen's Consent, something he was required to gain before sacking PM Gough Whitlam.

    The next election was a landslide to the Lib/Nats, despite massive public opinion in favour of Labor.

    As we say down here: "Vote early; vote often" - our ballot system is pretty easy to rort if you have good organisation...

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