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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   is  [Sky News Australia]   only on the Web ?   
      
      
   or in Australia,  is it a TV station   
                                        like  CBS, ABC, ...  in the USA?   
      
      
      
      
      
      
              >>>    Sky News Australia is an Australian conservative news   
   channel owned by News Corp Australia. Originally launched on 19 February   
   1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its   
   prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs featuring a   
   line-up of conservative commentators.       Wikipedia   
      
      
              they seem so focused on  Kamala Harris....   
      
      
      
   On 7/17/2024 3:59 PM, HenHanna wrote:   
   >   
   >        there's an  Australian  TV station, and their regular feature   
   is   
   > making fun of  USA's  VP.  (her Giggles, stupid remarks)   
   >   
   >       i guess... this series had toned down a bit in the last few months?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >           >>>  A few days ago a touring music group cancelled its   
   > Newcastle concert at short notice. Not long afterward the remainder of   
   > its entire Australian tour was cancelled.   
   >   
   >          It happened because one of the band members had his birthday   
   > party on stage in Sydney. When the birthday cake arrived, he was invited   
   > to make a wish.     He said "I hope they don't miss next time".   
   >   
   >          Apparently the backlash was extreme. There are more Trump   
   > admirers in this country than I would have guessed.<<<   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > i see...   it's like    the   Dixie-Chicks'  incident  from 20   
   years ago.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >                  In March 2003, the Dixie Chicks, a hugely   
   popular   
   > country music group, found themselves in the midst of a massive   
   > controversy.         While performing in London, lead singer Natalie   
   > Maines expressed her disapproval of the impending Iraq War and President   
   > George W. Bush, stating, "We're ashamed that the President of the United   
   > States is from Texas."   
   >   
      
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