Father Christmas granted Business Visa (subclass 456)

Today is not only Sunday Funday, but also the last Sunday before Christmas.
This is a news item from last year, but as a recurring event, I believe it still has relevance today. Enjoy!
(The Possie will be on holiday from now until January 11 2010)

Does racism justify violence? ;-)

It is Sunday Funday – but today is also Cuteday!
Cats are one of the most popular hits on the internet, so let’s join in!

Something you don’t want to do? Get a marginalised migrant

Happy Sunday Funday!
What would we do without marginalised migrants to do our dirty work?
(From KnoxNews.com)

The immigrant journey: a funny music video

Finding something funny about migration/refugees/racism is not easy, let alone doing it once a week.
But it is Sunday Funday once more, and so the Possie has searched and searched, and found this music video of the immigration journey of two Mexican migrants in the US.
You may guess from my tone that it is not the [...]

Australia’s only Sudanese Stand-up Comedian

This is the second time Sunday Funday has featured Australia’s only Sudanese Stand-up Comedian, Mujahid Ahmed, who lives in my home town and works for the agency I work for (lucky us!).
Enjoy. I particularly liked the very last line!

Racist… yes. Very very funny? Extremely.

I thought hard about whether to share this – but I found it very very funny!
Now you know how low my humour can go.
But beware if you are a racially-sensitive type.
Have a happy Sunday Funday!

PhD tales from the Heathrow detention facility

It’s Sunday Funday!
I regularly have a look at Jorge Cham’s ‘Piled Higher and Deeper’ website, where Jorge cartoons about life and PhD candidates.
It’s funny, or, as Jorge says,
“Results show that persistent exposure to phdcomics dot com (PDC) is mildly correlated to jocular deportment, which suggests improvements in temporal-delay behaviour of bounded activity.”
And this week Jorge cartooned [...]

Asylum seekers given massive Centrelink payments drawn from the bank accounts of pensioners and disabled war veterans

Last week I wrote in outrage about the ‘news’ item about refugees and Centrelink benefits on Channel Nine, in which they claimed that three quarters of refugees are claiming Centrelink benefits.
Media Watch examined the claims last night on ABC TV, and showed that any figures that Nine could have obtained from Centrelink would related to [...]

Who should we let in? The immigration dilemma :-)

It’s not just refugees who know how to flood!
This talk-back caller knows many more groups that we should be worried about.
But remember – it’s Sunday so it’s Funday –  don’t take it seriously!

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Funny racist commerical

I really needed a laugh after this week of  hysteria about the ‘Invasion of the Boatpeople”.
This commercial did it for me – I hope it gives you a laugh too, for this Sunday Funday.

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