Reference :- A terrible tragedy has occurred at Bondi Beach .

 Reference :-  There are many reasons to be saddened and appalled by the horrific attack at Bondi Beach,  just as there are many reasons to be saddened when we see folk on other beaches in countries far away being slaughtered . 

Mr Netanyahu did not waste his time by first offering his sympathy to all Australians  , but instead was swift with his condemnation of our Prime Minister .  Apparently he had warned Mr Albanese that recognising a Palestinian state would lead to an attack on Australian Jews . If this is true , there are more than 150 other countries in the world that also support the right of Palestinians to live in a state of their own .   Let us hope that those countries do not experience similar attacks on their Jewish communities . 

Here at the Sky Reply , we have been discussing the fall out from this shocking event  . Who else , apart from the traumatised families , will suffer from the fallout ?   Of course , that depends on the maturity of our personal responses , and the professionalism our leaders, politicians , social influencers , lobbyists and mass media .   This tragedy needs to be addressed with sensitivity , rationally and calmly , and not with unrestrained anger or overreaction . It is well known that the best strategy for causing somebody to act foolishly and self-destructively is to make them angry .  Anger could allow the tragedy to become politicised , and lead to the passing of poorly drafted legislation .  It might encourage the attribution of unfair blame.  

Who will suffer should this happen ?  Everybody at the Sky Reply gave their opinion . 

 Ken Junior  ....  " All of us " .  

 Monte ...........   "All of us " . 

 Ken senior........" All of us " . 

Gabbo .............. " All of us . Regardless of religion or race or colour or creed " .  

For once the four of us are in agreement about something .    

Your comrade , 

Ken 

 

 

Reference :- Senator Pauline Hanson , for some reason , wore a Burqa to Parliament .

Reference:- The Australian Parliament's guidebook for acceptable behaviour  advises that props may be tolerated at times , but are not encouraged .  

Dear Pauline  , 

                          What was all the fuss about ? The rules state that props may be tolerated in Parliament , but not encouraged . It is grossly intolerant to chuck you out of the room because you happened to wear a Burqa on that occasion .  Besides , who gets to decide what constitutes a prop ?  Freedom to embrace a particular sartorial style is surely a fundamental right in a free market ... I mean democratic society .  Remember when  Scotty from marketing , then known as  Prime Minister Scott Morrison , waved a lump of coal about like Darius Jedburgh clasping a fistful of plutonium in " The Edge of Darkness ?  ( If you have never heard of Darius Jedburgh , I recommend googling him ) .  If Scotty could get away with that , surely you can front up in a Burqa . 

Anyway , wearing a Burqa is sure to endear you to the million or so Muslims in the country . Your gesture will go a long way towards calling out racism and healing division within our communities .   And I reckon you have opened the door for other displays of religious tolerance .  Perhaps we may see one of our Muslim Parliamentarians show up clad in Christian attire , the Papal Mitre perhaps , or that charming little cap , the Zucchetto ?    It's about time our Parliamentarians clobbered themselves up in classier threads and introduced some colour to their proceedings .

I do like the look of that conservative think tanker chap , Jordan Peterson . He dresses as colourfully as a clown , and his costumes do pleasantly distract from the content of his arguments when he occasionally flounders on the rocky shores of incomprehensible verbosity . 

Good luck with it all Pauline . You are truly a trendsetter . 

Your comrade 

Ken  

PS.  I didn't mention Judaism . It is a sensitive topic at present , best avoided ,what with the genocide and all .   But let me be clear , I am not antisemitic .  Admittedly the definition of antisemite has changed over the years . Once upon a time they labelled you an antisemite if you harboured an irrational prejudice against Jewish folk .  Now you are labelled an antisemite if Zionists don't like the cut of your jib  .  But rest assured , I belong to neither category . 

 

Reference :- It has been leaked to the media that Palestinian prisoners have been raped in Israeli prisons .

 Reference : -  Video tapes of prisoners being raped in Israeli prisons have greatly upset Mr Netanyahu . 

Dear Mr Netanyahu , 

                                     Bad press can cause tremendous damage to a chap's reputation , as you well know . After all , bad press is often used by Mossad to discredit their opponents .  Of course , you call it Hasbara , but as they say ... a rose by any other name would smell the same (  apologies to C J Dennis ) .  

Sadly , immersed as you are in the fog of genocide ... ahem , I mean war ..  while facing the vicious assault of ungrateful pettifoggers intent on having you incarcerated for corruption , you have failed to remember these basic rules for addressing attacks by the media . 

1.  Deny the event occurred . This you have not done . In fact , you confirmed that it occurred. 

2.  Deny knowing of the event . This you have not done , you have confirmed your knowledge of it. 

3.  Condemn the perpetrators .  This you have not done . 

4. Express sympathy for the victims and their families .   This you have also overlooked . 

As far as 1 and 2 are concerned , there is no going back . 

In theory , you could still action 3 and 4 , but that will appear insincere after the long delay . 

It looks like your goose is well and truly cooked on this issue , so what you need is a distraction . 

Why not start another war ?   Or at least bomb another country ?  In the past 72 hours you have attacked 6 countries , Palestine , Lebanon , Syria , Tunisia , Qatar and Yemen , two of which you have recently made ceasefire  agreements with . It might be unwise to attack Iran again right now ,  since Mr Trump may not back you up , and Iran now has powerful allies in Russia and China .  Remember how badly it went when you last attacked Iran , hoping to spark a popular uprising ?  Iran is now more united and stronger than ever . Attacking Iraq is a possibility , and excuses can be easily invented , but maybe having 7 countries in the region hate you is one too many . 

Have you thought of attacking Tobago ?  They recently refused to refuel a US Navy vessel that threatens the security of Venezuela . Since Israel and the USA are joined at the hip , I am sure you could paint that as an antisemitic attack . Is there a Synagogue there you can bomb ? Or an Israeli Embassy ? A false flag attack could work wonders .  

Anyway , you may have a better idea ... perhaps a war in Cyprus where the locals are tiring of Zionist settler interference and attempts to force apartheid upon them ?  .   The main thing is the need for a distraction , and whatever you do , never speak of those unspeakable rapes again .  

Your Comrade  , 

Ken  

 

 

                                     

Reference :- Sometimes a google search takes you to an unexpected site .

Reference :-   We thought that young Douglas Murray had disappeared from the interweb  , until we accidentally stumbled across him again . 

Yesterday I searched the interweb trying to find an episode of the gloriously subversive cartoon series  "Quads " by John Callahan .   Sadly John , a quadriplegic  , died many years ago , but I have kept his books in the comic section of the bookcase .  The lads at The Sky Reply are disinclined to open books , and find a computer screen more easy to read .  Personally I find the smell and feel of paper strangely comforting , and the blue light from a computer screen alienating , but that is because I am old , or so the lads tell me . 

Anyway , while searching the cartoon series " Quads " ,  I stumbled upon a media site called " The Quad " , and blow me down if young Douglas Murray was not on the screen being interviewed .  I thought that the lads might be interested , since they all thought  Douglas Murray was in hiding following his total humiliation on that Joe Rogan show ... and a few other shows as well .  

" Hey lads .   Douglas Murray is being interviewed  . " , I said . 

Ken junior cracked the popcorn , and we sat down to enjoy the show . 

It turned out that the interviewer was Ms Fleur Hassan - Nahoum , the Deputy Mayor  of Jerusalem and a staunch Zionist . 

" It's nice to see that Doug is accepting interviews from folk who understand the importance of compromise and don't hold extreme views . " I said . 

" Is it .  " , Ken junior said , rhetorically . 

" Considering that Doug desperately needs to restore some fragments of his lost credibility ,  it is foolish of him to associate with Ms  Hassan-Nahoum  . " , Gabbo said . 

" How so ? ", I said

"  Allow me to quote , verbatim , a statement made by  Ms Hassan - Nahoum  . " ,  Gabbo  said . 

  Here is the statement . 

" I saw the report {of IDF snipers shooting at a Church ) this morning .  There are no churches in Gaza , so I am not sure where the report is talking about . Unfortunately there are no Christians in Gaza because they were driven out by Hamas .... I don't know what happened , I don't know who was attacked , I didn't see the report . " 

"  How many lies can be crammed into one short statement ?  It is not true that there are no Churches in Gaza . It is not true that there are no Christians in Gaza . It is not true that Hamas drove away the Christians . ( Anybody can watch a priest being interviewed after his Church was shot up by the IDF , and Pope Francis regularly talked with his Palestinian Christians in Gaza. ).  Furthermore ,  to ice her stale cake of mendacity , Ms Hassan -Nahoum began her statement by claiming she had seen the report , and finished it by saying she had not seen the report .  "  Gabbo said . 

" That is concerning . Young Douglas needs to choose his interviewers more carefully .  This does his reputation no favours at all . " , I said . 

" Nobody of any standing in the media is interested in Douglas anymore . He must be getting desperate " , Gabbo said . 

" Oh how the mighty have fallen . " , Ken junior said . 

" What? " , I said . 

" Old Testament 2 Samuel 1:19 " , Ken junior said . 

I wonder if  Ken junior has read the manifestos of  tax deductible bronze age superstitions ?  But I guess if he has , that is an easily remembered quote . 

Your comrade , Ken  

 

 

Reference :- A lot of seminars are being cancelled of late .

 Reference :-   The Paediatric Academy cancelled a seminar at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne scheduled for 17th September 2025 . 

 A long time ago , in a previous century,  the senior editor at The Sky Reply was born at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne .   Doubtless much has changed over the many decades , they probably don't even use chloroform anymore .  Anyhow , it was interesting to see my old birthplace featuring in the news .  Although it was not exactly in the headlines , one has to look among the back pages of the newspapers to find the article , somewhere near the cartoon section .   

It seems that a seminar titled " Children and War " has been cancelled for reasons that remain obscure .  The theme of the seminar was advertised as  " How war affects children " .  Health care professionals were going to discuss how they could help care for children affected by war .   You know , life changing physical injuries , mental trauma , death of family and friends , loss of any means of support , inability to access schools..... or food or water . That sort of thing . 

It seems like it could have been a worthwhile seminar , but sadly it was cancelled at the 11th hour for some reason or other .  Ken junior reckons it was cancelled because of the likelihood that somebody might mention Gaza .  And to be honest , I think that for once he is on the money with that assessment . After all , over 50,000 children have been killed or injured in Gaza , and Gaza now has a shockingly high number of child amputees desperate for medical care after enduring their amputations without anaesthesia . Many have to face their challenging futures without any surviving family . 

So  I am sure Gaza would have been mentioned .    But the question is , who would have put pressure on my old birthplace to cancel a seminar about caring for injured children because it would mention Gaza ? 

I can't think of anybody or any organisation that would be evil enough to do that , so clearly there must be another reason .   

Maybe it was discovered that the air conditioning in the lecture hall is fairly riddled with Legionnaires' Disease germs or something . That would explain a reluctance to provide a reason for the cancellation . 

It is all a mystery to me . 

Your comrade , 

Ken .  

 

Reference :- Australia's position on the World Press Freedom Index might be in jeopardy .

Reference :-  The National Press Club in Canberra just cancelled an address by award winning journalist , war correspondent , and author of 17 books on geopolitics , Chris Hedges .  Then lied about it . 

 Dear Team at the National Press Club , 

 Here at The Sky Reply we greatly anticipated the advertised speech at the press club by world renowned journalist  , Chris Hedges .  After that embarrassing interview with international human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese , which revealed the shocking incompetence of the press club journalists , we figured you might have improved your act .   Clearly you did not , since you cancelled the presentation by Mr Hedges .  The cancellation itself was very disappointing , but not as disappointing as the lies you told about the cancellation .   Lies that were immediately obvious to anybody who did the most perfunctory research .     

That chap who has replaced Phillip Adams on the ABC wireless show , what's his name again ? David Marr ? ,  made a complete fool of himself trying to hide the lies and justify the cancellation .  

Anyway , boys and girls , when you tell lies you should make sure they are adequately concealed . At present Australia languishes at position 29 on the World Press Freedom Index ......below Namibia and South Africa .     This latest example of unjustifiable censorship ..... and did I mention blatant mendacity ?  ... may well push us further down the listing . 

Ken junior and the other lads at The Sky Reply are keen to know why Mr Hedges was cancelled . They quoted a line from a movie with Jack Nicholson  " You can't handle the truth ! " 

Is that true ?  Was Mr Hedges cancelled because it was felt that audiences would be unable to handle the truth ? 

Fortunately , other Australian media outlets did interview Mr Hedges , so the lads could hear his presentation and the interviews that followed .  They appeared to handle the truth quite well , and they are mere teenagers .  Sadly it has lowered their opinion of the National Press Club more than somewhat . 

Ken junior and the lads are of an age that predisposes them to concocting conspiracy theories . They reckon that some malignant lobbyists might have put the kibosh on Mr Hedge's appearance at the press club .   I tell them that they are being silly , there are no lobbyists like that in Australia . 

We look forward to hearing your apology , and perhaps there is still time to coax Mr Hedges back to your lectern before he departs the Antipodes .    It may help you recover at least  some degree of credibility . 

No need to thank me . 

Your comrade , 

Ken  

 

 

 

 

                                                     

Reference :- The Sky Reply seldom covers sporting news , but this is too amusing to overlook .

Reference :-  Normally the contributing editors at The Sky Reply are too busy covering actual real news to bother with sport . However , the  UK Prime Minister's  reaction to soccer violence control is a gift to irreverent journalism . 

Dear Mr Starmer , Sir , 

                                           You can't imagine how shocked we were to learn that the Birmingham Police ( those tools of the woke left ! ) had banned fans of that Israeli soccer team  , Maccabi  , from attending a match at Villa Park stadium . .  The cops claimed that there was a risk of violent hooliganism . For starters , sports fans are renowned for their restrained behaviour .  That is how the word " sportsmanship "  entered popular parlance .  And soccer fans are no exception .   Especially Israeli soccer fans . It is indeed a tragedy that following the recent inexplicable surge of anti-Zionism .... sorry , I mean antisemitism .... globally , protests have occasionally erupted at soccer stadiums .      The Maccabi fans can hardly be blamed for the cruel reception they encounter in foreign climes .   The appalling violence in Amsterdam and Paris coinciding with the arrival of the Maccabi soccer fans was not their fault . And it highlights the fact that other countries are fairly brimming with antisemites . We must not surrender to these extremists . 

Doubtless if their had been a minor scuffle or two at Villa Park in Birmingham , it would have been easily controlled by police , and any hateful antisemites arrested and taken to an interrogation facility .  But it seems that the Birmingham Police , infiltrated as they are by the woke left , took the opportunity to claim that they were only trying to preserve public order and mitigate " risk to life " .  They are a disgrace to their uniforms, and we applaud you for pointing that out and apologising for their behaviour. 

Anyway , Mr Starmer , Sir , did you see the more recent soccer news from Tel Aviv ?   The Tel Aviv police have  cancelled a soccer match between two Israeli teams on their home turf , claiming that their Bloomfield Stadium was impossible  to control when violence erupted . It certainly did look violent , what with the firebombs and all .    The match was between that very same Maccabi team , whose supporters were banned by Birmingham police , and another team , called Beitar Jerusalem . Personally I have never heard of either team . Ken junior tells me that Beitar Jerusalem is the most nationalist team in Israel .... but how would I know ?   

 The Tel Aviv police cancelled the match , claiming there was " a risk to life " .  Sound familiar Mr Starmer , Sir ?    That is no coincidence . I reckon those police in Tel Aviv are self - hating Jews , in cahoots with their confederates in Birmingham .   You should grasp the opportunity to inform MOSSAD of this , so they can launch a  ......I mean an investigation .   This will score you a goal in the eyes of Mr Netanyahu , who not only holds a public relations gun to your head , but is also very hard to please . ( the bastard ). 

We offer this advice gratis .  Stay chipper . 

Your comrade , 

Ken .