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Bushfires: The Numbers Don't Lie

Hello Patrons - we hope you've had a great week. 

For this week's edition of Ja Rule's we take a look at the media's reporting on the firefighter funding cuts in our state. Our researcher Kristo looked through funding reports dated back all the way to 2008 and found some interesting pieces of information that other prominent fact checkers seemed to look past. 

Also, recent polling data puts Albo only a couple of points ahead of Scott Morrison... AFTER ALL THIS. You have ...

Bushfire Liar EXPOSED!

Sorry we couldn't get this one to you early, the edit took a little longer than usual. As you can probably predict, we'll be doing a lot of bushfire coverage over the coming weeks because there's a lot of propaganda that needs to be dispelled around it.

Our secondary goal is to help raise funds and awareness for fantastic charities like the Animal Rescue Collective.

Thank you all for your ongoing support.

The FJ Team 

Regional Ads: Better than Hollywood

[Very Early Access]

Because Monday's video on the bushfires is still gaining a lot of traction we've decided it would be best to not release a video on YouTube today. Thanks for all the positive feedback, we'll keep doing our best to get the message out!

However, even if there's no video we still wanted to do something for you all so here's something special  —  a whole video that won't be released on the channel for a while.

This one isn't a usual political vi...

An Aussie Reacts to Dave Rubin Reacting to an Aussie

[Early Access]

Dave Rubin sat down for one of his patented mouth-flaps with former Australian Deputy PM John Anderson. John Howard's deputy PM.

After just wrapping up his national tour of 'Why John Howard Really Sucked' Jordan was overjoyed at this turn of events.  You could listen them wax lyrical,  having conversations about the importance of conversations, but instead why not look back to when Anderson's government was in power.

You know, When the conversatio...

Nuclear Power Sucks: Change My Mind

[Early Access]

A lot of people have been hanging out for this one, enjoy!

As always, thank you all so much for your continued support of our channel. 

The FJ Team.

Schoolies is Ruined!

[Early Access]

Hello patrons! 

Some of you may have seen the video released by the Gold Coast Young Liberals earlier this week!

They had the grand idea to hit the streets during schoolies and interview anyone that would speak to them. Apparently they were oblivious to how embarrassing their video was, as they saw no problem with uploading it. Before they came to their senses and took it down Nuffies of Australian Politics managed to get ahold of it and reupload it. Che...

Corbyn or Johnson?

[Early Access]

The UK General Election is just around the corner so it's time to give it the Ja Rule's treatment.

This week we're starting with an overview of the two major party leaders and their track records. Two things quickly become clear:

1 - Jeremy Corbyn may not be the monster the media paints him as 

2 - It is impossible to quell Jordan's enthusiasm for a Labour Party leader, even if it's Labour with a "u". 

Next week we'll be taking a more in ...

Australia's Burning: The Blame Game

Barnaby Joyce is blaming the Greens for the nationwide bushfires. Well, two can play at that game.

Last week, #KoalaKiller really took off. So for today's video we're staring a new hashtag - we want people to start referring to these fires as the #BerejiklianBushfires

Barnaby Joyce can blame the Greens all he wants (as ridiculous as that is) - but it doesn't change the fact that over $100 million has been cut from the NPWS since 2011. The Liberals have absolutely gutted the most i...

EMERGENCY! Why Australia is Burning

[Early Access]

Australia is literally on fire.

People have died. Homes lost. Habitats destroyed.

Obviously it's entirely the fault of inner city greenies... Yeah fucking right.

People in the Rural Fire Service and former Fire & Rescue chiefs have been warning politicians for years about the inevitability of a crisis such as the one we're currently experiencing. And what did the NSW Liberals do? 

Cut funding to rural fire services by 70%.

What did t...

Why Australia Has No Integrity

[Early Access]

Scott Morrison and his cronies want to throw out international law and take away your rights to participate in minor industrial action. 

This video is about the 'Ensuring Integrity' bill - which is absolute filth. The Liberals have been trying to sneak it in under the radar by giving it such a soft-sounding name - but that doesn't fool us here at Friendlyjordies!

As always, thank you all so much for your continued support of our channel. We hope you all h...

The History of Australia

[Early Access]

Hello patrons! Got a pretty juicy Ja Rule's for you all this week.

The Liberal Party of Australia recently celebrated their 75th birthday. HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

To honour those who came before them they released a 15 minute-long propaganda video on YouTube bragging about all the "accomplishments" they've made throughout their storied history. The only problem is - in reality they've done fuck all. So to fill up the 15 mins, they had to lay claim to a few actual ac...

Why Australia Isn't a Giant Car Park

Greetings Patrons!

For this week's Ja Rule's we take a look at exactly who has been behind almost all of the important environmental policy this country has made - The Australian Conservation Foundation.

The ACF is an absolutely fantastic charity who despite all odds have made great strides protecting the environment both in this country and abroad. As land clearing and extinction rates reach shocking levels in Australia, we need organisations like the ACF now more than ever.

In Defence of Justin Trudeau

Hey guys!

Something a bit different this week - we're supporting the Liberal Government... CANADA'S LIBERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS hehehehehe

Canada is about to do what Australia did in 2013 and elect a conservative nutjob who is keen on ripping to shreds any climate action the Liberals (again, their Labor party) had accomplished in their first term. 

Hopefully we can act as a warning sign to our snowy friends up north. 

As always, thank you all so much for your ...

The World's Biggest Cover-up

[Early Access]

Hello patrons! Matt the editor here.

I actually managed to get this video done in time to give you guys early access. Sorry we haven't been able to get these to you early every week. Basically if I'm able to finish the edit before 9pm, I'll post it early to Patreon. I'll try my hardest to get as many to you as possible.

A bit about the video - The Panama Papers. We're sure by now you've heard of them. What you maybe haven't heard about is that certain Australi...

The Australian Media

This video began as my response to the media's coverage of the Clive Palmer lawsuit.

It's been an interesting couple of weeks to say the least. The lawsuit garnered international attention and has helped this channel reach a brand new audience - which is cool to see. On the micro scale most of the Australian coverage of the story was decent enough, but broadly speaking, the problems within the Australian media industry run deep. This video is an attempt to explain those problems clearly...

Australia Has a Drinking Problem?

Good morning, Patrons!

This week's Ja Rule's has a gander at a leaked version of the national alcohol strategy - a version before the alcohol industry got their grubby mitts on it. 

As expected this plays out like the world's worst 'spot the difference' between the harsh realities of alcohol and the Utopian fiction of the alcohol industry.  What a perfect time to also take a look at Drinkwise - a totally “independent” (established by the alcohol industry) organisatio...

KOALA FIGHT!

Hello Patrons!

As Jordan explains at the beginning of this video, he was INCREDIBLY sick last week - hence the lack of Ja Rule's. So apologies for that - but now he's back to full health and ready to take on these FILTHY KOALA CUCKS.

This week's Ja's is kind of a two-pronged video. It's both about Australia's reprehensible environmental track record of the last few years and, more broadly speaking, about the labels we use to describe our political ideologies. 

For the l...

Hipster Clickbait "News" Site Annihilated

This week's Ja Rule's... IS PERSONAL.

Pedestrian recently sent me an email asking if I'd be interested in taking part in a video series they were putting together about viral news. 

That's what led to this video.

Let me break it down in a way that Pedestrian would understand - I find Pedestrian to be hugely PROBLEMATIC. I go into a few of those problems in this video, but it really only scratches the surface of the corporate depravity within.

Pedestrian just sucks...

Johnny Howard's Biggest Scam [Private Health Insurance]

[Early Access]

Greetings one and all!

For this week's Ja Rule's we take a look at the state of private health insurance in this country. John Howard (aka Mr Coconut) found an ingenious way to get young people to start paying for private cover - by threatening them.

The truth of the matter is that if the government diverted all the funds it gives to private health companies into Medicare, we would ALL be better off. 

As always, thank you all so much for your contin...

Healthcare: An Aussie Reacts to Steven Crowder

Greetings Friendlyjordies patrons!

Apologies for the lack of early access on this one. Jordan has been touring a lot this week which pushed us back a bit. We were only able to complete this video this afternoon.

Today we take a look at Steven Crowder "DEBUNKING" the World Health Organization's report into the quality of healthcare in 191 countries. The United States ranked much lower on this list than he would have liked, for a multitude of reasons.

As you might expect - we ...

The Project: A Journalistic Farce

[Early Access]

Last week's Ja Rule's was obviously divisive. This week's target is The Project - which is something we can ALL get behind. 

The Project would have you believe that the 'freedom of the press' is under threat because of an AFP raid conducted a few weeks ago. The government intervening in journalistic activities like this in such a brazen way is obviously an issue, but to say that this is one of the main problems regarding journalism in Australia today is a joke....

Nuclear Power: The Idiot's Choice

[Early Access]

Nuclear Power...

Peta Credlin from Sky News would have you believe that Nuclear Power is a wonderful, emission free alternative to renewables - and Australia's reticence to jump on board the worldwide nuclear bandwagon is just crazy!

There are literally no downsides to nuclear energy, right? 

And countries across the world aren't choosing to decommission old nuclear reactors, halt the production of new ones and instead build a metric f*cktonne of so...

AUSTRALIA'S HIGHEST EVER DEBT

[Early Access]

Time and time again we hear this lie that the Liberals are better economic managers than Labor... Let us finally put that claim to bed.

In this week's Ja Rule's we go into great detail as to why the current crop of Liberals are some of the worst economic managers this country has ever seen.

We can categorically say without question that Rob 'Millsy' Mills would do a better job of running the country,

As always, thank you all so much for your continued su...

A Current Affair: The Idiot's Choice

[Early Access]

Yeah it's an easy target, but they've had it coming for a long time...

A few months ago A Current Affair released a piece bemoaning the plague of 'Beach Bum' dole bludgers ravaging this country's coastal towns and cities. We here at Friendlyjordies simply must ask the question: are there bigger fish to fry?

The ACA reporter makes a HUGE deal about the $40 million in welfare fraud money the government has reclaimed... But in the grand scheme of things $40 milli...

Stephen Colbert Is Wrong About Russia

[Early Access]

*EDIT: CBS copyright-struck us for using the Colbert clip - so we had to re-edit the video. Also there were two lines involving George Bush that should have been Bill Clinton - they have been rectified.*

It's Friday and that means it's time for another installment of Ja Rule's Funtime Spooktacular ft. Friendlyjordies!

Jordan's fallen WAY WAY down the CIA/America conspiracy rabbit hole - and this video is the result. After reading the book 'Killing Hope' he's b...

Land Clearing and Mass Extinctions

[Early Access]

Land clearing in Australia has been shamefully bad in Australia for years. With the appointment of Sussan Ley as Environment Minster in Scott Morrison's new cabinet - it's looking like things will only get worse.

Land clearing is one of the main factors which has lead to the mass extinction of native species we're currently experiencing in our country. Something clearly has to change.

As always, thank you all so much for your contained support of our channel! ...

Reacting to Climate Deniers

[Early Access]

It's Friday so that means it's time for another Ja Rule's!

This week we thought we'd go through some of the comments we've received on YouTube from so called "climate deniers" (people who either don't believe in man-made climate change or in climate change in general). 

As you might expect, we had some issues with their logic. 

As always, thank you all so much for supporting our channel! We hope you all have an amazing weekend.

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Why America is Dead to Me

WELCOME TO 'HISTORYJORDIES WITH J. SHANKS'!

This week's video is something we've been wanting to make for a while - so we hope you all get a kick out of it.

November 1975... Labor leader Gough Whitlam is infamously dismissed from government by then Governor-General John Kerr. The event itself, the speeches, the fallout, are all part of the national consciousness. But we here at Historyjordies simply must ask the question: "what really happened behind the scenes?"

WHO'S REALL...

Greatest Aussie Celebrities

[Early Access]

Just so you know - the thumbnail is a joke!

Normally the Friday slot is devoted to a somewhat more serious video about the media or politics - our Steven Crowder/Vox video was originally slated to go up tomorrow but for various reasons we had to bring it forward. So that means today you get this!

Honestly we're quite proud of this video and think it's pretty damn funny, so we hope you guys get a laugh out of it.

As always, thank you all so much for your ...

Why Sky News Sucks

[Early Access]

It's the end of another week which means it's time for Ja Rule's Funtime Spooktacular ft. Friendlyjordies. 

For this week's video we start by taking a look at a recent Sky News segment where host Ben Fordham and two guests decide to rip apart Bill Shorten's accusation that the mainstream media was heavily biased against him in the lead up to the 2019 federal election. 

We, as you'll be incredibly surprised to hear, do not agree with Sky News.

S...