Thread: Friendly Jordies reporters home Firebombed in Bondi

Well worth viewing. Jordan doesn't hold back.

Of course when an incident like this happens, designed to intimidate and possible even murder inconvenient media, the correct response is to follow the person targeted- who clearly must have something interesting to say. Friendly Jordies Youtube homepage is therefore provided below, for anyone interested in the corrupt underbelly of Australian politics and Big business:-


friendlyjordies - YouTube


Suggest you follow him. Unfortunately, he will not be posting for a while- he has gone to ground temporarily seeing as someone is after his life. But he will be back, and there is plenty of material there to keep you occupied.

I hope the catch him and that the home owners had insurance.

But the article title made no sense to me .
"Arson suspected as "Friendly Jordies" Bondi home set on fire "

Ohh I see.
Dont they proof read these things? they wrote as instead of at

The 33-year-old YouTuber says he is being targeted, with a long list of suspects. Callum Foote reports on what appears to be a terrorist attack – a rare act of political violence and, if so, something more likely to happen in St Petersburg than Sydney.

The Bondi home of Jordan Shanks-Markovina, otherwise known as Friendlyjordies, was firebombed last night, police and Shanks’ lawyers have confirmed. Shanks’ lawyers have asked the bombing to be considered a terrorist attack by the NSW police.

Shanks is a media personality with almost 620,000 followers on YouTube who combines comedy and journalism aimed at youth.

In the past 12 months, FriendlyJordies as an entity and Shanks-Markovina himself have racked up a number of high-profile enemies being engaged in legal action with former Deputy Premier of NSW John Barilaro and more recently ClubsNSW. There is no suggestion Barilaro or ClubsNSW is involved in this attack.

Shanks-Markovina was not home at the time of the bombing, but it appears as though it was a deliberate attempt to harm the comedian who has just returned from a multiweek tour of Australia in the last two days.

Police said that emergency services were called to the residence at 12:20am on Wednesday and that it will be investigating the link to a fire at the same address last Thursday.

MWM can confirm that Shanks spoke with mainstream TV media journalists who were at the scene this morning, levelling the finger at them for the repeated character assassination attempts over the past two years saying that while the friendlyjordies team have been taking on powerful interests the media have been “cheering the bad guys on including the former Deputy Premier who the media turned a blind eye to” according to a source at the scene.

A former employee of friendlyjordies, Grant, has said that some of the reporting of the attack “is kind of implying here that it’s no surprise it happened to him being “controversial” and having enemies whilst not addressing his work directly. I feel like they’re not putting into context why this could’ve happened properly, making him out to be some shock jock who might have had it coming. Obviously, they can’t speculate or be seen to be implying that ClubsNSW or a developer may have done it but they really do dance around the work Jordan has done,” he said.

According to Mark Davies, Shank’s lawyer, “It’s deadly serious. Jordan is taking this very seriously. Clubs NSW is trying to put him in jail and someone else is trying to kill him for his journalism.”

Shanks residence is at the rear of a house that has been subdivided, with an elderly couple who live on the street side of the building close to where the firebomb detonated.

Speaking to the list of enemies that Shanks has amassed Davies says that this attack is a retaliation “for his journalism, which has been some of the best in Australia over the last 12 months. He’s taken on some of the most powerful individuals and corporations in this state and in return not only does he have one of those organisations trying to put him in jail on a private contempt order now someone appears to be trying to kill him.”

ClubsNSW instituted a contempt proceeding against Shanks alongside whistleblower Troy Stolz last September.

Shanks’ producer Kristo Langker was arrested in June last year in his own home by the Fixated Persons Unit, a secretive squad within the NSW Police over trumped-up charges of stalking brought forward by John Barilaro. The charges were dropped by NSW Police in March this year with the police ordered to pay costs of $12,000 to Langker’s legal team.

Selected Sydney terrorist attacks

In 1966, the federal Labor leader Arthur Calwell was shot through his car window after leaving an anti-Vietnam War rally at Mosman Town Hall. Peter Kocan was convicted of attempted murder and served 10 years in a psychiatric institution.
In 1972, an office of the Yugoslav government was bombed, injuring 16 people.
In 1975, newspaper publisher Juanita Neilsen disappeared, supposedly at the hands of organised crime. She was prominent in campaigns against demolition of heritage buildings in east Sydney.
In 1978, a bomb in a garbage bin outside the Hilton hotel exploded, killing a policeman and two council workers. Sydney was hosting 12 heads of state for the inaugural Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting. Questions remain, with international and local figures accused. One man was convicted and acquitted, another served eight years.
In 1980, the Turkish consul-general, Sarik Ariyak, and his bodyguard, Engin Sever, were gunned down at Dover Heights. Responsibility was claimed but nobody has been charged.
Between 1980 and 1985, four people were killed in a murderous rampage against the Family Court. One judge was shot dead, another judge’s home was bombed, killing his wife. In 2020, Leonard Warwick was jailed for life.
In 1994, NSW Labor MP John Newman was shot dead outside his home in Cabramatta. Businessman and former deputy mayor of Fairfield Phuong Ngo is serving a life sentence.
In 2014, 18 hostages were held in the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place by Iranian refugee Man Haron Monis. The 18-hour siege came to an end when Monis shot dead the cafe manager, causing police to storm the building. Monis and another hostage died of bullet wounds.
In 2015, police accountant Curtis Cheng was shot dead outside the NSW Police Force headquarters in Parramatta. His 15-year-old assailant was shot dead by police. Another teenage man is serving a 44-year sentence in relation to the crime.

'Terrorist attack': home of Bondi Beach media identity Jordan Shanks firebombed - Michael West

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I hope the catch him and that the home owners had insurance.

But the article title made no sense to me .
"Arson suspected as "Friendly Jordies" Bondi home set on fire "

Ohh I see.
Dont they proof read these things? they wrote as instead of at

'as' makes sense. 'at' does not.

Originally Posted by cyrille

'as' makes sense. 'at' does not.

Of course it would, to you.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Of course it would, to you.

It does to any fully literate person.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

But the article title made no sense to me .
"Arson suspected as "Friendly Jordies" Bondi home set on fire "

Arson cannot be suspected if the house was not set on fire? Regardless of where the fire was "at".

Originally Posted by cyrille

It does to any fully literate person.

Then why does it make sense to you?

:zing:

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Arson cannot be suspected if the house was not set on fire? Regardless of where the fire was "at".

That would make sense if there was an "Is" between the words "Home" and "Set"
also , unless there are many "Friendly Jordies " it should be friendly Jordie's home.

"As" is correct.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

That would make sense if there was an "Is" between the words "Home" and "Set"

jhc

Was that your first time reading a news headline?

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

That would make sense if there was an "Is" between the words "Home" and "Set"
also , unless there are many "Friendly Jordies " it should be friendly Jordie's home.

1. It's a news article headline, BB. A feature of news article headlines is that they are short. It's common for some words to be omitted to make the headline short.

2. Jordan Shanks-Markovina is known online as friendlyjordies, not freindly jordie.


friendlyjordies - Wikipedia
friendlyjordies - YouTube

Business dispute? Love triangle?

Actually, he only occupied the back of the house- set up as a separate apartment. An elderly couple occupied the rest, and have managed to keep out of the media. Another bit of trivia- I used to live literally 150 metres from there in the early 90's, Kenneth St.

Originally Posted by sabang

Actually, he only occupied the back of the house- set up as a separate apartment. An elderly couple occupied the rest, and have managed to keep out of the media. Another bit of trivia- I used to live literally 150 metres from there in the early 90's, Kenneth St.

Hmm. Interesting.
And where were you around 12.30am ?

Originally Posted by Neverna

Jordan Shanks-Markovina is known online as friendlyjordies, not freindly jordie.

Jordies's house?
Anyway, I heading back to the "what you are drinking" thread , where at least we have an excuse for our replies.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

Anyway, I heading back to the "what you are drinking" thread , where at least we have an excuse for our replies.

Shouldn't it be, "where as least"?

Originally Posted by Mendip

Shouldn't it be, "where as least"?

Et tu Mendip?
for sure I thought you had my six.

Originally Posted by sabang

Actually, he only occupied the back of the house- set up as a separate apartment. An elderly couple occupied the rest, and have managed to keep out of the media. Another bit of trivia- I used to live literally 150 metres from there in the early 90's, Kenneth St.

I reckon it was peter dutton and his henchmen