Greetings Comrades!

After the uproar following last month’s awards, I have decided to tone it down a bit. Hahahahahahaha.

They’re up first this month.

SOLO Awards:

KASS SOLOist of the Month Award (awarded by Linz)—Lance Davey. A newcomer with a decade of breeding and conforming to make up for, posting like there's no tomorrow.

SOLO Miracle—Phil Coates, or lack thereof.

Objectibabe of the Month—Ashley Frazier, for creative suggestions involving peanut butter.

Perseverance in the Face of Overwhelming Indifference—Lindsay Perigo, for his daily radio editorials.

The “Let Them Eat Cake” Award—Elijah Lineberry.

The “Too Much Information” Award— Hilton Holder, for flatulence description.

Highly Commended—Kasper Kulak, for embarking on a kamikaze mission at university and living to tell the tale. Good on ya mate.

Anyway, moving on.

August saw the running of the NZ Government sponsored Islam Awareness Week. After hearing about it at the last minute, SOLO decided to participate. Tariana Turia from the Racist Party didn’t seem to care much for our participation. See here. The honky hatred is palpable!

Apart from Islam Awareness Week, which was SOLO’s first targeted campaign (as far as I’m aware), we issued 6 Press Releases during August. This number is down on July, which was not exactly part of the plan. To ensure this does not happen again the whip has been cracked and SOLO staff have been issued with PR targets.

I will again encourage everyone else to submit a Press Release or Letter to the Editor. If you get a bee in your bonnet about anything, have a think about putting it into ‘releasable’ form instead of just blogging it. The more we bombard the politicians, media and general public, the harder it becomes to ignore us!

In other news, William Green continues to work tirelessly on ironing out the kinks that have resulted from the recent drupal upgrade. The chatroom/winebar is still a work in progress, and the intention is to have it up and running by the end of September at the latest.

While we work on moving Mohammad to the mountain with Press Releases and the like, it would be nice to have the mountain move a little closer to Mohammad. So, I hereby announce:

SOLO’s September Comrade Collection!

As the name suggests, during the month of September SOLO will be having a membership drive. YOU are involved:

- Any SOLOist who enlists another new member will be handsomely rewarded.

- New member MUST write at least a blog post to introduce themselves, and name you as the person who referred them.

- Prizes include an autographed copy of Lindsay Perigo’s biography, Perigo! Politically Incorrect, and – if you recruit three or more members – an online subscription to the world’s best magazine, The Free Radical.

Excited!? You’d better be!

I end on a sad note - we've just learned of the death in May of Fred Seddon's son, Beethoven. Sincere condolences, Fred, on your loss.

That’s it from me for now. If there is anything that I’ve missed or if you have any questions, please get in touch.

Mitch Lees, Commissar of KASS.