Politicans largely not becoming bloggers
In the United States, many candidates have begun to use blogs and online video as a major campaign tool. But the Victorian election has shown remarkably little online activity by the candidates. Each of the major parties has a traditional [...]
Dealing with Family First
The Age reports that Labor could preference Family First, and Mr Lefty is concerned that this confirms that the ALP has embraced the right-wing.
Prioritising
The Spinrat’s timing seems to be off on this one. Just as he announces a programme to fund school chaplaincy positions , academics from ANU. Latrobe and UWA announce the findings of studies that show: While 2/3 of high school [...]
The Countdown Generation
There is a whole generation of Australians for who nothing was more sacred on Sunday than making sure they tuned into Countdown at 6:00pm. From 1974 till 1987 Countdown was a primary influence on many music fans, especially for those [...]
Something wicked this way comes
So, obviously, I’m a couple of days premature, but I’ve been thinking about Halloween. There’s some interesting history and cultural stuff over at Wikipedia. But what I wanted to do with this thread was invite people to discuss what scares [...]
Globalisation, Islam and class
I’ve recently been reading John Ralston Saul’s The collapse of globalism and the reinvention of the world and I think he’s got something relevant to say about globalisation and Islam that seems appropriate given the events of the week and [...]
Sunday cats
Lifted from Pandagon. zomg – more cats captions [link]
Trick or treat?
American and British TV shows are extremely fond of seasonal special episodes, best exemplified by The Simpsons‘ annual Halloween episodes and The Vicar Of Dibley‘s Christmas episodes, and most travestied by the Star Wars Christmas Special. We don’t seem to [...]
Sunday Video: Trick shots
Some incredible pool skills over the fold…
Family First’s Hidden Revolutionary Agenda
Understandably miffed at suggestions that he might have been suborned by Rupert or Jamie, Family Firstâs Steve Fielding took to the op-ed pages of Thursday’s Age to defend himself against the smear that he had been âduchessedâ? into voting for [...]
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