Comments on: Saturday Salon

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:06:54 +0000

My French friends tell me the upside of Sarkozy is that parliamentary votes will now swing left a few more % than they would have under Segolene.

This is the real power in the French system. Lets see who’s PM before predicting much on that front.

By: Enemy Combatant

Enemy Combatant — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:03:42 +0000

Segolene Royal was certainly not disgraced. Seems like a political stayer. Don’t think she’ll have to hovver on the periphery of power for as long as Ratty loomed here, before les peuples give her the nod for the top job.

Be interesting to observe just how much footsy Sarkozy is prepared to play with BushCo’s hegemonic imperatives in the Middle East.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:42:45 +0000

War Nerd on how Iran won the war in Iraq.

http://www.exile.ru/2007-May-04/war_nerd.html

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:20:10 +0000

More pics here.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:36:13 +0000

Spencer Tunick has set a new record.

About 18,000 people have posed nude for US photographer Spencer Tunick in Mexico City's Zocalo Square, setting a new record for the American artist known for snapping his subjects in the buff.

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:36:07 +0000

j-p-z:
The direct broadcast of “Elysee 2007″ results at close of polling started at 2:20am here. Thought Royal might have got in by a very narrow margin ….

PollutedSkies:
If the Chinese stack markets ever do collapse [H*ll, I mistyped "stock" as "stack". Nah, I'll leave it - too lazy to hit Delete then retype]. As I was saying, if ever they do collapse then look out for surprising and innovative non-economic responses to the situation ….. responses that benefit the Chinese …. .

By: polluted skies

polluted skies — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:36:21 +0000

Pause for thought – from Webb-site.com.

“Here’s something to think about while we await the collapse of the mainland market bubble. How high will it go and how long will it be before it bursts?
Nobody knows, and that’s what makes non-linear phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, avalanches and market crashes so interesting. But it’s certainly time to issue an avalanche warning.

Take a page out of Taiwan’s history book. Back on 10-Feb-90, the TSE Weighted Stock Index peaked at 12,495. It then crashed 80% to a low of 2,560 that year. Taiwan was then a closed market with strict capital controls. Market turnover that year was 500% of market capitalisation. Does any of this sound familiar? ”

There was a wobble around the world’s markets when the Shanghai market dropped 10 % recently. How will we end up if the chinese stock markets drop 90%?

As they say in the UK ” sell in May and go away “. Enjoy this while it lasts.

By: David Jackmanson

David Jackmanson — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:55:54 +0000

Click here to see a video I made of Mr Rudd's speech to the Labour Day rally today, at the Ekka Showgrounds in Brisbane.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 06 May 2007 20:56:12 +0000

Sarkozy wins.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:59:19 +0000

Just flipped it on, and if my French is any good, Segolene Royal was being interviewed about why she would make a good President, so I assume that no one knows anything about the results yet. She comes across well, I think.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:55:34 +0000

Live coverage of the polls started on sbs (streamed from France’s TV3) half an hour ago, j_p_z, so I assume that counting is just beginning. I’m off to bed, but I’ll go throw a tape in the vcr and see how good my French still is tomorrow!

By: j_p_z

j_p_z — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:32:42 +0000

Kind of surprised that no one around here has been handicapping the French elections. What time is it in Paris, anyway? There must be a trend emerging at the polls by now…

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:32:01 +0000

Labour Day public holiday tomorrow in Queensland.

By: joe2

joe2 — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:41:16 +0000

Any labour party, worth it’s salt , would make May 1st ……… an official public holiday, on the winning election night. And invite Hugo Chavez to visit our shores.

For many reasons , but above all , to allow the parrot Andrew Bolt, too squawk so much ………the next day, on the Insiders, he falls off his perch, requires help from Wildlife Refuge and is guided to the previously… Campbell organised.. Endangered Species Centre. ESC.

Somewhere near the Cocus Keeling Islands.

By: Gummo Trotsky

Gummo Trotsky — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:09:32 +0000

Today’s useless maxim:

Take the ladder to the wall, not the wall to the ladder.

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:54:58 +0000

Test Post in Firefox to see if I’m still getting Spaminated.

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:55:46 +0000

No But I’ll have a name tag with Friends of the ABC, along with a Save Our ABC Badge and my ALP lapel pin. OH and I’ll have a radio reciever and mobile phone hanging off a radio vest thingy.

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:53:17 +0000

Sorry Frank, meant to ask: There’s usually lots of people in wheelchairs at Freo Mayday. Do you have a marked varicocele with unusually penedent testicle? http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/05/05/saturday-salon-98/#comment-365497

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:39:42 +0000

(it goes on pretty much like that for five minutes with absolutely no visual relief)

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:38:04 +0000

Well it just so happens Zarquon that I have a vid for Belgium that’s neither the Triffids or Plastique Bertrand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2vb8LcQGrA