Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
The Wilson/Windschuttle Quadrant hoax: the washup continued
There’s an interesting debate proceeding on a post by Jason Wilson at gatewatching on Katherine Wilson’s hoaxing of Keith Windschuttle and Quadrant [previous LP posts here]. I think there’s some useful clarification of some of the ethical issues in the [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Australian soldier awarded VC
ABC news has a report, but it’s perhaps most useful to read the Defence Department’s citation, which describes Donaldson’s unit trying to extract themselves from an ambush: Compounding the extraction was the fact that casualties had consumed all available space [...]
Barry Brook on nuclear energy
Barry Brook, perhaps influenced by James Hansen’s open letter to Barack Obama on what to do about the climate, makes the case at ABC unleashed for further consideration of nuclear power, and specifically the Integral Fast Reactor, in the light [...]
An expression of community
Originally posted on my blog. Since Jeff Sparrow took over as editor of Overland in 2007, he has been working to increase the magazine’s presence. Part of his approach has been to publish the full contents of recent issues — [...]
I love the smell of coffee in the morning… it smells like…
[With apologies to Apocalypse Now] <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/coffee-poster.bmp" align=left I’ve been racking my brain to try to remember where a very spiffy article was published late last year about how to get scientific findings reported in the media… because I strongly [...]
Possum deconstructs The Borg
Possum has a super post on Lawrence Springborg’s cunning plan – how to lose an election against a tired four term government. Go read.
Shooting the Messenger
Hello- Helen from the Cast Iron Balcony here. The LP hivemind has kindly asked me to submit some posts here, which I’m honoured to do, especially since the sad demise of Road to Surfdom. I irritate a great many commenters [...]
Matthew Hindman – The Myth of Digital Democracy
I have a review of Matthew Hindman’s sceptical tome over at Inside Story.
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