Open Bush torture memos thread
As I’m sure most of you know, last week the Obama administration released some memos written by staff in the Justice Department during the Bush administration, memos written for the CIA to provide legal cover for the use of harsh [...]
What if they held a conference on racism and all the whiteys stayed away?
As I wrote in 2006, I support Israel’s right to exist and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and I am a critic of unbalanced, inflammatory and obsessive criticism of Israel. However, I am also critical of unbalanced, inflammatory [...]
Otway CO2 sequestration trial "working"
The Age has a story about Australia’s first carbon sequestration trial, about half way between Warrnambool and Port Campbell on Victoria’s south-west coast. The trial is apparently working well, with 50,000 tonnes of CO2 stored without significant incident. This earlier [...]
Mediaeval warming becomes interesting at last
I’ve never been much interested in the detail of the famous ‘Hockey stick’ debate. This graph summarises what Mann et al put forward: Mann’s original article was about uncertainties in Northern Hemisphere temperatures. I noted the instrumental record part towards [...]
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!
A case study in Public Relations online
Just a little somethingsnark I put together following some events of the last few weeks: Large professional organisation covers its operating costs via membership fees and sponsor funding. Many members have pointed out for many years that sponsor funding from [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
The burning boat
Several victims of the fire on board the boat carrying asylum-seekers continue to fight for life; as we’ve all learned in recent years, severe burns leave their victims teetering on the precipice for many days afterwards. It seems that conservative [...]
Rudd chucks $100 million at a global clean coal institute
Yesterday Rudd officially launched the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute in Canberra. Christine Milne: I don’t believe that carbon capture and storage will ever be economically viable. I think renewables will leapfrog that technology in the timeframe. It is [...]
What are they serving at McDonald's these days?
This is the question which could be asked after 15 year old Ethan Johnson cycled from Robina to Sydney in six days, sustained by meals purchased at Maccas outlets along the way. Whilst the distance travelled was not quite 950km [...]
This has left me with a bad taste in my mouth
Across the US, tens..er…of thousands of republican voters have been participating in “Tea Party” protests, because Boston Tea Party and taxes are bad. Just think of your primary school American history and join the dots. (April 15 is the deadline [...]
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