Plimer watch
The Spectator has excelled itself in stupidity by putting on it’s front page a puff piece boosting Ian Plimer. This was too tempting a target for George Monbiot at The Guardian, so he obliged with a scathing commentary. This led [...]
Woodstock un-remembered
Another risible article from David Burchell marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. In attacking “the Woodstock moment”, he criticises “un-remembering” (what a horrible coinage), the putative sin of the Boomers (whoever they may be), and in the process indicts himself [...]
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!
Righteous anger and intellectual dishonesty
After writing about Christian Rossiter, a man who has asked the Supreme Court to affirm his right to choose to die, I was accused of supporting death panels wanting to knock people off more quickly than we do now. Usually [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
A win, of sorts
THE WA Supreme Court has ruled that a quadriplegic man can request to stop being tube-fed so he can die. Chief Justice Wayne Martin said the Brightwater Care Group would not be criminally responsible by ceasing nutrition and hydration through [...]
Vale Les Paul
There will be tributes all over the web for the next few days. Would rock music as we now know it be even possible without his perfecting of the solid-body electric guitar? Please link to the best tributes you come [...]
Well now, there's a surprise
The AMA is opposed to a pharmacy chain’s plan to provide walk-in clinics staffed by nurse practitioners.
Yar
The Pirate Party has been officially registered in the UK and is thus now eligible to field candidates in elections. That is all.
Where now for the CPRS?
So, the Greens aren’t too sad that the Rudd government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was blocked in the Senate – indeed they were a key component of that blocking. From the GreensMPs website: “The collapse of the Continue Polluting [...]
Terrorism laws discussion paper out
The discussion paper outlining proposed reforms to federal terrorism legislation are out. Here’s McLelland’s statement on their release. There does appear to be some positive developments in this discussion paper, with sedition disappearing as an offence at least in name. [...]
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