Electric cars, MK II
Despite all manner of travails, Tesla Motors are delivering production models of their Roadster electric sports car. Or, more to the point, they are delivering a heavily-reingineered version of the Roadster that a) actually works as promised, and b) can [...]
Victoria, we have a problem
It’s time to talk about Victoria. It’s become clear since yesterday’s arrests that the alleged terrorists have one thing in common. One thing that the PC-obsessed, ALP-controlled, ethnic-loving media are too scared to talk about. They all came from a [...]
I won’t add my condemn to your condemn XXXIX
There hasn’t been nearly enough condemnation or loud denunciation lately. Which evil political, cultural, social, musical, religious, and other phenomena need condemnation? (Or loud denunciation?) You’re encouraged to condemn anything except David Rovics. Or me, for not being a better [...]
The tanking conundrum
Every year, about this time of year, supporters of AFL clubs cleave into roughly three groups. The first, whose teams are safely inside the final eight and particularly the top four, start pencilling in a grand final party; members start [...]
Godwin Grech and the creepy pod people
Guy Rundle has written an excellent piece on the human and political dimensions of Utegate, which I’m reproducing from Crikey, with permission, over the fold. NB: Previous discussion of Utegate at LP can be accessed here.
Terrorism arrests
It’s all over the news, of course. A number of people have been arrested in a joint operation by the AFP, Victoria and NSW state police, with the cooperation of ASIO: Police allege a suicide terrorist plot had been formed [...]
Utegate open thread
Malcolm Turnbull used the traditional pr vehicle for people in deep trouble – Australian Story – last night to try to put a positive gloss on his response to the revelations about the Gordon Grech email which he’d previously claimed [...]
Anna Bligh's very bad week
From today’s Crikey email: Anna Bligh certainly wasn’t exaggerating when she observed that Queensland Labor had a bad week. Nor has this week started off well for her, with a Galaxy Poll showing her approval rating plunging to 33%, just [...]
Understanding the news
To “real” cricket aficionados, the Channel Nine commentary team can be extremely tedious. We don’t need to hear the leg before wicket rule explained for the umpteenth time. We know the new ball tends to swing, and the old ball [...]
Double dissolution triggers
A report from today’s Australian: KEVIN Rudd has quietly assembled at least nine potential early-election triggers and is about to rain them upon Malcolm Turnbull to undermine his rival’s already brittle leadership. When parliament resumes next week, the Prime Minister [...]
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