The first rule of censorship is that you cannot talk about censorship
WikiLeaks is a public-interest website which makes leaked material freely available on the internet. In the past it has revealed information on psychological torture at Guantanamo Bay, a Pentagon analysis showing it is losing the war in Afghanistan, and insider [...]
Climate Denialism whack-a-mole
It’s hard to ignore resurgence of the ‘Australia shouldn’t do anything until everyone else does’ meme, most recently by the National Party. Dennis provides another variation on the theme, spinning this fair and balanced question in the latest Newspoll: Currently, [...]
The Debate’s not Over …
… until you’ve convinced the “Wheel of Fortune” host. A lot more than 10 questions on Man-Made Global Warming from US spinmeister and vowel pusher, Pat Sajak. The link from the site’s home page says that Sajak’s piece answers “… [...]
Careful there voters! You can’t return the Boogieman like an unwanted Christmas present, you know! But Unca John can keep your economy safe…why won’t you trust me?
Now our Prime Minister is treating voters like heedless children who simply haven’t thought carefully enough about what change might mean. Mr Howard says there is always a risk with changing Government. And he warns voters flirting with the idea [...]
Liberal dirt unit is working overtime
A quick survey of today’s broadsheets reveals that the Liberal Party dirt unit has been working overtime and is coming up with zilch. Apparently 13 ALP candidates are still listed as employed on government websites. So they MUST HAVE BROKEN [...]
Alarmism 101
(Cross-posted at Larvatus Prodeo in exile) I’ve been reading another bad book over the past week – a really bad book. It’s a long spray at consumerism and urban sprawl. It follows a fairly familiar formula – after the introduction [...]
Dirty tricks department
What does this headline, as seen in a screengrab from today’s Daily Telegraph online, imply to you? See larger image here. The bit about “election rival ‘gay’” would be more accurately summed up as “independent candidate you’ve never heard of [...]
Aspirational nationalism makes a comeback
From today’s Crikey email: We haven’t heard anything about aspirational nationalism in this campaign. If you cast your mind back to August, it was John Howard’s new big philosophical idea. Boldly going where no nonsensical phrase had gone before – [...]
With friends like these…
It’s not just Blair MP Cameron Thompson citing interest rates as a “positive” for the Coalition. Terry McRann: I for one like, really like this interest rate rise. I am most certainly not sorry that the official rate has risen [...]
Poor Dennis…
… is going to have to learn to deal with reality should the ALP win this election. In today’s GG the Shamaham breathlessly announces that the latest Newspoll survey of the marginal electorates demonstrates that Howard has “fought back in key marginal [...]
Conclusive proof the worm is a lefty
Proof at last — you can’t trust the worm: THE secret is out: the Nine Network’s worm is a left-leaning university student, or maybe a bored left-wing pensioner, prepared to work for $30 a day. So says the Government Gazette. [...]
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