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In the news this morning, which I do usually read while drinking my coffee, I noticed yet another tragic accidental death in Melbourne involving a car and a pedestrian which in turn reminded me of the Miranda troll earlier in the week about cars and bike riders. Now I ride my bikes, have done for [...]  Before the last election the Labor party committed to restoring the position of a staff elected representative on the ABC board, a position abolished by Howard who also went on to stack the ABC board with the likes of Keith Windshuttle, Janet Albrechtsen and a host of other right wingers. Not surprisingly the board [...] This is a rather dubious article from Miranda as she weakly mixes some dry humour with authoritarian concerns for the rule of law in a poorly judged attempt to provoke some controversy. It suffers from a limited perspective, the view from a comfortable middle class yuppy lifestyle which might include the odd casual sunday afternoon [...] Jeez Kev I though you might have talked about the what it means for people instead of how important it is for “the prosperity of our economy”. Has anyone else noticed just how inculcated the notion of “our economy” has become in everyday speech. Garrett was prancing around at the National Press Club yesterday, talking [...] Even Catalyst is reporting on the concerns of scientists over human activity and its consequences. Jellyfish aren’t fish and fish feed a large percentage of the worlds population despite our depredations. A quick look on the net uncovered 2005 figures, which underlines the food problem for Asia, 70% of the world consumption of fish occurs [...] Canberra isn’t usually the place for big public protests and yesterday’s 350.org rally was fairly typical of the Canberra protest scene. A good number of the usual suspects rocked up in their Subarus although the biking student collective were also out in force. It was a fine day, the grass is always green on Capital [...] One of Mark Scott’s greatest achievements, should he retire as CEO tomorrow, would have to be the extent to which he has turned the ABC into a cultural fiefdom for dispensing government funds to the private sector in return for so-called Australian content. In response to a question in a Senate committee the other day [...] Let’s start with this one Or maybe some good ole “love the mac” or even maybe some “smarty cereal” after all 20 million ppl can’t be wrong. still I think Janis gets my vote this morning. Sebastian Kaempf talked about the propaganda battle as another front in the “war against terrorism” at the War2.0 conference a few weeks ago. Here’s another example. Taliban YouTube Channel: Group Creates YouTube Channel To Spread Propaganda (VIDEO). I can still remember reading Have Space Suit Will Travel for the first time… Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction – young adult science fiction – io9. |
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