End of an era

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized

Today is the last sit­ting day of the Senate, and because our Senate changes over mid-year, no matter when the Sen­at­ors were elec­ted, those Sen­at­ors whose terms are up finish today and the newly elec­ted lot start next week. We put half the Senate up for renewal...
a cheap holiday in other people’s misery

a cheap holiday in other people’s misery

by | Jun 24, 2008 | Uncategorized

I’ve been mean­ing to say that this art­icle in The Age about hon­ey­moon­ing in the Mal­dives con­tras­ted so strongly with timur_i_lenk ‘s reports of his work there with UNICEF that I could­n’t help but start singing Dead Kennedy’s songs or think­ing about...

Naked tweens not inherently sexual: Censors

by | Jun 6, 2008 | Uncategorized

And in shock news, the Aus­tralian cen­sor­ship office has made a logical decision, announ­cing that the con­tro­ver­sial Bill Henson photos of a 12-year-old naked girl rate a PG and should not be banned. Could this mean that any pedo­philic thoughts...

A great statesman in the making

by | Jun 4, 2008 | Uncategorized

Barack Obama has accep­ted the nom­in­a­tion of the Demo­cratic Party:Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Demo­cratic nom­inee for Pres­id­ent of the United States.The speech is bril­liant. One of the most inspir­ing I’ve heard and...