Possibly because it can’t be spun as a story about TEH EVIL UNION BOSSES or something (or at least not the right kind of story, but more of that later), there’s not much debate around the traps on the ALP…
Larvatus Prodeo in exile
Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Whom, exactly, is Joe de Bruyn representing?
Tagged with: same-sex attraction, sociology
Posted in Lesbian and Gay, media, politics, Relationships, religion
Posted in Lesbian and Gay, media, politics, Relationships, religion
Moral Panic Monday! II
If things get really desparate for the government this year, will they be tempted to take a leaf out of Utah Republicans’ book? “Utah County Republicans ended their convention on Saturday by debating Satan’s influence on illegal immigrants. (…) Don…
Tagged with: Asshattery, politics&govt
Posted in Apocalypse, Howardia, immigration, levity, religion
Posted in Apocalypse, Howardia, immigration, levity, religion
Riverbend bids Baghdad farewell
Riverbend, the author of Baghdad Burning, whose blog has become well known around the world, is finally packing up and leaving Iraq. Two million Iraqis have already done so.
Australia wins world cup and nobody cares
After such an insipid and tragic tournament, there is some appropriateness that the tournament ended in farce. Australia were so far in front of the field this time around it wasn’t funny; despite not having arguably their best one-day paceman…
The nuclear thread we had to have
Well, the battle-lines are now drawn. Labor’s widely expected decision to scrap the “no new mines” policy scraped through the national conference. However, the reaction of state governments is variable, with Western Australia promising to not allow mines, while South…
Tagged with: Coalition, Federal election 2007
Posted in environment, Federal Elections, Nuclear, politics
Posted in environment, Federal Elections, Nuclear, politics
Sunday Spruiking
Please, share the best reading you’ve found this week with the rest of the class. Most intriguing idea I’ve seen this week: the 24 hours of Flickr project for May 5th, encouraging everyone to carry a camera, document their day,…
Posted in misc
Concentrating on solar power
Despite the fact that there’s rumours the upcoming budget is going to throw money at putting solar panels on people’s roofs, the conservatives are no fan of solar cells. And you know what? They’re dead right. Solar panels are one…
Posted in environment, Technology
Reprise: What's it like to have one leg?
I don’t blog on disability issues very much, but I noticed at tigtog’s place a link to a blog that’s new to me – The Gimp Parade, and also via that link, I became aware of one of the very…
Tagged with: blogosphere, Culture, Disability, disadvantage, sociology, Writings
Posted in culture, Disability, life, Philosophy, Technology
Posted in culture, Disability, life, Philosophy, Technology
Open Labor Conference thread
Meanwhile, up here in Brisvegas, I’ve just noticed on my stumble home from the Valley Jazz Festival, The Curious-Snail headline for tomorrow is framed by a huge picture of Rudd, and the headline reads something like “This man will help…
Tagged with: Federal election 2007, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor
Posted in Federal Elections, politics
Posted in Federal Elections, politics
Saturday Salon
An open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Quantum geek blog stoushes hit the big time
A guest post by Mick Something really weird is happening in science right now, it seems that the blogosphere is changing the nature of scientific discourse. A great example of this, and one that I’m familiar with because it’s a…
I remember the first time I heard John Coltrane
Trevor Hart fans will get the reference. Following on from Mark’s Valley Jazz Festival post last night, two bands worth seeing tonight are The Sarah Collyer Trio at the Bank Vault (corner Ann St & the Brunswick St Mall) at…
Boris Yeltsin and the problem of Russian democracy
The death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has called forth a range of appraisals of his contribution to the demise of the Soviet Union and the development of democracy in Russia. Monica Attard, who reported so memorably on the…
Fair Work Australia
Good policy, dumb cutesy name, concern over the scope of its powers. Trevor Cormack has an excellent analysis at Solidarity.
The 60% emissions target: science or ideology
For some time now Howard with the assistance of some people who should know better has been establishing a meme that Labor’s 60% emissions target by 2050 will wreck the economy. Labor and the Greens with their 80% target are…
Tagged with: Australian Greens
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Posted in Uncategorized
