I’m going to be away from Brissie for about a week – visiting a friend who lives outside Toowoomba (and expecting to freeze!) – so won’t be around the intertubes though I’ll be scheduling the Saturday Salon post before I…
Larvatus Prodeo in exile
Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Holidays and unfinished blog business!
Tagged with: blogosphere, Culture, gender & equality, sociology, Writings
Posted in culture, Developing world, feminism, life, Notices, Women
Posted in culture, Developing world, feminism, life, Notices, Women
Disabled in a disaster? Just wait until we've helped all the real people, all right?
Lauredhel had a post a few days ago noting the plight of a quadriplegic man abandoned while the ablebodied passengers were evacuated during the train breakdown on the Sydney Harbour Bridge recently and told he would be evacuated “in two…
John Howard, the 007 version
Pure comedy gold from Aussie Bob at Surfdom – Cabinet: The Movie. Nothing more to say. Go round and look.
Tagged with: blogosphere, Culture, Federal election 2007, John Howard, politics&govt, Writings
Posted in culture, Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
Posted in culture, Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
Egging Brendan
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson might find himself with a few things to explain about his handling of the Education portfolio, back in the day: THE long-held secret of which nine Australian Research Council grants were vetoed by former education minister…
Tagged with: brendan nelson, Federal election 2007, politics&govt
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, politics
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, politics
Ozonomics – Inside the Myth of Australia's Economic Superheroes
The meme that the steadily growing economy of the last decade owes a lot to a) luck, and b) the Hawke-Keating reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, has been steadily propogating after, seemingly, starting out as a few grizzles in…
Tagged with: Federal election 2007, John Howard, Peter Costello, politics&govt, Writings
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Economics, Federal Elections, government, Howardia, Policy, politics
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Economics, Federal Elections, government, Howardia, Policy, politics
YouTube, campaigns and TEH STOOPID
Last month, I linked to Rachel Maddow‘s rather groovy video deconstruction of the campaign asylum. Rachel’s worth watching again, taking on the Republicans (and Hillary) on Iraq: Incidentally, we could do with a better debate on Iraq – not just…
Tagged with: Coalition, Federal election 2007, John Howard, Labor, politics&govt, Video
Posted in Climate change, elections, Federal Elections, Film, TV, Video etc, Howardia, Iraq
Posted in Climate change, elections, Federal Elections, Film, TV, Video etc, Howardia, Iraq
Labor premiers do the differentiation? And other reflections on Mohamed Haneef
There were some suggestions on the thread about Mohamed Haneef that the Labor response to wedges is for Rudd or a shadow minister to agree with the government, only to have Premiers and other state Labor figures cast doubts as…
Tagged with: authoritarian, intolerance, Labor, politics&govt, sociology, war & conflict
Posted in Authoritarianism, Crime, Developing world, elections, Howardia, immigration, Law, politics, Terrorism
Posted in Authoritarianism, Crime, Developing world, elections, Howardia, immigration, Law, politics, Terrorism
The Go bag
I’ll see your fridge magnet and raise you a Go bag. The City of Sydney along with the Federal Government wants us all to get ready. Sydneysiders will be encouraged to prepare themselves and their families for emergencies in an…
Posted in Apocalypse, Disasters
Go Ahead, Be Stupid – It's Your Democratic Right!
CHRIS UHLMANN: On a personal level, were you expecting to see some signs of a turnaround in the polls by now? TONY ABBOTT: I think it would be fair to say that you always tend to expect that good government…
Tagged with: Asshattery, Federal election 2007, politics&govt, Tony Abbott
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, levity
So, is it OK?
crossposted at Hoyden About Town and at Feministe Feminist bloggers Jessica, Amanda, Twisty and Violet Socks (and Melissa too!) have all written about this article: Is it OK to Demand An*l S*x? (asterisks for the benefit of corporate filters). The…
Happy birthday blogosphere!
I had no idea, perhaps because as suz observed in a recent post, we in Australia were mostly just discovering the intertubes for the first time a decade ago, but apparently the blogosphere turns ten today. Via Crooks and Liars,…
Tagged with: blogosphere, Culture, Federal election 2007, politics&govt, Writings
Posted in culture, elections, Federal Elections, media, sociology
Posted in culture, elections, Federal Elections, media, sociology
Guns Don't Kill People – Doctors Kill People!
According to a comment at Club Troppo, doctors are a bigger threat to community safety than guns. And, this being the internet, the commenter, Phil, had the links to prove it.
Preferred PM Theorem
In an unexpected guest post at The Poll Bludger, The Government Gazette maintains the rage: Kevin Ruddâs prime ministerial ambitions lie in tatters today after yet another devastating opinion poll, this time from ACNielsen. For all the ignorant whingeing levelled…
Tagged with: Coalition, Federal election 2007, Kevin Rudd, Kim Beazley, Labor
Posted in Federal Elections, media, Polls
Posted in Federal Elections, media, Polls
