This is scary: A gang arrested by Slovakian police was trafficking uranium so enriched that it could have been used by terrorists in a dirty bomb, it emerged today. Two Hungarians and a Ukrainian man were arrested as they tried…
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Friday Funnies: 24 spoof – 1994 technology
I hope embedding this works! If not, try this link. Who has some good old-fashioned technology stories to share? Maintaining dial-up connections uphill both ways in the snow etc? H/T Pam Spaulding at Pandagon
Posted in fun, television
Two cabinet ministers for climate change
The received wisdom seems to be that Rudd has hived off climate change from Peter Garrett’s responsibilities and given it to Penny Wong. This is not correct. In fact they will both work on climate change. Rudd explained it this…
Posted in environment
Walkleys tonight; Milne apologises in advance
Last year I watched the Walkleys on the off chance it might be interesting – and we all know why it turned out to be. I suppose it’s hoping too much for the journo-fest to do the excitement thing twice…
Posted in media, television
Is Missy Hillary a lipsniger?
I’m surprised that detailed lesbian slurs against Clinton have taken this long to arise, actually, given that her sexual preferences have been questioned since long before Gennifer Flowers’ memoirs put the allegations into print. The fact that the alleged lust…
Cabinet announced, Nelson to lead Liberals
OK, just quickly, here is Rudd’s new Cabinet. Noteworthy: Julia Gillard gets IR and education. Peter Garrett gets environment, heritage and the arts, but water and climate change have been hived off into a new portfolio for Penny Wong. Bob…
Posted in politics
Me too, says Mal
So, as a rather bemused Tony Abbott was confronted with on Lateline tonight, Macolm Turnbull has now vowed to support signing Kyoto and an apology to the Stolen generation, to support gay rights, to tear up WorkChoices and Lord knows…
Posted in politics
Liberal keen to see economy destroyed
As a vigorous debate rages within the remnants of the Liberal party as to whether they should allow Labor’s windback of WorkChoices to pass in the Senate, one Liberal backbencher has voiced support, because he’d like to see the economy…
Posted in federal election '07, politics
I had a dream
I had a dream about Noel Pearson last night, the details of which I won’t go into, but it’s a bit of a weird thing and it’s never happened before to my knowledge. As regular LP readers will know, I’m…
Blogging a new government
Acccording to Club Bloggery, political blogs had a good election, but they wonder about the future: As mentioned earlier, poitical bloggers – and particularly psephs – have had a win this election. Part of the reason that organs like the…
Predictions and wishes and reasons for joy
Just a bit of amateur scrying from a non-pseph young’n… and an awkward segue into a prediction thread. Wishes, predictions, night terrors and ominous creakings – let’s hear ‘em. …. Guest post by Barry, cross-posted from investigativeblog.net. This is my…
Rest in peace.
Bernie Banton, who will be remembered as the man who led and won the drawn-out battle for compensation from the building products giant James Hardie has died at his home in Sydney. Mr Banton, who suffered from mesothelioma, died at…
Posted in life
NYT on the election…
For your amusement, the “paper of record” manages to make a complete hash of its “analysis” of the Australian election. Another potential fissure is over America’s military presence in Australia. An expansion of America’s forward basing abilities, which was part…
Posted in federal election '07, media
Let’s pretend we’re Mr G
So Kevin07 has given his backbenchers some homework before Thursday’s caucus meeting – they’ve all got to visit two schools in his electorate and have a yarn. Andrew Leigh asks his readers to speculate on what school principals might tell…
“Last moments in the sun”
Eleven years is a long time in politics. It was interesting to watch Lateline last night and to see Helen Coonan and Christopher Pyne as Tony Jones’ interviewees (not for anything they said, mind, though it was significant that Coonan…
Posted in federal election '07, media
