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John Howard, the 007 version
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
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
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
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
That speech!
Perhaps we’re giving it too much attention (given that it was a pile of negative dross and dire warnings that if Labor does anything about global warming YOUR JOB WILL DISAPPEAR and anyway, union bosses will soon drag us back…
Tagged with: Coalition, Federal election 2007, Labor, politics&govt
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, politics
Posted in Federal Elections, Howardia, politics
Things to Come: Collected Writings
I’ve just been looking over the web-site of the Right Honourable Mr John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, in particular, the speeches in the Media Centre section. One striking thing is the orotundity of some of the titles, which are…
The real moral challenge of our century
John Howard says that he won’t sacrifice Australia’s great economy on the altar of climate change. Our Dear Leader is shining a torch towards a future where we can all be at ease. But, but, has he considered the most…
About that Speech
According to John Howard’s opening to his major speech on âAustralia Risingâ? yesterday, Queensland is the down-under equivalent of California. Sorry, I’m digressing already â not a promising start. Let’s move on to substance of the speech, which begins where…
Truthiness
A new study, whose findings were released today, provides further evidence to suggest that there is no link between induced abortion and breast cancer. A 2003 international expert panel convened by the National Cancer Institute reviewed and assessed research regarding…
Tagged with: culture wars, gender & equality, politics&govt, sociology
Posted in feminism, health, Medicine, politics, science
Posted in feminism, health, Medicine, politics, science
At least you can get a free bowl of chili on the Death Star
No, this isn’t a post about the McCain Walnuts! cabin on the Death Star, but Rupe’s corner of the dark side of the force. (Though, over the fold, you can see something of the cyber-savviness of McCain’s campaign wonks who…
Tagged with: Federal election 2007, politics&govt, Video
Posted in elections, Federal Elections, Film, TV, Video etc, media, USA
Posted in elections, Federal Elections, Film, TV, Video etc, media, USA
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Larvatus Prodeo in exile 