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Global Warming: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore2 comments

Danner wrote 1 day ago: Yesterday Brian at Flashpoint linked to a recent article by one David Evans published in The Austral … more »

Tags: Science, Global Warming, David Evans, CO2 emissions

Russia banning roo meat over antibiotics

zayzayem wrote 2 days ago: The Australian: “Russia bans Aussie ‘antibiotic’ meat“ Russia has imposed te … more »

Tags: from the newsdesk, kangaroo down, girt by more sea, in soviet russia - link clicks you, Australia, Food, Russia, Antibiotics, Meat

Round 2 to the SMH

themeda wrote 5 days ago: It’s so good to see those paragons of journalist integrity, The Australian and The Sydney Morn … more »

Tags: Religion, The Media, Sydney Morning Herald, world youth day, Mike Carlton, rupert murdoch, News Ltd, Fairfax, abc

Promise less, prepare for worst1 comment

homepaddock wrote 1 week ago:  SOMETIMES the best way to make voters forget their ills - real and imagined - is to promise them l … more »

Tags: Politics, Australia, Voters, Kevin Rudd, recession, George Megalogenis, Paul Keating, spruik, encarta

"You first"

themeda wrote 2 weeks ago: “Next time I enter a confessional, I’ll say, “You first”.” H. Casson, … more »

Tags: Religion

That old "Mandela was a terrorist" chestnut rears it's ugly head again13 comments

clubwah wrote 2 weeks ago: A disappointingly simplistic opinion piece was published in The Australian today by author Alan Gold … more »

Tags: media, Politics, racism, alan gold, apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa

More on How Fiction Works and someone else's review doesn't

Jake Seliger wrote 2 weeks ago: In The Australian, a nominal review of James Wood’s How Fiction Works is really a discussion o … more »

Tags: Books, Culture, Links, Philosophy, A Reader's Manifesto, Art, DeLillo, eco, Henry James

The departure of Alexander is a downer. Or is it?

themeda wrote 2 weeks ago: “Just tell him to fuck off. Can’t you see I’m very busy?”   Alexander Downer, former fo … more »

Tags: politicians, Paul Daley, sun-herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Alexander Downer, John Howard, East Timor, Mike Carlton, Janet Albrechtsen

Latte-sipping luvvies consigned to the dustbin of history1 comment

themeda wrote 4 weeks ago: “Despite the eulogies, the Democrats never achieved anything pf value and have rightly been co … more »

Tags: politicians, Democrats

Divers See Many Victims inside Vessel

crthead wrote 1 month ago: The Australian has issued a story relating to the divers that have gone down to recover victims of c … more »

Tags: News, Philippines, World Affairs, mv princess of the stars, Philippine Ferry Disaster, Philippines Ferry, Typhoon Fengshen

Style vs Substance

homepaddock wrote 1 month ago: If it wasn’t for the gender of the Prime Minister  this could be about New Zealand: To a visi … more »

Tags: media, Politics, Tax Cuts, Electoral Finance Act, Prime minister, Kevin Rudd, John Howard, Labor, Tony Blair

Vapour cone1 comment

deadlyjelly wrote 1 month ago: For us, an exciting day involves putting whole banana skins in the compost or finding a spider unde … more »

Tags: Friends, vapour cone, Mach 1, Mach 2, mach 3, Sydney Harbour, opera house, Jorn Utzon, bennelong point

BUSTED : Murdoch Media Uses Online Game Art For War Propaganda, Claims It Came From Al Qaeda1 comment

kandylini wrote 1 month ago: By Darryl Mason, Your New Reality. UPDATE : The Australian newspaper has illustrated a thoroughly d … more »

Tags: Iraq War, Politics, al-Qaeda, rupert murdoch

CeBIT - Sydney 2008 Wrap

jamie andrei wrote 2 months ago: WOW! What a busy few days. I just got back from filming and editing for CeBIT TV, Sydney, 2008. What … more »

Tags: Australia, convergence, Emerging Media, Internet 2.0, Media Trends, Multi Media, New Media, News, Web 2.0

#2: Racism in The Australian, Surkin, and Malcolm Middleton7 comments

chadparkhill wrote 2 months ago: This post hardly qualifies as a Friday Night Thought, since it’s delivered on a Monday. You … more »

Tags: Malcolm Middleton, Surkin

Chilean Volcano Chaiten Erupts

daveshawblog wrote 2 months ago: I love photography, but working one and a half jobs (teacher and pastor) means I don’t get out … more »

Tags: Photography, Chaiten volcano, Chile, eruption, Pictures], Images

Press Freedom in Malaysia and in Australia2 comments

mahagraha wrote 2 months ago: Dean Johns in his Malaysiakini column - Pressing on against oppression (http://www.malaysiakini.com/ … more »

Tags: Contradictions in Society, democracy, Visions of An Alternative Society, Australia, Dean Johns, Malaysia, malaysiakini, Malaysiakini Column, Perth

A non PC view

adamsmith1922 wrote 2 months ago: From the Australian … more »

Tags: humour, enjoyment, Australia, Cartoons, Social commentary, Fun, cartoons, Nanny State, PC

Shit, Albrechtsen's right you know7 comments

clubwah wrote 2 months ago: I don’t mind right-wing commentators when they aren’t foolishly condemning the good int … more »

Tags: Politics, Community, media, Right Wing, Janet Albrechtsen, blame culture, syndey harbour boat tragedy, burney tunnel crash, Citylink


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