TweetA great article a couple of days out from the 29th anniversary of The Dismissal. In the write up, Sir David Smith, Sir John Kerr’s representative, sends a public plea to Gough Whitlam to get over it. Gough was easily … Continue reading
TweetThis weekend I had a chance to put my feet up and watch two films I’d been meaning to see for AGES. The Pianist (2002) Starring Adrien Brody, this film is the moving story of Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. At … Continue reading
TweetThe Federal Health Minister has recently weighed into the abortion issue, claiming that the rate and ease of abortions in Australia (including the full Medicare funding of abortions) be re-examined. Further, some members of Parliament have called for a ban … Continue reading
TweetOne of the stories which has received little coverage in the aftermath of George Bush’s re-election has been the vote in seven US states to ban same sex marriage. There was some conjecture or doubt over whether many American states … Continue reading
TweetWhy is it that Septic Tanks have taken the wonderful and beautiful word “liberal”, meaning freedom, openness and all that jazz and turned it into a word which means “lefty”? It’s wrong I tells ya. The Economist has started a … Continue reading
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TweetCheck out this price/volume graph from online betting firm Betfair. I just bet $8 at $2.50 return and caught the edge of the Republican rocket, going up, up, up… Volatile Americans As you can see, the best indicator of electoral … Continue reading
TweetVoting is still well underway in the US election, but then again so are some of the early results. George Bush leads in Florida, Michigan and Ohio, some of the key states the Democrats had to win to clinch the … Continue reading
TweetAmerica. The land of the markets. Capitalism. Aaah the beauty. The Government doesn’t organise a very good Virtual Tally Room like the AEC does, they let the market set one up and save the taxpayers money. For a wonderful way … Continue reading
TweetIt’s on! Americans vote for their next president, but are those votes going to be counted? I’m not talking about some vast right wing conspiracy or some such tripe, I’m talking about the fact that in the US, voting systems … Continue reading