Reported in the AP, written up in the Weekend Australian, a couple of op-eds, and the NYT, but not a lot of attention …
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called on Friday for an end to “the hostile relationship” with the United States, issuing a New Year’s message that highlighted the reclusive country’s attempt to readjust the focus of six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
In the meantime, an interesting snippet from of the The Mainichi Daily News earlier today …
This year, the Obama administration will continue to take various actions on the nuclear issue. The U.S. and Russia are heading toward an agreement on strategic arms reduction. Meanwhile, the U.S. is working on renewing the country’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) for the first time in eight years, and is expected to incorporate anti-nuclear terrorism measures. The nuclear security summit this April will aim for an international agreement on enhanced protection of nuclear materials, and in May, a review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) — held every five years — will take place in New York.
I may be too hopeful, too optimistic, but I don’t care …
Our world *is* moving to a better place.
What about a first dog on a trampoline? A good laugh.
http://player.video.news.com.au/heraldsun/#1431809518
1374 Flaneur Just caught the “Giggle Loop” again. Clean forgot about it. As well as Lesbian Spank Inferno.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGK2fplV_w
Flaneur I have the series on DVD. Just going through them again.
Geez Jen
There are a lot of Sophie supporters on this blog in the comments.
http://www.vexnews.com/news/4413/on-the-job-why-sophie-mirabella-mp-sacked-her-staffer/
Lynn Woolsey Should Resign as Head of the Progressive Caucus.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/lynn-woolsey-should-resig_b_487707.html
Anarchy in the UK – The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOoFw-T7Y8
Yes Chris, the DVDs are a worthwhile purchase. We recently rewatched them with our teenage daughter. ‘Twas amusing to watch her laugh while attempting to not let us know that she understood the jokes.
Lesbian Spank Inferno. Just saying it make me chuckle. Not to mention “Porn Buddies” – you know, like dive buddies.
AR-Sen: Lincoln hates the American Dream.
Bill Halter’s new video.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/5/843346/-AR-Sen:-Lincoln-hates-the-American-Dream
1407 Flaneur Couldn’t agree more. Not that I have daughters.
A friend some time ago took her teenage daughter to see American Pie and Something About Mary. Using them in the same manner you have with Coupling.
2010: The tide is turning
by kos
Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 09:10:03 AM PST
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DAVID please pay attention. Check out the polls.
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Rasmussen's numbers are single-handedly propping up the GOP, showing leads that no other credible pollsters shows.
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More here…
The Tide Is Turning. But It Still Has A Long Way To Go!
In Case You Missed It.
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Rasmussen’s numbers are single-handedly propping up the GOP, showing leads that no other credible pollsters shows.
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Rasmussens’ latest effort is to show Harry Reid behind in Nevada by leaving out the Tea Baggers candidate.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/polls-show-harry-reid-not-making-any-headway-in-nevada.php
The Tide Is Turning Roger Waters – Live Berlin
Just had a bit of rain in Melbourne. I found a golf ball the size of hail.
Looks pretty wild on the radar. they have shut down the Flemington races.
The new Ann Coulter/Janet Albrectson of US politics is now being shunned by the GOP.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/conservatives-turn-agains_n_487410.html
Jon Stewart exposes Ruperts fair and balanced news services again.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/04/jon-stewart-fox-news-sarah-palin-megyn-kelly_n_485235.html
It’s been a tad wet in Melb this afternoon.
This shot from Firstdog’s twitterfeed appears to be in flinders st.
I suspect the white stuff in the water is hail!!!
http://twitpic.com/16vc99
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And the brown stuff is from the tram driver.
1416 gaffhook Too late he cried! Coulter, Liz Cheney et al well tied in. What are the going to reject Palin, Hannity et al? News Flash! Republicans reject looney fringe they have been supporting for ages? Next thing you’ll tell me is that they reject Faux News!
Maybe even the Tea Baggers!
I wonder gaffy, if they will get expelled from the Republican Party?
gaffy
Obama To Meet With Schumer, Graham About Immigration Reform.
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HANDLE WITH CARE! And you can bring the raving loonies out in their millions! Lets see how much rope we need to give the loonies to hang themselves. The higher the rage, the bigger the Africa American/Latino vote.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/obama-to-meet-with-schume_n_488425.html
A few pictures of Republicans with KKK members?
WOW! Digital channel 7two, has the Boneyard on at 6:30. If you’ve missed my postings on the Boneyard. Here it is 4,400 aircraft!
http://www.pimaair.org/images/hires/AMARC%20P1010034.JPG
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Chris
The teabaggers would probably own them.
Virginia attorney general to colleges: End gay protections.
Hey guys lets see how many minorities we can upset before November!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/05/AR2010030501582.html?hpid=moreheadlines
1427 Yeah, I forgot about that. gaffy.
More very funny parts of Coupling. Laugh? Tears pouring down my face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCvmfQblsg&feature=PlayList&p=27A18D4B39F902E5&index=5
Woah! When did it jump to 50 votes? Last I saw it was 35?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/06/begich-open-to-using-reco_n_488512.html
1430 How many calories do you burn from laughing too much?
1431 Chris B I’ve confused public option and reconciliation.
The Republican Party. Is Fear All They Have Left?
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/6/843498/-Midday-Open-Thread
G’day, Chris, blog sililoquist extraordinaire!
Uncle Sammy’s bastard offspring, Liberty Jnr., speaks out.
http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/wanted_20100305/
Mar 4: Sociopaths who can afford to buy lethal weapons are people too!
~NRA
Moses speaks out for hands that deal death to civilians by trigger (or dronal mouse-click)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQtrdFYDzCU&NR=1
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/tony-auth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqh6Ap9ldTs
Mar 2:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/pat-oliphant
How can we ever thank you enough, Uncle Sammy?
~Les Peuples du Monde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3UUy8-eI4&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Letting Women Reach Women In Afghan War.
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The USA maybe learning from their huge mistakes. At last!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07women.html?hp
EC Well at least one person is listening to me!
A legend in his own lunchtime.
EC
Just tried to email you and it bounced saying email invalid.
Season 4 is just over and ready to move on.
Iceland celebrates after rejecting Icesave payback plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8554020.stm
gaffy, my probs with email are due to chez Minecky giving Telstra the arse accountwise. They have been vengeful, unco-operative and downright difficult to deal with once they twigged that they were not going to be able to sweet-talk us back.
When I get to my home computer tomorrow, I’ll forward my new email addy for base-touching purposes.
So Ticsters, thanks to Hussey, is there anyone who wants to glom the first four seasons of The Wire before it wends its way back to HSW?
Jen and Paddy and Katielou and Chris have viewed the series (I think), so what about you, Ferny or Flanners or jv or megan(you’d adore the writing) or Cat or others?
All you have to do is mail the dvds on to the owners when you’re done. Easy peasy for quality TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20G17K_0ghU&feature=PlayList&p=8B0FA6CEF010B5DD&index=0
The Most Dangerous Man in America
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/03/06
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2010/03/01/this_modern_world
Ecky, care to kick off a new thread with a few words about The Wire?
Ecky,
Would love to see “The Wire”…have not kept up with threads so a bit in the dark.
Hussey,
Have been an Ellsberg admirer for years and I hope his documentary gets the reception it deserves.
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EC
Telstra seem to really go out of their way to fulfill their customers with prompt, right priced, courteous and satisfying service.
One only needs to ask the former CEO.
Having lavished them with praise (undeserved) i have been suffering intermittent internet since Friday. I would almost bet that since all the rain we had in January and February there is no dout a pit or two that is full of condensation, moisture or in fact water.
Or they could be doing upgrades for the new NBN.
Trouble is if you ring them they have this uncanny ability to almost get you to believe that there is nothing really wrong, and because you are a F-wit it is only a figment of your imagination.
Therefore Sir your bill will arrive on time, for the full amount and make sure it is paid on time.
It is relly georgous how a company with the copper monopoly can be so consumer friendly and smile at you in the process.
Richard Dawkins and Steve Feilding are on Q&A tonight.
Sublime.
Ridiculous.
Enemy Combatant
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So Ticsters, thanks to Hussey, is there anyone who wants to glom the first four seasons of The Wire before it wends its way back to HSW?
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Thanks for the offer EC, but I’ll pass. Lots of things on my fragile plate at the mo, and I’d hate to be known as “that ******* DVD hoarding Flanners!”
Hussey: “Ecky, care to kick off a new thread with a few words about The Wire?”
Huss, havn’t watched the fifth and final season of The Wire yet. Wouldn’t want to go off 80%-cocked, as it were. Will definitely do a thread on this remarkable slice of modern American History when I’ve viewed and ruminated upon Season 5 later in the month.
megan, shall email you this evening to get a post drop for gaffy to onsend series 1-4.
KL, I hope Prof. Rick does the does the unrepresentative senatorial wowser slowly. Dawkins has dealt with far more formidable Friends of the Family-funded fuckwits than Fielding.
Flanners, resistence is futile. You will be sucked in, no wucken furries. When a “crash site” heralds empire’s demise so deftly, it is exceedingly difficult not to sneak a quick peek.
Never before has the bright and shining lie so blatently manifest in the systematically oppressed of Seppo City Central, been so brilliantly spotlit.
Gaffy, Telstra are complete and utter bastards orright. Westnet, so far, so good. At least they don’t treat you as if you’re an imbecile.
Forwarding megan’s post drop as soon as I’ve got it.
DISCLAIMER: Politic 101 is a Family Values web log site……….
Addams Family Values!
Ecky,
Have forwarded my postal details to your ‘osm’ email address.
Enemy Combatant
The walls have already been breached EC. Given the recommendations here, I’ll be trying to get it into the Flaneurian Household Viewing Schedule, for appraisal by the Powers-That-Be.
BTW, is “The Wire” much different from, say, “Homicide” or “Division 4″? I need an angle.
(Only joking!!!)
Flaneur
I hardly ever watch movies or much TV either for that matter.
I have to say though i thought i fitted 4 series of wire in to such a short time span. After i watched the first disc i was “in” like Flynn and am now left hangin for series 5 if that is the end.
It was very good.
This sounds like a good idea to me.
Michael Moore to replace Rahm.
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=108068
Thanks for that gaffhook. I’m pleased to bestow upon you the Imperial Medal of the Final Straw. I thought I could resist for much longer, but will now capitulate.
I’ll go to my local purveyor of TV-on-DVD for the first season and wedge it into the schedule.
Now, if I get hooked, y’all in trouble, hear!
WOW! LOOK AT THIS!!! PM approval at new low. The Age.
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The pressure must REALLY be on Kevin Rudd to improve his popularity!
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pm-approval-at-new-low-20100307-pqnt.html
Tony Abbott says working women will get a guranteed six months of paid maternity leave if he wins next election.
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Poll. Kevin VS Tony on Maternity leave.
One can only hope that a piece of shit will stick to this bastard at some stage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/06/donald-rumsfeld-torture-l_n_488793.html
1455 Damn! I left my sarcasm switch on. It’s gonna get me in trouble if I do that.
“#1450
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Ecky,
Have forwarded my postal details to your ‘osm’ email address.”
Only trouble is my osm addy is bodgie in order to protect innocents of my ilk. Let’s just say I don’t wanna get Gitmo-ized.
This should work. Please slip under the rope and leave your details as “An article submitted for thread consideration” i.e. in the Quickdraft section of our dashboard and left click on the “save draft” box. Then let me know onblog and I’ll forward your P.O. details to gaffy and erase all trace of your abode.
Discretion-wise it’s probably best to avoid toying with the “publish” button during this manouvre!
otoh, having met gaffy and seen his soul onblog, I’d trust the bastard with my life. His email addy here is dinkum if you want to forward your particulrs directly. Either way, please let me know sup so we can keep dem doggies rollin’, and the crackle down The Wire unfoldin’.
Today I’ve been thinking about the mano a mano McNulty has with Bodie in the upscale park (neutral turf). He acknowledged Bodie as “a soldier” and Bodie said:
~ “yeah, man, that’s exactly what I fuckin am.” Bodie could never be a “King” and he accepted it. But as long as he was pawn-king of his own corner, then that was ok by him.
A hundred million and one Sep-side Mr. Dobolinas will never have such self-awareness, regardless of “formal” qualifications acquired.
Onya, Flanners, as gaffy said, you won’t be sorry.
Happy international women’s day ticsters.
Here’s a small gem from BigHarto’s twitter to get you all started.
Followed by this glorious rant from Helen Razor that covers everything from vajazzling, to Louis Nowra’s fatuous piece of sexist rubbish about Germaine G in the monthly. Well worth the read.
http://badhostess.com/?p=322
Finally, since we’re firmly into the female gender today…..
)
Abbie replaces Jasper, as Kev’s trusted advisor.
(You just *know* that it’s going to end in tears.
http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hospitals.jpg
Mar 7: Speaking of morons, don’t forget Dawkins v Fielding on Q&A tonight y’all.
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/tom-toles
Mar 7:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/tony-auth
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/82961
Mar 8:
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/doonesbury
Thanks, Ecky.
Have taken the easy option and emailed Gaffy direct.
Gaffy, I have forwarded you my postal address by email.
Paddy,
I stood a few paces away from Germaine Greer at the Adelaide Writer’s Festival last year and she looked absolutely stunning! The photos and press don’t do her justice.
I’ve not seen Germs in the flesh Megan.
But to call her “ugly” seems completely off the wall.
Even from what I’ve seen of her photo’s and the stuff on the teev. She’s bloody drop dead gorgeous and has a mind to die for.
There’s currently a fascinating thread over on LP discussing the whole thing.
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/03/03/germaine-greer-trashed-in-the-monthly/
Paul, Mongiardo Leading in Kentucky
A new SurveyUSA poll in Kentucky finds Rand Paul (R) leading Trey Grayson (R) in the Republican U.S. Senate race, 42% to 27%.
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Well looks like Kentucky is well in play. Jim Bunning’s filibuster certainly wouldn’t have harmed the Democrats.
http://politicalwire.com
The revolution will not be televised. Some outstanding street poetry from my brother, Gil Scott Heron.
The program seemed to be over in 5 minutes yet it runs for ~ 40 mins. That, mes amis is real word power. Wonderful tribute to women generally and to his mum are in there too.
If time is tight try,
5:14…….6:35 (Whitey’s on the moon)
and the MIC (26:06…….29:30ish)
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2010/2818218.htm
Good one, megan. Welcome to the royal scam of Hampsterdam.
James Hansen talks to Phillip Adams. Bloody good stuff.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2010/2839864.htm
Q and A last night.
Am still in shock that the completely imbecilic Stephen Fielding holds the BOP in our country.
If ever you wanted a reason not to trust Labor… unforgivable.
International Women’s Day: 11 Women Who Are Changing The World (PHOTOS).
Women making a difference Huffington Post
1468 Jen In Australia, like in the USA we need to take control of the ALP and purge it of people like Conroy etc. The same way the liberals are getting rid of Blanche Lincoln. At the moment we don’t have a system in place like Netroots.
It was a fine display of intellectual smackdown, Jen. Would be great to get Dawkins on camera with Rudd and Gillard and Abbott next time, but you know they’ll never agree to that.
The Rightwing Witch Hunt Against ACORN
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/08-12
New York Times: Fair and Balanced.
Jon Stewart also owes Acorn an apology for buying into this shit as a way of demonstrating his “objectivity”.
Oh bless youtube.
Julie Bishop has her “Maggie Thatcher” moment and nearly destroys the camera lens on Q&A last night.
Madam Mesmerelda indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0phZSGXJ5FU
Yes last nights Q & A was pure gold.
In the first 2 minutes he completely destroyed Fielding when he said;
You are a member of the Australian Parliament and you believe the world is less than 10,000 years old.
Then he went on to demolish the rest of the God botherers that were there as well.
They did not like being told the truth. ie; what they believe in is a total crock of shit.
It should be compulsory for both houses of parliament to sit and listen to Dawko for two hours followed by a two hour Q & A.
Just to remind the parliamentry god botherers how mis-led they really are by being stitched to “book”
Megan
The Wire is coming down the pipeline near you. Enjoy.
EC if the pipeline bursts then your return mail is on the parcel.
Chris B,
I certainly agree that there has been movement back towards the Democrats and Obama in the last few weeks – that is in all the polls.
However, you simply cannot directly compare the Ipsos poll and the Rasmussen poll, just as one example. Ipsos took their sample from ‘all adults’; Rasmussen screen for ‘likely voters’.
When you compare the three kinds of polls – all adults, registered voters, likely voters – there is an obvious pattern. Polls of all adults favour the Democrats significantly. Polls of registered voters are about even. Polls of likely voters favour the Republicans significantly.
This represents the enthusiasm of each camp. In other words, quite a few Democrats are basically saying that they are not going to bother showing up on election day. This is not an unusual thing: Republican turnout tends to be better. This is one of the reasons why that even with a greater than 10 point margin in registered Democrats to registered Republicans Obama only managed to win by seven. Democrats were *very* enthusiastic. But quite a few still stayed home on the day.
The worry is that the polls at the moment are currently suggesting that many more are going to stay home this November.
As the Democrats losing control of the House, I doubt that very much. The swing would have be massive, and there is no evidence of that at the moment – at present, the likely swing looks to be around 4 or 5. A big swing, but not enough to topple the Democrats.
Aye, Mesmerelda’s “intensity problem” was manifest large last night on Q&A:
ALP should feature the the laser-eyed moment in an ad during the next campaign with voiceover…..
“this gaze can melt kryptonite, how badly do you wanna get burned, Australia?”
“Oh-oh, looks like Tone has smuggled his budgies under the bed!!”
http://maidofmight.net/images/Supergirl%2043-10%20(2009).jpg
And Dawkins was in fine form, skewering and vivsecting Senator Fuckwiticus. I particularly liked the way he stirred merry hell in Burke’s backyard. These people just can’t handle the truth.
“Yeah, no worries, some of my best friends would happily submit their sons to be tortured and murdered to make the world a better place. That’s why we all sould have lots of kids. If it was good enough for Abraham to profit from, then it’s good enough for us too!”
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http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/damn_yankees_20100308/
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/calling_all_rebels_20100308/
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/82303/
Oh dear me.
Now I like to see a good piss take as much as the next person.
But this is really very naughty. Hasn’t Julie Bishop suffered enough?
For shame Crikey…For shame!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jKKnO9NE0&feature=player_embedded
Meanwhile….The evil FDOTM has a side swipe at Louis Nowra’s take on The Female Eunuch.
http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/CultureWars2.jpg
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Wow! That’s a ripper of a piece by Chris Hedges Ecky.
Good to see someone who doesn’t hold back when discussing the gaping holes in the bottom of the Titanic.
The time appears to be fast approaching, when the inherent chaos of the USA’s political, business and social systems, will cease to be one of its’ adaptive strengths and start to lead to its’ collapse.
I suspect Obama can see the downside quite clearly. Which probably explains his desperate efforts to engender some sort of consensus.
Not really a good thought to dwell on.
Poll: Forget The Senate — Florida Republicans Want Crist Out Of Office Completely.
seen on TPM
I wonder what being a rebel means in that context, however. Is it a call to violence against the corporate state? Is it a call to non-participation in capitalism (difficult to do, but not impossible, provided one is prepared to make huge lifestyle changes – and during those changes, you are forced to participate in capitalism)?
Personally, I am not a fan of violence. And I am too much of a technophile to give up capitalism. Further, I am not convinced that the system is irrevocably broken. Predictions of this sort have been made off and on for many, many years. Democracy and freedom were doomed from the get-go. And yet, it has hung on, somehow, against many, many threats, internal and external. Being a short-term pessimist, long-term optimist, I see a bright future for America, and the world, (plus a lot of very bad stuff, but hey …)
I disagree with Camus about meaning/meaningless. The terms themselves have no foundation – no meaning – when applied to life and human activities. This is because there is no objective basis for life and human activities. Thus, to worry about a lack of objective meaning is silly – it is like worrying about the lack of square circles. Subjective meaning is the only thing that makes sense, and that clearly does exist.
David
It was not me. It was Daily Kos. The didn’t compare them they said, “Rasmussen’s numbers are single-handedly propping up the GOP, showing leads that no other credible pollsters shows.”
‘You’ in the general sense.
They are comparing them. They are saying, ‘Showing leads that no other credible pollsters shows.’ That is a comparison. And a dumb one. You can even see on pollster that there is another pollster that is showing statistically identical results to Rasmussen. Guess what? They also poll ‘likely voters’ – unlike Ipsos.
Further, even Democracy Corps, a supposedly Democratic polling company, is showing likely voters with a Republican lead that, with the margin of error, is statistically the same as the one shown by Rasmussen.
Both pollster and realclearpolitics, imo, are not doing the right thing in a statistical sense by averaging polls taken from different populations. Strictly, they should only average the polls taken from the same populations. However, while they give a large potential spread of error and thus perhaps the absolute values should be used carefully, they do give a good look at how things are trending.
By the way, I accept that Rasmussen has in fact consistently shown the Republicans to be in a stronger position than other polls. However, this is a function of two things: they poll likely voters, and they have more Republicans in their models than other polling companies. But I think that they are much more likely to be right, given the moods that have been identified, and given the results that we have seen in recent elections. Democrats have shown themselves to be less likely to vote than Republicans.
Yeah, paddy, Hedges gives great dread who he lets go.
David, in my deepest of hearts I hope you are correct. However the situation on the ground Sep-side is a lot grimmer than it is in the city that Burley Griffin built. As for the violence, I would far prefer it didn’t happen, but comes a time when enough pissed-off paysanos figure that they’d rather die standing than to live on their knees. A “civil” war in America where most everybody is armed up the wzoo would not be pretty and would almost certainly be “won” by fascist capitalists.
Yes, agree, ‘twould be difficult to cast aside the toys and gadgetry of commodity fetishism but not impossible if you greet each morn with:
“Today is a good day to die” and mean it…..before getting on with life
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A mind over matter movie with a cutting edge and lotsa laffs. Recommended for children of alternative parents, true Jedi Warriors and practising or lapsed hippies everywhere. Bridges, Clooney, Spacey and MacGregor deliver with the aplomb you’d expect from old pros. The perfect antidote for time spent in the hurt locker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreufFevUSw
Go Girl!!
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/82993
The nearest I ever got to “Classic Rock” was a couple of Eagles songs so never really listened to this song before, but it made a lot of sense post-film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcsVPis1iNs
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http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/82994
This has gotta be the toony of the year so far. What a beautie.
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-first-mistake/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
SuperPower: Visualising the internet. Internet stats etc or how big is the Internet, how fast has it grown? Mind boggling!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8552415.stm
They would also re-install George Bush and Dick Cheney.
1489 Ahhh!
Just had a look at the area maps for the new mainland NBN roll out and lucky me is included.
It can’t come quick enough.
Is this the start of the election campaign?
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This is just the beginning…
continued here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/obama-health-care-push-ba_n_491105.html
1491 gaffhook
Labor On Dems Who Block Health Reform: We’ll ‘Take Them Out’.
As health care reform enters its do-or-die stage in Congress, union leaders on Tuesday began threatening that they will work to ‘take out’ Democratic lawmakers who vote against the bill.
In a set of fiery speeches outside a private health insurance lobby gathering on Tuesday, a group of prominent labor and progressive leaders excoriated industry executives, calling them everything from “dark titans” to “domestic enemies.”
continued here..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/labor-on-dems-who-block-h_n_492076.html
A bit late re the Julie Bishop death stare – but watching Q&A it was a striking moment. She then reminded me distinctly of the few corporate psychopaths I’ve come across in my career. I’ve never liked her – she comes across as cold, wooden and disingenuous – now I suspect she’s more than that.
I don’t want to just single out a female for bagging. I’ve been watching question time a bit, and it’s become clear to me that the opposition are noticeably lacking in talent. You wouldn’t know it if you just read the papers, but the Government outperforms the Opposition in parliament hands down – and that was true even through the whole insulation thing.
Newsweek article suhggest it may be upside for Obama from here.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/234653
It’s just lovely to hear a good news story. In the last few days the news has extensively reported (at least in NSW) that a baby elphant died in utero while its mother was giving birth at Taronga Zoo. There was reports of the zoo keepers crying over the loss, and that it could take months for the dead calf to come out of its mother.
Now that baby elephant has been born this morning and he is alive and kicking. Yay! and awwww.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/sydneys-baby-elephant-miracle-its-alive-20100310-pwyk.html
Mark Bahnisch makes some good points about Abbott’s parental leave announcement.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2841383.htm
It is just amazing how Honest John Howard treats all of the voters of Australia as Gullible Goons.
He does not understan the old proverm; You can fool some of the people……….etc.
In his latest own earth shattering admission, he admits that he is nothing more than one big fucking liar.
He said that Tony (captain catholic) Abbott has not put a foot wrong since becoming leader.
This effectively now means that he was only having a sick joke on the Australian population when he took an ETS to the last election.
Which of course puts Abbott in the same boat.
Just another large confidence trictster or in laymans terms, just another big fucken liar.
1496 Katielou That makes two articles saying that. The Democrats still have plenty of time.