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Blogsoutside the rooty hill detention centre .....You can feel an election coming on when Pauline Hanson sticks her addled head above the parapet. There she was in The Australian Financial Review on Tuesday, warmly endorsing the Prime Minister's sudden and impulsive war on the hordes of wicked foreigners on 457 work visas who are snatching the bread from the tables of modern Aussie families.
as the lights dim .....The ALP’s original purpose, the mass participation of working men and women in parliamentary democracy, has dissolved. Very few unionists are still active in the party. This is clear from statistics released by the former NSW assistant general secretary Luke Foley. Only 16 per cent of party members belong to a trade union affiliated to the ALP. By far the biggest category (55 per cent) is concessional membership, that is, people outside the workforce, mainly retirees.
pox americana .....Ten years ago, Bush made disastrous foreign policy decision that we will pay for for a long, long time.
a jihad against jihad...By STEVEN YACCINO and POH SI TENG CHICAGO — There is an advertising war being fought here — not over soda or car brands but over the true meaning of the word “jihad.”
so much for the farm .....Far from being a competitive market, the same few big players dominate Australia’s corporate landscape, reports Murray Hunter.
nothing to see here ....from Crikey …. Tony’s own goal ….
trading places .....
a true man of the people .....from Crikey ….. Rundle: Chavez dies, and the West hates some more
look at me .....A complaint about former federal treasurer Peter Costello lodged with Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission highlights potential conflicts of interest between his job overseeing the future of the state's finances and his ownership of a lobby group representing companies that could benefit from state asset sales.
hot air about wind farms...
NanogeddonSettling for sleep one night I dreamed I saw a war the like of which humanity has never seen before A sea of grey that rose and fell as it spread acros the land of barren soil- the nanotechs used everything at hand Every body, every tree, every blade of grass fashioned by technology to a dark and rolling mass That held the hearts and and minds of all, for Gaia was within bound within the construct to fulfill the masses' whim
the angry summer...The Climate Commission has received questions from the community and the media seeking to understand the influence of climate change on the recent extreme summer weather.
fear loathing on the way to the forum ....
as the wild goes and die...
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