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Celebrate the Failure

‘Safer, cleaner and on time’ : More staff on stations, fewer cancelled trains and improved punctuality is promised by the Brumby Government and the new consortium appointed to operate Melbourne’s trains. Connex Melbourne — a subsidiary of French TNC Veolia … Continue reading

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There’s good news… and then there’s bad news…

Sheesh. First, The Good News: 1. Paul Mullett has maintained his integrity and had all charges against him dropped: “FORMER police union chief Paul Mullett will walk from the Supreme Court free of criminal accusations today when perjury charges against … Continue reading

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things that make me fucking angry

“The great majority of the Basij, seemingly ever-patient and self-controlled, stood for hours as kids baited and yelled, shoved and provoked. A handful of officers used well-placed elbows while batons were raised only in response to the vandalism.” ~ Iranian … Continue reading

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Some perspective

1. According to the boffins @ The Official String Theory Web Site “it seems safe to estimate that the age of the Universe is at least 15 billion years old, but probably not more than 20 billion years old”. 2. … Continue reading

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Fluoride = Death?!?

Oh dear. The campaign against fluoridation of the Geelong water supply has apparently gone batshit, with a report in today’s edition of The Age indicating that a death threat has been delivered to Victorian Labor minister Lisa Neville. Curiously, Scott … Continue reading

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Single mums : BAD! Copyright : GOOD!

Single mother music pirate ordered to pay $2.4m The Age [AFP] June 19, 2009 A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay $US1.92 million ($A2.4 million) in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy … Continue reading

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Hail Ahmadinejad! Hail Chávez!

See also : Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst, Marc Ambinder, The Altantic Monthly, June 15, 2009. 30 years ago, dead French philosophe Michel Foucault hailed the Islamic Revolution. See : ‘The Seductions of Islamism: Revisiting Foucault … Continue reading

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OMGWTF Fuck Off We’re Full RIP?

1. The Facebook Special Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics — aka ‘Fuck Off We’re Full’ — appears to have been removed. 2. 16-year-old Sharon from Cherrybrook said she was not being racist or aiming at “anyone especially in … Continue reading

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Hard-working, legitimate businessmen under persecution by The Age

I am shocked. Shocked and stunned. Hard-working, legitimate businessmen are being excoriated in the pages of The Age — simply for going about their entirely lawful and extremely profitable business. As Steven Shirreffs, SC, stated in the course of defending … Continue reading

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“As Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.”

A rapidly expanding social networking site has been slammed for its racist taunts against immigrants to Australia. The Facebook Group, F*** Off, We’re Full, has nearly 65,000 members and believes any immigrants coming to Australia must adapt to what it … Continue reading

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