Category Archives: Television

drug of the nation

“We’ll return to the revolution after these messages…”

I’m going on a short hiatus from blogging to attend to some pressing, (even more) nerdish preoccupations of mine. In the meantime, be sure and check out my favourite new TV show: NerdsFC! : Fridays @ 7.30pm on SBS-TV. Fourteen … Continue reading

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“A congaline of suckholes” for Kerry

Peter McGregor If John Howard, Kim Beazley and co. are to give Kerry Packer a send-off, why shouldn’t we hold our own anti-state, anti-capitalist “dis-memorial” at the same time? After all, it’s us, the taxpayers, who are paying for Packer’s … Continue reading

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Against Terror, Against the State

While foolish humans in the US Government (as well as “Government officials from… Canada, Australia and England and executives from Microsoft, Cisco, Verisign and others”) have been “working from basement offices at the Secret Services headquarters in downtown Washington” in … Continue reading

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Do They Owe Us An Appearance On Status Anxiety?

Huh. ABC Television. Status Anxiety. 10:13pm (or thereabouts). Sunday, 4 July, 2004. There I am, watching Alain de Botton waxing lyrical — or, alternatively, clarifying our values in an ultimate way — thinking ‘But Alain, don’t you think I could … Continue reading

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