Category Archives: Television

drug of the nation

Cobwebs for the rich…

Posted on May 18, 2006 by @ndy

…and chains for the poor. Once upon a time, a 14-year-old boy decided to “divorce” his parents. Sensing both an easy victim and a sensationalist headline, in 2004 the Sunday Herald Sun ran a front-page article headlined “Divorced by my … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 12, 2006 by @ndy

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

Posted on February 16, 2006 by @ndy

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

Posted on February 12, 2006 by @ndy

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?

Posted on July 4, 2004 by @ndy

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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