Schwarzenegger Is A Has-Been

We here at A Yobbo’s View have been silent for too long on the forthcoming election of the new Governor of California. It’s time to break that silence and announce our proud endorsement of political newcomer, Mary Carey!
The star of quality flicks such as “Boobsville Sorority Girls” and “New Wave Hookers 8″ is demonstrating that [...]

Thinking Clearly

Philosopher’s Magazine UK has a website with a number of philosophy related games and quizzes. Some of them are a waste of time, but The Philosophical Health Check, Battleground God and Taboo are worth a look if you’re bored. In philosophy there is obviously little agreement on what the “right” answers are, so the focus [...]

Screensavers Galore

If anyone needs a Wicked Screensaver, let me know. I have about 700 in my inbox.
In other news, does anyone know how I can stop receiving these fucking emails?

Marxism Update

ChrisV loves Marx so much, he wants a complete list of the questions they are asking at UWA. There are 10 questions in all, and I don’t feel like typing the entire list. I’ll blog one per day until they are all gone. If anyone knows the answer to any of them, [...]

Childhood Dream Achieved

Last night I accomplished something that I previously thought was beyond my capabilities. An entire 750ml bottle of Jim Beam disappeared in one night, without any assistance.
True grog afficiondos will be disappointed that I did mix it with a certain black syrup from an evil multinational, but that’s the price of glory. I [...]

Gratuitous Reagan Pic

I’ve done this political test before, and came out as libertarian. It seems that my ideological centre has shifted lately, because I now come up as “republican”!
This is hardly important news, but any excuse to put a picture of Reagan on the blog, eh?
Republican – You believe that the free market willtake care of [...]

Hitler Was Right!

Sorry, I couldn’t resist that headline.
I want to take issue with the currently fashionable assertion that Hitler was a leftist. If “left” and “right” were defined simply economically, that would be a fair characterisation. Social factors also come into play. Neither wing of politics has a monopoly on social authoritarianism. Left-wing social authoritarianism is also [...]

Note

A short note to Norman Hanscombe and ChrisV. If your comments are longer than 2 lines, it’s probably better to blog them instead. This will help to alleviate the problem known as “Not Blogging, Ever“

Marxism 101

It’s essay time for the young marxists and unfortunate exchange students who are studing a course which claims to be “Asian History”
Question 1.
Examine changing birth practices in two societies in South East Asia. What do changing birth practices tell us about gender relations? Do you see the medicalization of birth as a source of [...]

AFANA Blog

US readers and local Aussie Rules fans can now get all the goss from footy in the USA from the new blog of the Australian Football Association of North America (AFANA).
I went to watch a game organised by these guys when I was living in New York. The New York Magpies vs [...]