Kiwi Fairstar Returns

They’ve been at sea for 8 weeks, and are finally on their way home. It’s only fair that the Ovine Fairstar gets to stop in Auckland on the way for a sailor’s welcome.

Elite Wanker Of The Day

As I said to Billy Bragg in my recent brush with fame, it’s time to elect a new bloody public. I’ve had it with this lot. Wouldn’t know a terrible government if they fell over it.
In his gentle way, Billy reminded me that they tried that in the Soviet Union.
- Christopher Sheil, poster child for [...]

US Foreign Policy 101

Today’s lesson comes from an article in Green Left Weekly, reprinted from the American Socialist Worker, advancing the absurd argument that both the US and UN should immediately withdraw from Iraq and hope the place doesn’t collapse. Why? Well, you know. Imperialism and shit.
That’s all pretty standard stuff, but this little gem caught my eye. [...]

Free Willy

Nobody will miss Richard Alston, least of all Tex, but this little black duck will certainly shed a tear for Australia’s greatest ever politician, the much loved Wilson Tuckey.
So long to the once Minister for Forestry. Perhaps he can do some moonlighting as a personal bodyguard for Bjorn Lomborg on his Australian Tour. He’ll provide [...]

Grave Turning Update

Darwin is doing a good job of mocking its namesake by letting people breed despite their obvious genetic defects:
A five-year-old Territory girl shocked teachers when she showed her class how to make a bong out of a Coke bottle during a “show and tell” session.
The incident took place at a primary school in Darwin’s northern [...]

PETA Your Way To Bankruptcy

A fool and his money are soon parted:
When bridal shop owner Nancy Owen found ants in her store, she had two choices: relocate the critters or relocate her shop. Extermination was not an option.
That’s because the landlord of the Austin shopping center where her store was located is a supporter of People for the Ethical [...]

Sharia Indonesia

Indonesia is planning to update its legal code with some long-needed sharia:
Cohabitation, oral sex and homosexual sex will soon become crimes in Indonesia if the justice ministry has its way, a ministry spokesman said.
He said in addition to Dutch colonial law, the proposed amended criminal code will also adopt Islamic law, international conventions and [...]

Limited Offer

Scarborough Cricket Club artist Duncan Charteris has released his 2003 Grand Final commemorative painting. Get in fast:
“There’s only one thing better than watching Collingwood lose a Grand Final and that’s watching them lose three Grand Finals in a row. Now the image has been captured forever in these beautifully framed paintings.
There are 100 of these [...]

CALM Cops

Bremer Bay, a small fishing town not far from old WA whaling capital Albany, is a place where I’ve spent a fair bit of time as a kid. It’s fairly small, and has very few permanent residents. Many farmers have holiday shacks there and go for a week or so after harvest.
Of the few permanent [...]

WA Young Entrepreneurs

Boarding school sure seems a lot more fun nowadays. I don’t remember videotaping any lesbian orgies or taking porn snaps when I was at school…
THREE 13-year-old girls from the most expensive private school in WA have been caught trying to sell a homemade pornographic video.
The scandal involves students at Presbyterian Ladies’ College and Hale School.
Both [...]