Get Real

Remember all those amazing polls that showed that many Americans had no idea about the facts of 9/11 and Iraq? It turns out that people who watch Fox News were (surprise!) more inclined to believe those things. But John Ray has discovered why this is: it turns out that all these people were actually right!
As [...]

See?

I posted a few days ago about the tendency of right wing blogs to accuse lefties of hypocrisy because of selective protesting. In that article I quoted Bob Brown saying he was intending to protest against Hu (in the end, of course, he was barred from parliament). That hasnt stopped Steve Edwards, Alan Anderson and [...]

Is It Their Own Fault?

The International Red Cross is considering leaving Baghdad after being targeted by a bomb yesterday.
The neutral Swiss-run agency said it would decide within days whether to reduce its presence in the country following the suicide car bombing that killed two Iraqi Red Cross employees and as many as 10 other people outside the compound.
The question [...]

Where in the world is Yobbo Sandiego?

OK folks, Yobbo is away but he cryptically did not mention where on earth we went, which I, for one, thought was very odd. Therefore we have no option left but to guess where he went.
Comment on your thoughts as to where Yobbo has gone, who he’s gone with, or what on earth he’s [...]

Yoboliday

I’m going away for the week. Posting will resume sometime next Sunday.
Hopefully ChrisV can take up the slack in my absence.
In case of emergency, press here.

Hu Makes History

Hu Jintao wasn’t stuffing around today when he addressed parliament. With good reason, it seems. Buried in the Hansard comes this latest shot in the history wars:
Back in the 1420’s the expeditionary fleets of China’s Ming dynasty reached Australian shores. For centuries, the Chinese sailed across vast seas and settled down in what was called [...]

Case Rested

Anyone planning on launching a class action suit against McDonalds in the near future would be well served by using Matt the House Husband as a witness:
Any one who has a dog knows that they will eat just about anything. They are constantly scrounging for things to eat and always hanging around the kids waiting [...]

Bye George

UK Saddam-loving pollie George Galloway has been expelled from the Labour Party:
Galloway, member of parliament for Glasgow Kelvin in Scotland, confirmed his expulsion as he emerged from a party hearing in London on Thursday and angrily condemned the tribunal as a “kangaroo court”.
Here’s an obvious example of a man who doesn’t know when to shut [...]

More CALM Madness

Why would anyone want to deal with the Department of Conservation and Land Management, ever?
Take for example the case of the Heinrichs, who were pleased to find a rare Wattle tree on their farm in 1982. Like most farmers, they had a conservationist bent, and so rang CALM to let them know of the find.
CALM’s [...]

Tuckey Tradition Lives On

Wilson Tuckey is gone, but there are still heroes out there if you look hard enough:
Their attempts to present a letter and photograph to Mr Bush were stymied by Government MPs who stood between the senators and the President.
Senator Nettle says she was shocked and disturbed by their conduct and comments allegedly made by [...]