Quick Fact Checks

There have been a couple of things widely reported around blogs in the last week or so and nowhere near as widely corrected. First up is the New York Times quote that appears on the back of a couple of Chomsky books, “Arguably the most important intellectual alive”. Oliver Kamm gave us the putative full [...]

PETArds

If you were thinking that PETA were a bunch of absolutely raving mad freakozoid nutballs, this post won’t do anything to change your mind.
Israellycool (who has moved to Gravett.org like everyone else in the world) digs up this heartfelt letter to Yasser Arafat from PETA Founder Ingrid Newkirk.
Here is a quick paraphrasing for those [...]

The Ang Moh Diaries

Hello faithful readers. This blog is coming to you direct from Singapore – Land of…well, nothing much at all. For those of you who haven’t been to Singapore, just imagine any Australian city, then take out all the white people, triple the price of beer and halve the price of food.
Off to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. [...]

Bai Bai

Apologies for the lack of posting around here lately, but it’s not likely to get better any time soon. I’m off to Singapore for 2 weeks of cultural exchange.
Wish me luck in evading the authorities while I attempt to break as many of their crazy laws as possible.

VVS = Very, Very Shit?

Australia’s 3rd string team still managed to beat India in the TVS final last night. Highlights included:
Michael Clarke’s 44 of 28 balls at the end of the Australian Innings.
Ian Harvey taking 4 wickets in 8 balls.
V.V.S. Laxman dropping 3 catches in the slips.
Scott Wickstein has a more substantial match review over at Ubersportingpundit.
Post your own [...]

Drunks Find Lost PM

Gary Gravett’s offsider “Murph” had a recent run in with the Man Of Steel himself, complete with photographic proof and a brief explanation of why all his mates are now Liberal voters. They should have made him wear the wig.

Need Money For Guns And Bombs

Hey, at least we’re not bullshitting you!
A group of Italian anti-war militants is raising funds to support the armed Iraqi resistance, the BBC has learned.
The discovery comes as Italy mourns 19 men killed in a suicide attack in Iraq last week.
The “Antiimperialista” organisation’s internet campaign asks people to send “10 Euros to the [...]

Vote Yobbo!

Paul Bickford of “Paul and Carl’s daily diatribe” recently honoured all of Australia by taking second place in the blogger poll for “Most offensive male blogger”. Let’s keep the Australian nominations flowing by nominating ME for “Sexiest Male Blogger“.
Chris Sheil is not allowed to vote.

Happy Taxpayers Day!

Today marks the first day in this financial year in which you get to start keeping the money you work for.
Earnings from every day since July 1 – 137 days in total – have gone to federal, state and local government coffers.
For the average worker this means that about 20 of the 52 weeks [...]

Sack ‘Em Both

Thousands of girls turned out to see Guy and Shannon from Australian Idol at Forrest Place this Monday – my celebrity obsessed Japanese flatmate being one of them.
Unfortunately for the salivating masses, they stood no real chance. Shannon is married with 2 kids, and Guy (or pubehead, as Caz likes to call him) is [...]