Archive for the 'Public Spending' Category

No Brain Necessary

July 20, 2007

The headline says it all.

Government Research Facility Cures Cancer

November 14, 2006

Well, Almost.
Australian CSIRO engineers have created an air guitar that actually works, fulfilling the dreams of talentless metal fans around the world.

Impotent Bone Pointed

April 28, 2004

Shock revelations today, via Alan Anderson:
DETAILS have emerged about the woman calling herself “Moopor” who pointed a bone at John Howard last week in protest at his decision to abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
The Australian has learnt that Moopor is usually known by the name Bernadette Clark, is a cousin of suspended [...]

No Riots Tonight - Lets Cruise For Chicks

April 27, 2004

A hard night on the piss last night ended with a doner kebab from “Peter’s By The Sea” and the 10 minute walk home. About 100m ahead of me, a young woman was also walking home.
As I crossed West Coast Highway, a marked patrol car pulled into Manning Street, approached the girl, and the cops [...]

Far Out Man!

February 12, 2004

This is what your student guild money pays for:
MURDOCH University students stole alcohol and vandalised expensive furniture after staff allowed them to protest in the university’s senate building last year.
Murdoch was been left with an $11,000 bill by the students, who initially took over the building after a senate meeting in October to protest against [...]

Artist Has Left Wing Views

February 6, 2004

Let’s hope this doesn’t become a trend! Oh.
A PAINTING lampooning John Howard’s friendship with George W. Bush has caused a political stink. Aboriginal artist Gordon Hookey’s Sacred nation, sacred nation, indoctrination, on display at the Ian Potter Gallery in Federation Square, is offensive and inappropriate, its critics say.
Running along the bottom of the work is [...]

More Spending! MORE!

January 16, 2004

President Bush is signing on for a 1.5 billion dollar plan to “promote marriage”, especially among low income earners. What a joke, 1500 million clams of taxpayers’ money spent telling people how they should run their love lives. This on top of the space program - OK, so the space program is cool, but the [...]

The World’s Your Oyster

December 29, 2003

Bjorn Lomborg has gone on record observing that, for the cost of implementing the Kyoto protocol, developed countries could instead provide clean drinking water for every human on Earth. A noble idea, indeed, and probably a lot more effective than what is on the table.
The Mises Institute estimates that it would cost the U.S. $397 [...]

Happy Taxpayers Day!

November 14, 2003

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 [...]

Attention Margo

September 17, 2003

Paul Watson has an offer that no self-respecting old boiler could possibly refuse:
And yes, I myself am currently single and otherwise eligible ? in fact with no assets and no super ? so if you?ve got a million dollar+ house (assets test exempt) and at least a few hundred grand in super (also assets test [...]