Archive for April, 2008
So True (as demonstrated)
I don’t know what’s worse — that there exists broken-hard-drive-sound techno, or that it’s not half bad
Posted: 17 April, 2008 in audio, comedy/humour, Computing, Culture, Internet.
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‘Canine Freestyle’? Amazing!
This dog could round up sheep just by amazing them.
Posted: 15 April, 2008 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Iraq, Religion, Sport, US Politics, Video.
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Not a Civil Society Just Yet
“Most of the worst aspects of the Howard years can be explained by the lack of decency which infected their approach to government.”
Posted: 13 April, 2008 in audio, Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, US Politics.
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Dawkins, Maher & the Talking Snake
A season of “American Idol” is, what? 87 weeks? That’s a lot of time just to pick a cruise ship entertainer.
Posted: 12 April, 2008 in comedy/humour, Internet, Racism, Religion, Science, US Politics, Video.
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Bush Holds it Firm…
In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency
Posted: 11 April, 2008 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Guantanamo/Hicks, Iraq, The Daily Show, US Politics, Video.
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Robot Sex?
John caresses Cameron’s hair and then moments later as she leaves the room, CAMERON WINKS AT HIM!
Posted: 9 April, 2008 in Computing, Culture, Internet, movies, Science, Sex, Video.
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The Jackboot Land of Lincoln
You, I imagine, say you are a Christian, and yet you have made this splenetic, intolerant outburst. Your actions and speaking are not christian at all. They are self-serving and self-righteous and in your religion that is, ma’am, a sin.
Posted: 8 April, 2008 in audio, Australian Values, China and Tibet, Religion, US Politics.
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Computer Games
The problem we sense is not about the killing itself. There is no doubt that the games are exciting and fun and that they increase all sorts of cognitive and mechanical skills. But I have this nagging doubt about how the underlying premise of all these games will influence cultures and relationships in the longer term.
Posted: 6 April, 2008 in Computing, Culture, Internet, movies, Science, Video.
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Please Forgive Us : We are Stupid
All right. We watch TYerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for Summer Glau, just like everyone else, and here she is in action as “River Tam” in a movie called Serenity
Posted: 6 April, 2008 in Computing, Culture, Internet, Maths, movies, Religion, Science, Sex, Video.
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Charlton Heston Stampede
Hopes have been raised that, with the death of the President of the NRA, it may at last be possible to wrest the guns from his “cold dead hands”
Posted: 6 April, 2008 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Sport, US Politics, Video.
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Let us Pray. Not.
Pray if you must, pray if it makes you feel better, but take your child to the doctor if she’s sick!
Posted: 1 April, 2008 in Australian Values, Culture, Iraq, mystery, Religion, Science.
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The Role of the US Press
The grovelling and self-serving American media are helping to destroy the democracy that Americans pretend they live in. Yet amazingly they appear to believe that by hiding the truth from the citizens and protecting the powerful from scrutiny they are somehow contributing to the political health of the nation.
Posted: 1 April, 2008 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, Iraq, US Politics.
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