Archive for November, 2009
Carbon Crunch Time
For Joe Hockey this is not the tide in the affairs of Joe to be taken at the flood. It won’t lead to fortune. It’s the lowest of tides for the Liberal party
Posted: 30 November, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, environment, politics and government, Religion, Science, values.
Tags: Abbott, Australian political values, Australian Values, Cardinal Pell, climate, climate change, climate values, conspiracy theory, CPRS, environment, exodus, extinction, George Pell, global values, global warming, God, Goddard Institute, government, Guardian, gut feeling, health, hearsay, Hockey, ITS, James Hansen, Joe Hockey, Liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Minchin, NASA, Nick Minchin, Pascal's wager, Pell, political values, politics, Religion, rumour, shakespeare, snake-oil, ten commandments, theology, Tony Abbott, transubstantiation, Turnbull, values
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A Sweet Savour Unto the Lord
The Liberals and Nationals are positioning themselves way to the far looney right of Australian politics, like the teminally-twitching Republicans in the US.
Posted: 27 November, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: Australian parliament, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Barnaby Joyce, christianity, coalition, Copenhagen, CPRS, ethics, ETS, faith, garden of eden, global warming, government, holy ghost, holy spirit, Joe Hockey, Jolly Joe, Jolly Joe Hockey, leader of the opposition, Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Natoinal Party, Nick Minchin, party room, political values, politics, politics and government, principles, religious belief, serpent, snake, spill, standards, talking snake, Tony Abbot, Turnbull, values, virgin birth
Comments: 3
‘Meltdown’
Sir Roger is weeping tears of joy tonight, blubbering with gratitude to the Liberal Party of Australia who have made him a happy knight
Posted: 27 November, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, environment, politics and government.
Tags: Andrew Robb, Australian Politics, climate change, CO2, CPRS, environment, ETS, global warming, government, leadership struggle, Liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, political values, politics, senate, shadow ministry, Tony Abbott
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Bring It On!
There are four people we’d love to see as the next Leader of the Opposition to be career-endingly humiliated, if Malcolm Turnbull jumps, or gets the shove…
Posted: 24 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Immigration, politics and government.
Tags: Andrews, Australian Politics, Australian Values, election, government, Haneef, Hockey, Immigration, Ironbar Tuckey, Joe Hockey, Kevin Andrews, leadership, leadership spill, leadership struggle, Liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Philip Ruddock, Phillip Ruddock, politics, Rasputin, Ruddock, spill, Tuckey, Turnbull, values, Wilson Tuckey
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‘Every Cloud Has a Saliva Lining’ (Pavlov)
Liberal Party leadership response to yet another boatfull of asylum seekers
Posted: 23 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Immigration, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, Afghanistan, asylum seekers, boat people, boatpeople, detention, government, Hockey, humor, humour, immigrants, Immigration, Indonesia, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Pavlov, politics, Pyne, refugees, Sharman Stone, Sri Lanka, Tony Abbott, Turnbull
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Crikey! Give Me a Name!
Errol the saltie has been relocated to FTexas. But to add to the insult the yanks have decided to change his name to something more stereotypically Australian
Posted: 21 November, 2009 in Australian Values, Culture, environment, Language, values.
Comments: 8
World’s Most Corrupt Countries
Transparency International has released its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2009. There are some very surprising results
Posted: 21 November, 2009 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, History, Iran, Iraq, Life, politics and government, Religion, US Politics, values.
Tags: africa, african countries, America, antidisestablishmentarianism, australia, buddhism, bureaucracy, bureaucratic standards, christianity, communism, corruption, corruption index, corruption perception index, eastern bloc, ethical values, ethics, faith, hinduism, huffington post, Indonesia, Iraq, Islam, moral values, morality, morals, muslim, New Zealand, principles, Religion, religious values, Russia, Somalia, standards, Transparency International, UK, US, values
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Wall Street Bankers’ Bonuses
Wall Street Bankers’ Bonuses – the cartoon
Posted: 20 November, 2009 in Art, comedy/humour, Economics, values.
Tags: apocalypse, bankers, bankers bonuses, Bear Stearns, bonuses, cartoon, commercial values, economic values, ethics, financial crisis, financial values, GFC, Goldmann Sachs, greed, humor, humour, Lehmann, morality, morals, principles, standards, values, Wall Street
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Obama Shock Accident! says Onion News
Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner at the White House! – Onion News Network
Posted: 18 November, 2009 in comedy/humour, Media, politics and government, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: American values, autocue, family values, malfunction, news, Obama, Onion, Onion News, Onion News Network, political values, politics, teleprompter, values, White House
Comments: 2
LOLCats with a Vengeance!
It’s enough to make you want to just give up and forget it all and look at some funny cat video.
Posted: 17 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Guantanamo/Hicks, History, Immigration, Iran, Iraq, Life, lolcats, politics and government, Racism, Religion, Science, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: 60s 70s, 80s, 90s, agriculture, Australian Values, Barnaby, Britney, Burma, christianity, climate change, CO2, coal lobby, democracy, democratic values, Enlightenment, farmers, freedom, global values, global warming, government, hinduism, Indonesia, Industrial Revolution, Iran, Islam, israel, Joyce, judaism, LOL, lol cats, lolcats, love, methane, Obama, palestine, paris, peace, political values, politics, privacy, Racism, Religion, religious values, rights, Rudd, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, tiddlywinks, Turnbull, values, xenophobia, Yemen, zenophobia
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allowance your onions with others
Our new correspamdent, Typeapexy, has been in touch with Values Australia to say: frugality the greenbacks you privation benefit of your hallucinate vacation.
Posted: 17 November, 2009 in Australian Values, Blogging, Computing, Internet, Literature.
Tags: bad language, blog, Blogging, computer, Computing, holiday, Internet, internet translation, Language, online translation, spam, spanglish, translation, vacation
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Borders Discount
Here’s a coupon you can use to get 25% off any full-priced non-fiction book until Wednesday 18 November.
Posted: 14 November, 2009 in Literature.
Tags: books, Borders, cheap books, commercial value, deal, discount, discount books, literary values, Literature, special deal, value, values
Comments: 5
New Game Crushes World of Warcraft!
Forget World of Warcraft. This new game blasts it away for sheer ULTRA-realistic war experience – you feel as if you’re really there!
Onion News reports…
Posted: 13 November, 2009 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Computing, Culture, Internet, Iraq, Life, Media, Sex, US Politics, values, Video.
Tags: Afghanistan, CGI, comedy, computer games, computer graphics, computer news, computers, Computing, cultural values, gaming, gaming news, humor, humour, Internet, internet news, Iraq, Jessica Biel, leisure, massively parallel, Media, multi-player, Onion, Onion News, Onion News Network, Onion Video News, ONN, Shakira, simulation, technology, technology news, Video, video games, war, warcraft, web, web news, world of warcraft, world of warcraft news
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Where Do You Fit, Readers?
We ran across this Typology Quiz from Pew Research. You can find out where they say you sit on the Liberal < - > Conservative continuum.
Posted: 10 November, 2009 in Culture, Economics, environment, Immigration, Life, politics and government, Racism, Religion, Sex, US Politics, values.
Tags: Bush, conservative, cultural values, democrat, economic values, Economics, economy, environment, facebook, facebook fan, facebook friend, kerry, Liberal, personality test, political values, politicians, politics, religious values, republican, social values, society, sociology, temperament, test, typology, values, very conservative, very liberal
Comments: 2
Beatles For Sale! Rubber Souled Out?
This unique, apple-shaped USB drive is loaded with the re-mastered audio for The Bealtes’ 14 stereo titles, as well as all of the re-mastered CDs’ visual elements, including 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, replicated original UK art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.
Posted: 7 November, 2009 in Australian Values, Computing, Culture, History, Media, music.
Tags: '60s, '70s, Apple, Apple corps, Apple USB, Bealtes, Beatles, Beatles collectoin, cultural values, Fab Four, George, George Harrison, John, John Lennon, MacCartney, Mop Tops, music, music values, Paul, Paul McCartney, pop, remastered, Richard Starkey, Ringo, Ringo Starr, rock and roll, technology, USB, value, values
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