Archive for 'Literature'
I Am Not A Racist But … 2
How about a bit of slippery language? Forget that cynical “Pacific Solution” with the promise of Peace and Closure. Now it’s the “Regional Protection Framework”
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, History, Iraq, Language, Life, Literature, Racism, Religion, politics and government, values.
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Rag Bag. Fun Bag.
Amazing 2.5 yr-old shows how to play with iPad. Climate Denial Crock of the Week. We are Neanderthals! Yes! Prime Minister. Borders special on fiction.
Posted: May 14th, 2010 under Australian Values, Computing, History, Internet, Literature, Sex, Video, comedy/humour, environment, politics and government, values.
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Noam Chomsky’s Day Off
Sir Roger is relieved that there appears to be at least one person – Noam Chomsky – who just might understand Sir Roger’s chronic inability to relax. And why.
Posted: May 11th, 2010 under Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, Language, Life, Literature, Media, comedy/humour, fun, politics and government, values.
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Stewart Brand – Whole Earth Hero – on TED
In the Whole Earth Catalog my first words were, “We are as gods and might as well get good at it.”
The first words of Whole Earth Discipline are, “We are as gods and have to get good at it.”
Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Australian Politics, Australian Values, Immigration, Life, Literature, Science, Video, environment, politics and government, values.
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Millennial Jubilation
Today, Sir Roger celebrates his 1,000th post in 1277 days – or exactly 3½ years – since the inaugural, ungainly, embarrassing post – Minister von Rock Opens Australian Refujesus Exhibition – on 15 October 2006. Since then he has improved marginally, been mentioned in the Press and on numerous websites, and been [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2010 under Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Blogging, Computing, Culture, Economics, Education, Guantanamo/Hicks, History, Immigration, Internet, Iran, Iraq, Language, Life, Literature, Maths, Media, Medicine, Racism, Religion, Science, Sex, Sport, US Politics, Video, comedy/humour, environment, fun, legal, lolcats, movies, music, mystery, politics and government, values.
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Definition of H*******y
If you are a catholic in 2010, according to the church you only need two commandments … PLUS, the right to be offended
Posted: April 3rd, 2010 under Literature, Religion, Sex, Video, comedy/humour, fun.
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Dawkins on Evolution in the Deep North
Richard Dawkins’ speech about his new book, “The Greatest Show on Earth”, was recorded for ABC’s for Big Ideas. Here are a couple of brief excerpts
Posted: March 16th, 2010 under Education, History, Literature, Religion, Science, US Politics, audio, politics and government, values.
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“What does it want from us?”
Without an illustration, chart, or embedded YouTube video, millions were frozen in place, terrified by the sight of one long, unbroken string of English words
Posted: March 12th, 2010 under Education, Language, Literature, Media, comedy/humour, fun.
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If You Liked Koba the Dread, You’ll Love …
Tony Blair’s new novel, My Trippy Trip, is out – but is the jacket design a teenzy bit derivative? Is “The Look” – the Bleah-Stare – stolen from Stalin?
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under Iraq, Literature, Religion, politics and government, values.
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The Man Who Thought He Was a Poached Egg
Dawkins on Dateline, Bertrand Russell on belief – particularly on “undesirable” grounds (such as if you think you’re an egg).
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under Australian Politics, Australian Values, Life, Literature, Medicine, Religion, Science, politics and government, values.
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