Merry Christmas from George W Bush
A Christmas message in song from George W Bush, Leader of the Free World. Hat tip to Peter Black.
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Petitions to parliament drove ALP’s Internet filtering policy
Here’s a nice twist linking this week’s discussion threads. It turns out that Labor’s Internet filtering policy was largely driven by petitions to parliament — the very petitions which Chairman Rudd...
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Is it really so wrong to mix business and politics (and religion)?
So last week Apple announced new products. Yawn. The Cult of Apple worshipped their God, and millions of words were written praising His Wisdom. However the most interesting comment I’ve read so far...
View ArticleFiction is not reality
“Heath Ledger is notable for being two things at the moment. They are: 1. Not gay. 2. Dead,” notes Eric TF Bat. “This hasn’t stopped our good friends at the Westboro Baptist ‘Church’ announcing plans...
View ArticleThursday Reading, 6 March 2008
Three quickies for you: The 40 Most Inappropriate Children’s Book Covers (I like Sharing is for Losers: an Ayn Rand Primer and Pop! Goes The Hamster And Other Fun Microwave Games). A nice rant about...
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Jason Calacanis and the Evil Cult of the Internet Start-up
[Note: This article is a follow-up to How do you treat your staff? Like 37signals, or like this prick?, written after that piece received a lot of attention. But my views are more complex than simple...
View ArticleAustralia 2020 News, 13 March 2008
I wonder if Australia’s Jewish communities will be suitably placated by having their own kosher pre-summit summit on 14 April, since the main Australia 2020 Summit on 19-20 April clashed with Passover?...
View ArticleThe New 7 Deadly Sins
One of the Pope’s groupies came up with a new version of the 7 deadly sins. I haven’t bothered chasing this story ‘cos it seems like such a wank, but there’s some interesting commentary from friend and...
View ArticleQuote of the Day, 22 March 2007
Overheard in a pub recently, someone asking their friend, “Are you an atheist?” The reply was, “What does that mean? You’re so intelligent!”
View ArticleChocolate bunny revisited
Since it’s Easter Sunday, I’ll point you to a previous post showing what happens to unpopular bunnies. Enjoy!
View ArticleCommon Ground run by a dangerous cult?
I always used to enjoy the wholesome food from the Common Ground Café at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show, the Newtown Festival and other events. There’s now a bad taste in my mouth now that I’ve discovered...
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Vale Scott Young
I’ve just had the most amazing conversation about the man in the photograph. C Scott Young was, according to Mark Pesce, “the very, very first VRML designer. What he did — with no tools and for...
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50 to 50 #7: Wearing my Sunday best, for church
[This post is part of the series 50 to 50, fifty posts to mark my 50th birthday next weekend. Originally intended to be one per day, with the final one on the birthday itself, it's been disrupted by my...
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Respect, please, NSW Police!
Respecting someone’s religious beliefs is something I though was basic etiquette. But apparently not so, according to NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police and Emergency Services Minister...
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Talking Apple iPhone 5 on Balls Radio
Yes, OK, we fell for it. Shut up. We have to make a living, you know. Apple’s new iPhone 5 was the topic for my spot on Phil Dobbie’s Balls Radio this week. Oh wait. We don’t get paid for this. Well...
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LOLBible
Excellent. The Bible (you may have heard of it?) is being translated into LOLcat. 1. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat was invisible, and he maded the skiez and da earths, but he did not eated it. 2. The...
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A Tale of Two Cults
They must put something in the water at places like Google and Apple. I mean, isolating everyone at a “campus” even to the point where they only eat with each other is one of the classic cult-creation...
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Portraits of photographers in the Puritan church
Last night ’Pong (pictured) and I went to the opening of In Your Face, an exhibition of photographs of photographers taken by other photographers showing until 4 November at Paddington Uniting Church....
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Weekly Poll: Merry Bloody Christmas!
Yes, it’s that time of year again, when a celebration of the birth of social radical Joshua bar Joseph is turned into a retail extravaganza. How do you feel about Christmas? Personally, I get annoyed...
View ArticleSt Kevin’s thoughts on religion in politics
Lots of Australian politicians claim to be Christians, but somehow the “What would Jesus do?” bit gets lost in the everyday business of arresting Indian doctors and sending refugees to concentration...
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