tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56614882011-06-08T12:03:28.981+07:00A massacre with a modem.........Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1103692764197935322004-12-22T11:41:00.000+07:002004-12-22T12:19:24.196+07:00

Well, I'm back after forgetting this site for a few weeks (OK, 7) to give you a few related stories I've found in the last few days. First up: Time. As anyone who chats with people around the world may know, it's hard to arrange meetings with people in the US, UK and Australia at the same time. Time-zones and Daylight savings makes converting a date and time for a meeting a nightmare unless you

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1099298352857966182004-11-01T15:23:00.001+07:002004-12-22T12:45:19.463+07:00

I just found an interesting rumour which has been floating around the net for a few weeks regarding the upcoming US Presidential election. So the rumour goes, if the Washington Redskins win their last home game before the election, the current President (or the parties candidate, if the current president has reached the 2 term maximum) will stay in power. Conversely, if they lose, the opposing

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1099009712913073322004-10-29T07:25:00.000+07:002004-10-29T07:28:32.913+07:00

It was brought to my attention the other day that McDonalds have now started charging 50c for an ice-cream cone. I'll be sure to be on the lookout for a 'Still just 50c' poster in the coming weeks.

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1094808672708943472004-09-10T16:29:00.000+07:002004-09-10T16:31:12.710+07:00

Two links today, to make up for the lack of posts recently. And as you may have guessed from the title, they're both about forms of censorship. Our first link takes us to the American Library Association page, where they have a nice little report on The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 - 2000. These are the books that concerned parents and teachers and other groups have asked to be

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1092560315061902622004-08-15T15:39:00.000+07:002004-08-15T15:58:35.060+07:00

Well, it certainly has been a long time between updates, but that doesn't mean we're dead yet! I will continue to post interesting stories until Shay closes the blog or kills my access, whichever comes first. So, on to todays story... I was in the city the other day doing the university thing, and, as is common for me, I will occasionally eat at McDonalds if I can't make it home for lunch or

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1088130450863561992004-06-25T09:10:00.000+07:002004-06-25T09:27:30.863+07:00

Most people by now will be aware that Google have entered the webmail wars with a revolutionary new service called Gmail, which offers an unprecedented 1GB (1000 megabytes) of storage for free. While it's still in beta testing, those of us here at WoMD have had the opportunity to grab ourselves a beta account for awhile now. Anticipation for the new service has been huge, with beta accounts being

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1088129392006553702004-06-25T08:52:00.000+07:002004-06-25T09:09:52.006+07:00

Some people seem to grow muscles without a problem, others seem to struggle, lifting weights day and night to find that their arms haven't changed their diameter at all. Ever wondered why that is? Well, scientists are now monitoring a young boy who has taken muscle-building to an extreme, being born with well defined muscles. The boy, now 4 years old, lives in Germany and is still abnormally

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1087290868731845552004-06-15T16:05:00.000+07:002004-06-25T08:52:00.046+07:00

One of the things which concern me when I'm writing a post for this site is whether the article I'm linking to will actually be accessible by the intended readers. If I refer to an article posted on the Ney York Times website, for example, I have to keep in mind that many of the stories submitted there require the reader to have an account. In their case, registration is free, but sometimes a

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1085910766126532842004-05-30T16:38:00.000+07:002004-05-30T16:52:46.126+07:00

I recently found myself with enough money to go out and buy WarGames on DVD for my birthday. It was a great movie released in 1983 starring Matthew Broderick. For those unfamiliar with the movie, it involved computer hacking and the threat of nuclear war, and if you haven't seen it before, go out and find a copy at your local video store NOW (the title of this post will make a lot more sense if

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1084846970530441772004-05-18T09:21:00.000+07:002004-05-18T09:22:50.530+07:00

Our Master Blogger has been absent as of late, any ideas on where he is??

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1084436780249784462004-05-13T15:07:00.000+07:002004-05-13T15:26:20.250+07:00

Gotta love how the media works the minds of the people out there, even myself included. A good example is how all these prisoner abuse cases have arisen in Iraq and yet nothing is really being done about it, I mean prisoners have been murdered while in custody, POW's I might add, and who is getting persecuted for these violations and war crimes???? No one and you wont see anyone get persecuted

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1084337972961040382004-05-12T11:57:00.000+07:002004-05-12T11:59:32.960+07:00

These pictures speak for themselves.

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Yesterday, I got up at 4:30 in the morning, put on the best clothes I own, and caught the first available train into the city. The reason? Australian Idol Season 2 has arrived here in Brisbane, and in a common moment of insanity, I decided to go and audition. I had scoped out the Suncorp Piazza the day before auditions were set to begin, and found a group of 30 people already camped out ready.

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1083290441574528972004-04-30T09:00:00.000+07:002004-04-30T09:03:48.360+07:00

Last night I was sitting in the roadside restaurant near my apartment and leafing through the Thai newspapers when I spotted a pictorial on the violence down south. Thai newspapers don't think twice before putting pictures of yesterday's bloodied corpses on their front pages. Neither do the evening news broadcasts actually - just a few weeks ago I was attempting to eat dinner while watching

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1083230457122116962004-04-29T16:20:00.000+07:002004-04-29T16:24:03.013+07:00

Well it's not often that Thailand appears in the international headlines, but yesterday's violence, resulting in more than 100 deaths, certainly brought it to the world's attention so I suppose I'd better say something. However, I've only passed through the Southern Thai provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat on buses on the way to Malaysia, so for me to talk about them is like an Englishman

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-108320039599506352004-04-29T07:59:00.000+07:002004-04-29T08:03:00.920+07:00

I found this in my random trawls of the net and thought people might have some fun with it. Lets see if we can work out some good things to write on that board!

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1083053041094260802004-04-27T15:04:00.000+07:002004-04-27T15:07:05.076+07:00

Im not going to say much here but this article pretty much hits the nail on the head.

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1083036930741967072004-04-27T10:35:00.000+07:002004-04-27T10:38:34.340+07:00

Would John Howard please explain to all those brave soldiers in Iraq how being stuck in the Iraqi quagmire for two years fails to qualify as a long-term commitment? Perhaps while he's there he could explain to the Iraqis how an invasion by foreign armies will satisfy their craving for freedom.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082863145146621452004-04-25T10:19:00.000+07:002004-04-25T10:22:06.716+07:00

Stop me when this begins to sound familiar: The leader of a nation fighting in Iraq makes a top-secret trip to Iraq to visit the troops on a day of national commemoration. Yep, John Howard, so keen to accuse Mark Latham of plagiarism, has directly lifted GWB's Thanksgiving photo-op for his own ANZAC Day celebrations. All he needs now is a plastic turkey!

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082684821758066792004-04-23T08:47:00.000+07:002004-04-23T08:50:00.873+07:00

Today's essential reading: ZNET's expose of the US military's bullying of Arabic news channel Al Jazeera. For the record, I will fully admit that Al Jazeera is biased against the US, but no more than the western press is biased in their favour, perhaps even less so. It has been hounded by the military for its unbalanced reporting and "incitement to violence", but it says much that the Murdoch

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082684482553873452004-04-23T08:41:00.000+07:002004-04-23T08:44:21.746+07:00

Here's an interesting web diary. It belongs to Jo Wilding, a British volunteer worker who this week was kidnapped, then released by Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah. Well worth a read.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082682233971952952004-04-23T08:03:00.000+07:002004-04-23T08:06:53.653+07:00

A big Onya to Tami Silicio, the brave woman who risked - and has now lost - her job to show the world a photograph of the flag-draped coffins of fallen US soldiers in Iraq. The Bush administration has banned photographs of the coffins, considering the truth of daily US casualties far too electorally damaging. Disgracefully, there are no receptions, administration members stay well away from

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082679647586671932004-04-23T07:20:00.000+07:002004-04-23T07:23:47.000+07:00

Mark Latham's team has already caught John Howard in a bit of plagiarism, where he quoted a Neal Pollack book. And as I foreshadowed yesterday, the plagiarism accusation was part of a new smear campaign to belittle Latham, from the sound of this probably the first mudball of many: THE Howard Government has launched an orchestrated campaign to undermine public trust in Mark Latham, to

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082592552423305122004-04-22T07:09:00.000+07:002004-04-22T07:12:11.013+07:00

I'm a little mystified by the plagiarism furore surrounding Mark Latham. And all I can come up with is the thought that this is a smear campaign from the government. Here are the comments that they seem to believe were plagiarised from a Bill Clinton speech: Mr Clinton: "Every 18-year-old must be able to go to college." Mr Latham: "Every 17-year-old must be ready to extend their education. "

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082590683465534132004-04-22T06:38:00.000+07:002004-04-22T09:45:56.140+07:00

Have a read of this quote and take a guess who said it: I always admired somebody who in his own way, for his own reasons, forms a conscientious objection to something. I congratulate him for the strength of his character." Believe it or not, it is our own beloved Prime Minister, John Howard. Is he finally admitting that those opposed to the war may have a valid opinion after all? Regrettably

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082531242056462332004-04-21T14:07:00.000+07:002004-04-21T14:10:19.936+07:00

More to my previous points about Colin Powell - while I appreciate that he was a rare rational head in the Bush administration, nothing short of a resignation and opening up before the world will win back my respect and that of many millions: When Colin Powell decided that Dick Cheney's crazy "fever," as he called the Vice-President's obsession with linking September 11 and Saddam Hussein, was

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082522229413357572004-04-21T11:37:00.000+07:002004-04-21T11:40:06.793+07:00

The issue of the prisoners being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions (and plenty of other international laws) in Guantanamo Bay is before the US Supreme Court. Many prayers and crossed fingers for that one, but I'm none too optimistic. Most of the judges were appointed by previous Republican administrations and know who their paymasters are - one of them was heard to wonder out aloud on

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082504908558379532004-04-21T06:48:00.000+07:002004-04-21T06:51:25.576+07:00

I was just reading the usual crappy news and I came across this news article, no real big deal in the story itself, except it seems Australians are running the McDonald's Corporation nowadays. But judging by the picture below (if it works-if not use the link above) it seems they are paying homage to the dark lord of all things nasty: 'Hail Satan!'

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082433229870782672004-04-20T10:53:00.000+07:002004-04-20T10:56:45.966+07:00

Israel has announced that they intend to keep on breaking international law by hitting Hamas leaders residing overseas. This follows the Rantissi assassination, which drew the most breathtakingly insipid responses from the US and Australian governments, while the rest of the world reminded Israel that there is such a thing as the rule of law. Alexander Downer mumbled "I'm concerned (whatever

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082421380559593092004-04-20T07:36:00.000+07:002004-04-20T07:39:16.763+07:00

This would be too strange, immoral and cynical to believe, if the Bush administration didn't have such a track record. Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld had briefed the Saudi Ambassador, Prince Bandar, two days before they even told Colin Powell about the war plans! Or to put it another way, in return for a promise of low oil prices before the election, Cheney and Rummy gave out state secrets to

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082420862381901542004-04-20T07:27:00.000+07:002004-04-20T07:30:38.700+07:00

It looks like Mark Latham is going to do what John Howard didn't and give Australians a real chance to decide whether they want a republic. Unlike the rigged Howard version, Latham will first determine whether Australians want a republic (of course they do), then another vote will decide what form this will take, and finally a referendum will oversee the change in the constitution. Yet another

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082419387236789612004-04-20T07:03:00.000+07:002004-04-20T07:06:03.873+07:00

Now it looks as if Colin Powell won't get a second term as Secretary of State, even if Bush (heaven forbid) is reelected. The world would not miss him per se - after all he told countless lies on behalf of the liars-in-chief, and was party to several of the world's greatest war crimes - but on the whole he has been one of the most sober, cautious members of this administration. While Bush and

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082261533318895242004-04-18T11:12:00.000+07:002004-04-18T11:15:08.046+07:00

I was intrigued by this article, saying that Colin Powell was always sceptical about the Iraq war, and had warned Bush when he made his decision to go to war that "you break it, you own it". It got me thinking - Richard Clarke and Paul O'Neill were damaging for the Bush government, but not fatal. In each case the administration simply turned ad hominem, smearing them, saying they were "out of

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082187361423645222004-04-17T14:36:00.000+07:002004-04-17T14:38:55.043+07:00

It's here. Read it, 'Nuff said.

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082184359080011572004-04-17T13:45:00.000+07:002004-04-18T11:05:04.950+07:00

It would be nice if the ABC would remove from their headlines (currently in the top stories) the headline which states: Quakes hit Indonesia's Bali, Bengkulu islands Bengkulu isn't an island, it is a province on the largest island, Sumatra. (No, I haven't been there, I passed by on a ship in the dead of night, but that's all). All the subeditor who wrote the headline needs to do is read the

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082184120788421832004-04-17T13:42:00.000+07:002004-04-17T13:44:54.310+07:00

A very small news story today - Burma's dictators have allowed the National League for Democracy to reopen its offices in Rangoon. As one of not-too-many who have actually seen these "offices", on my trip to Rangoon in 2000, I thought this was worth an anecdote. Are you picturing an office building, with a foyer, reception and water cooler? The news stories would leave you to believe so.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082181027335660612004-04-17T12:50:00.000+07:002004-04-17T12:53:21.326+07:00

Osama bin Laden's most recent alleged proclamation is that any country except America will be offered a truce if they stop attacking Muslim lands. It is a piece of masterful politics, designed to put all governments and prospective oppositions in a no-win situation. Here is the problem: many governments are supporting an unjust war against Muslims in Iraq, and supporting an unjust oppression

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082171917069264672004-04-17T10:18:00.000+07:002004-04-17T10:21:30.590+07:00

This explains so much: As the coalition forces massed to invade Iraq, in Washington DC each morning a phone hook-up connected the top spokesmen of the main departments of the Bush Administration. The early-morning phone conference was designed to set the spin for the day on the subject of Iraq, the main lines of information and persuasion that the Administration would then speak into the media

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1082168753986425762004-04-17T09:25:00.000+07:002004-04-17T11:03:08.966+07:00

Hi all, I've been a long way from even newspapers for the past 5 days - kicking it on an island and being blissfully ignorant of the fact that Bush and Howard are sending the planet to hell in a handbasket. It appears that the kidnapping of foreigners has become something of a fashion in Iraq while I've been gone, and the execution of an Italian has made it quite a chilling thought too. But

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081899014100718392004-04-14T06:30:00.000+07:002004-04-14T06:33:20.796+07:00

...2004 Jefferson Muzzle Awards!!! Every year on or around April 13th, the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, 'the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has celebrated the birth and ideals of its namesake by calling attention to those who in the past year forgot or disregarded Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech "cannot be limited without being

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081607749002778862004-04-10T21:35:00.000+07:002004-04-10T21:38:35.733+07:00

Im sure all the emergency and law enforcement personnel had better things to do and more revenue to be made by booking people for speeding, than wasting taxpayers money in ways like this ridiculous security operation. The protesters were demonstrating in a peaceful manner and not one incident was reported, I think most of the resources could have been better spent fighting REAL crime. Does the

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081409349686605112004-04-08T14:29:00.000+07:002004-04-08T14:31:54.233+07:00

Atrios reminds us of an excellent, rather prescient "point-counterpoint" in The Onion, dated March 26 last year. This war will destabilize the entire Mideast Region and fan the flames of Anti-Americanism. George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more. This war will not put an end to anti-Americanism;

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081392496323772852004-04-08T09:48:00.000+07:002004-04-08T09:51:00.590+07:00

By bombing a mosque to the ground. Way to win hearts and minds, boys!

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081392390170341532004-04-08T09:46:00.000+07:002004-04-08T09:49:14.466+07:00

See if you can guess what this is all about.... China is runaway leader. Iran comes second. Vietnam is fourth, just after the great liberal paradise, the US of A. Any suggestions? Most nuclear secrets purchased? Most bird flu cases? Most rigged elections? Most dogmatic governments? How about most executions in the last year! Great dictators of the world..... we salute you!

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081324639244303692004-04-07T14:57:00.000+07:002004-04-07T15:00:03.233+07:00

American trampling on the young ex-democracy of Haiti continues - now that they have "saved his life" by supporting an armed insurrection against the left-wing president Jean Bertrand Aristide and then forcing him into a plane to the Central African Republic, Colin Powell is looking for ways to prosecute him for corruption. Apparently it doesn't occur to him that the term "corruption" very

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081303580592857802004-04-07T09:06:00.000+07:002004-04-07T09:09:04.246+07:00

There's something very similar between Republican Washington and Communist Beijing. Washington says to Baghdad (Nicaragua, El Salvador, Venezuela, etc) "you are free to have democracy, just as long as you elect who we tell you to". Beijing says the same to Hong Kong.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081301273408039832004-04-07T08:27:00.000+07:002004-04-07T08:30:36.810+07:00

Use a keystroke tracker in a trojan virus to get someone's password and tap into their account at ANZ bank. Not-so-clever-move - shift the money to your own account, also at ANZ bank, opened in your own name. Here's to a long-and-deserved trip to prison.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081300966407061262004-04-07T08:22:00.000+07:002004-04-07T08:50:22.623+07:00

30 dead American troops since Sunday. A "significant number" of Iraqis. In short, it's all going to hell. I don't envy John Kerry's task if he wins November's election. If he pulls out, we'll have chaos, with several groups fighting each other and any puppet government that the US attempts to set up. If he stays, at least all of the groups will know who the enemy is! And Bush's "bring them

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081236702367898122004-04-06T14:31:00.000+07:002004-04-06T14:34:24.890+07:00

Disclaimer: This post mentions child pornography. While it doesn't go into much detail, if you are uncomfortable with the topic, then skip to the next post. Most people, if you asked them, would agree that child pornography is *bad*. Indeed, the only people who would think it 'good' are the paedophiles who like that sort of thing, and even they wouldn't admit it to your face for fear of

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081152140612186392004-04-05T15:02:00.000+07:002004-04-05T15:05:02.513+07:00

George Dubya discussed invading Iraq with Tony Blair a week after 9-11. That's seven days. Of course we know already that he had ordered Dick Clarke to look for any tenuous link to Saddam on September 12th. It's disgusting... 3000 people were still burning, while Bush was licking his lips at this new-found justification to indulge the neo-conservative wet dream of hitting the world's

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081150274679951122004-04-05T14:31:00.000+07:002004-04-05T14:33:56.170+07:00

Thailand.... well at least the expat community has been rocked recently by the news that Carlsberg are to stop producing their amber fluid here. I, for one, am up in arms at this betrayal by my erstwhile friend and ally. How, oh most delicious drop, can you forsake me? After all we have been through together!! You are only forcing me into the arms of Beer Singha or the horrible,

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1081149587044384442004-04-05T14:19:00.000+07:002004-04-05T14:22:28.686+07:00

Australia has long been complicit in East Timor's woes, from our disgraceful support of the genocidal 1975 invasion by Indonesia onwards to the current refusal to allow them back onto their feet with a fair reappraisal of the Timor Gap treaty. Now we have another reason to make reparations. An international expert has placed some of the blame for Timor's second genocide, in 1999, at Australia's

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1080967614448477902004-04-03T11:46:00.000+07:002004-04-03T11:49:33.780+07:00

The Industrial Relations Commission has made a ruling in favour of employees! Not on my watch, says Howard. His government will quickly make sure that business, and the money that backs his party, retains the upper hand.

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Just occasionally I let the important things in life intrude into these pages.... like sport, for example. And this week I can confess to feeling gutted by Ian Thorpe's slip which resulted in his missing selection for the 400 metres freestyle. I reckon Australian Swimming has shot itself in the foot over this one. Sure, it has the clearest and least ambiguous selection criteria in sport, but

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Well hurrah and huzzah. For the first time I can say with confidence that I think Howard is going to lose the election this year. Oh sure, there have been plenty of signs that the short chap is on his way out for a while now, but say what you want about him, he's a survivor and a tough nut to crack. But watching him flail from week to week for a different angle from which to attack Mark

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1080656299619725942004-03-30T21:18:00.000+07:002004-03-30T21:23:29.590+07:00

I thought an American democracy allowed freedom of speech whether it be vocal or published? It seems this does not extend to people that are going to be living under a constitution that is designed by American authorities. The popular Baghdad paper called 'Al Hawza' has had the plugged pulled on its continued publication due to 'radical anti American' lies and inciting violence. Well correct me

Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717286760471050107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1080553002331418572004-03-29T16:36:00.000+07:002004-03-29T16:39:16.936+07:00

Let's give the US government more nukes!! Yeah, this deterrent thing has just ended violence, hasn't it!

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1080549734050251362004-03-29T15:42:00.000+07:002004-03-29T15:44:48.560+07:00

I'm struggling to see any reason for this: Prime Minister John Howard will ask Parliament to back a motion opposing any early withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq. Opposition leader Mark Latham has said he wants to bring Australian troops home from Iraq by Christmas, as long as certain conditions are met there. Mr Howard says Parliament will debate a motion stating that there should not

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OK, maybe I'm being a bit overly dramatic, but even if Privacy hasn't taken up residence under six feet of soil yet, he's at least in a hospital plugged into some very expensive machinery with the polititians itching to pull the plug. Sadly, they'll soon have more reason to pronounce him deceased and collect the insurance, because the only activity showing on his EEG are serial numbers. Ladies

Splungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13687941806077747661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1080380676821446232004-03-27T16:39:00.000+07:002004-03-27T16:47:09.356+07:00

I've got another story I've been working on, but I just saw this on Slashdot and had to post it. I'll admit that I haven't actually read the story, since it was the link which interested me, rather than the content. Anyways, I can't really improve on it, so here goes... "The WTO has ruled that the U.S. must allow online gambling or face trade barriers. My favorite quote from the article (Rep. Bob

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With Mark Latham boldly announcing that he would remove Australian troops from Iraq, John Howard came up with this piece of rubbish: "He's locked a Labor government . . . into bringing the troops home by December," a forceful John Howard told parliament yesterday. "Not only is that unhelpful to the people of Iraq . . . but it does send a very bad signal to the terrorists in Iraq, and it sends

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079982002865226882004-03-23T02:00:00.000+07:002004-03-23T02:02:31.246+07:00

I repeat that Peter Ustinov quote to introduce this hard-hitting article by John Pilger, surely one of the few truly good Australian journalists in the world at the moment. Terrorism is, by the definition of the powerful, only undertaken by desperate people without uniform. Put a uniform on them and it becomes "war". A Palestinian suicide bomber attacks in this way because it is the only

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079981140997849852004-03-23T01:45:00.000+07:002004-03-23T01:48:08.763+07:00

Uneasiness about the situation in Israel is nothing new on this site, but I am nothing short of terrified at the thought of what may happen now that Israel has assassinated Hamas's spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Things have been boiling in Palestine for a long time, waiting for a flashpoint. This may well be it. Expect riots to break out all over the Middle East, resembling open war at

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079935714595938202004-03-22T13:08:00.000+07:002004-03-22T13:11:02.360+07:00

I have found the greatest Aussie political site EVER!!! Full of flash animations showing just what John Howard is doing to screw Australia. Go take a look.

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Sounds like a lot, or a little, depending on the context. Let it start dripping into my bank account and I'll be a very happy man, who can retire at my present sub-30 age and spend all my time touring the other 190-odd countries I haven't yet visited. But if we're talking about Australia's national budget, it's a pittance. A few hundred million dollars a year might slightly improve our

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079933961939914682004-03-22T12:39:00.000+07:002004-03-22T12:41:49.263+07:00

Now we know what we always suspected. It's not better than tap water. It IS tap water: Just weeks after admitting that its new purified bottled water, Dasani, came originally from a mains tap south-east of London, Coca-Cola has recalled every bottle in Britain. Tests revealed that the safe, drinkable tap water supplied by Thames Water had been contaminated with bromate, a cancer-causing

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079930116664400982004-03-22T11:35:00.000+07:002004-03-22T11:37:43.950+07:00

I don't think I've ever heard Australia's liar-in-chief being summed up so succinctly. Take it away, Kevin Rudd: If the Iraq debacle establishes one fact for Australians, it is that "Honest John" is loose with the truth on national security. It has become a pattern of behaviour with the Howard Government: first Tampa; then children overboard; now Iraq. The reason is that for Howard, Australian

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079848483533156422004-03-21T12:54:00.000+07:002004-03-21T12:57:09.623+07:00

So here's Downer's world view. An Aussie citizen gets sentenced to death for trafficking heroin in Singapore. While it's harsh, at least it is a legal sentence, but our good old government cares about its citizens and fights for him. Well done, Alex. But if you are being held by the US, without charge and in violation of American law, international law and the Geneva convention, our

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Great stuff from Naomi Klein: That was the message sent out by the FBI to roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies on Christmas Eve. The alert urged police pulling over drivers for traffic violations, and conducting other routine investigations, to keep their eyes open for people carrying almanacs. Why almanacs? Because they are filled with facts--population figures, weather predictions, diagrams

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079846635747078122004-03-21T12:23:00.000+07:002004-03-21T12:26:22.250+07:00

For a great flash animation on the oil industry, George W. Bush and the Exxon Valdez disaster, visit this site.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079752302900291722004-03-20T10:11:00.000+07:002004-03-20T11:11:31.936+07:00

Anybody who has read Orwell will be familiar with this concept - that something can be totally obvious, but everybody knows that you simply don't mention it. You don't even think it, even though you know it. Or else the thought police will come to take you away. And this week's leading doublethinker is Big Brother himself: John Howard. I refer, of course, to his and his government's

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079749007447132392004-03-20T09:16:00.000+07:002004-03-20T09:19:12.983+07:00

After the shooting of Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan, following hot on the heels of the assassination of Anna Lindh in Sweden, I worry a little about the future of politics. Both Sweden and Taiwan have no history of political violence, and their politicians were known to wade into crowds to meet the common people. This is a good thing. John Howard and George W. Bush, on the other hand, have led

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079667773343869912004-03-19T10:42:00.000+07:002004-03-19T10:45:17.686+07:00

In a morning meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Bremer warned the Iraqi leaders that they risked isolating themselves and their country if they continued to snub the United Nations. According to Iraqi and American officials, Mr. Bremer pointedly warned them of a "confrontation" with the United States if the Iraqis failed to invite the organization back. I didn't make that up..... Iraq's colonial masters

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079664575691034902004-03-19T09:49:00.000+07:002004-03-19T09:53:09.840+07:00

Here's Justin Felux on the appointment process for Haiti's new Prime Minister - Aristide was dumped because he did not govern "democratically", or so Condoleeza Rice tells us. So the option is........ a PM who will suit big business, who has lived in Florida for 15 years, appointed by America at the behest of an opposition with no more than 15 percent support. Now that's democracy,

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079661869494695742004-03-19T09:04:00.000+07:002004-03-19T09:06:54.123+07:00

Looks like Georgie-boy has dusted off his novelty flight suit again for another photo op. If he's going to drape himself in a military uniform, surely he can't complain that his military record is being questioned now.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079660441722071552004-03-19T08:40:00.000+07:002004-03-19T08:43:05.920+07:00

Here's a sentence which caught my attention this morning: Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, rewarded the country's co-operation in the war on terrorism on Thursday by designating it a major non-Nato ally. This allows it to buy advanced American arms. This is somewhat troubling. Amid all the rhetoric we are used to hearing about the USA's commitment to democracy, freedom, etc etc

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079604489629572582004-03-18T17:08:00.000+07:002004-03-18T17:10:33.543+07:00

Miranda Devine is already claiming what we can all expect Howard to claim in the election, that any vote against Johnny Boy is a vote for Osama bin Laden. The election will probably turn on how many morons actually believe the lie.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079603893627353012004-03-18T16:58:00.000+07:002004-03-18T17:00:36.860+07:00

Read your own words and weep, Mr Secretary of Offence.

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With Spain getting an international pounding for their government's heroic decision to withdraw from Iraq, the mind boggles about how the Bushites are going to play this one. My worst nightmare is that they will hint - not flat-out say, but hint - that a vote for John Kerry is giving in to terrorists. The first signs of that appeared with the prominence of footage of 9/11 in their first

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More bollocks from the White House: President George Bush's aides say he has begun talking to other world leaders about his determination to remain on the offensive in the war on terrorism. A White House official said Mr Bush would work to ensure it was "clear to all around the world that nations cannot make a separate peace with terrorists". That statement is wrong on so many levels it

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079514067794874912004-03-17T16:01:00.000+07:002004-03-17T16:03:30.796+07:00

Indeed Your Prime Minister thinks we are fools. At the very least, presumably, he hopes enough of us are. His Government's absurd behaviour since the bombing atrocity on Madrid's peak-hour train system five days ago offers no other explanation. Why pretend the bombings would have had nothing whatever to do with Spain's support for the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq unless it is

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079427473679297402004-03-16T15:57:00.000+07:002004-03-16T16:01:12.746+07:00

How would you like to be Spain's new PM right now? He ran for office on a pledge to pull Spain out of Iraq, and he is honour-bound to do so. But Alexander Downer, despite speaking in a cynical attempt to make yet another justification for the Iraq war, actually makes a good point. If they pull troops out, then it will look like a victory for terrorism. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079237521572319122004-03-14T11:12:00.000+07:002004-03-14T11:14:21.200+07:00

Those brave Australian pilots who refused the brutal orders of their American overlords when civilians were threatened: Australia's F/A-18 pilots defied the orders of American commanders and refused to drop their bombs on up to 40 missions during the invasion of Iraq, it can now be revealed. In a remarkable account of how our airmen applied Australian rules of engagement, an RAAF pilot has told

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079231197459164362004-03-14T09:26:00.000+07:002004-03-14T09:28:56.810+07:00

Spain goes to the polls today in one of the most surreal elections I can remember. Just what will the tragedy in Madrid do to the way the poll goes? Here's the two main issues that have occurred to me. As Atrios astutely pointed out, conventional wisdom is that an act of terror in Europe will turn the populace against the government and be a negative for it. But if it had happened in the USA,

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079230320431376872004-03-14T09:12:00.000+07:002004-03-14T09:29:17.623+07:00

George Dubya made a great speech on international women's day. Just don't blame him for any inaccuracies: it's not like he actually writes any of his speeches or has a clue who he was talking about anyway! Bush praises man in women's day speech United States President George W Bush marked International Women's Week by paying tribute to women reformers - but one of those he cited is really a man

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1079064678303119172004-03-12T11:11:00.000+07:002004-03-12T11:13:35.936+07:00

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet but has anyone else noticed that March 11, the day of the Madrid bombings, is exactly 6 months before/after September 11?

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The Madrid bombings overnight have left me totally stunned. I don't believe the Spanish government's blaming of ETA, the Basque seperatist movement who usually issue a warning and avoid civilians, and ALWAYS take responsibility for their actions. And now we have this: The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said today it had received a claim of responsibility for the Madrid train bombings

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John Howard has outlined a plan to snatch responsibility for hospitals from the states to the Commonwealth to increase his own power and give him something else to bash the states with. Not only is this a bad idea, it's also illegal. It's strictly against the Constitution of Australia, both the letter of the document, and the "vibe". I'm sure it was condemned in the Mabo case too (if you

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1078881510300542392004-03-10T08:18:00.000+07:002004-03-10T08:20:45.716+07:00

"Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich" - Actor Peter Ustinov, quoted in New Internationalist.

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I've got CNN playing in the background (new cable installation: my football fetish has finally overridden my wallet), where Stan Grant is interviewing Ron Suskind, who wrote the book "The Price of Loyalty", based on the insider's view of Paul O'Neill, formerly part of George Bush's inner circle. Sounds an interesting read, he's detailing some of the few snippets of inside information to escape

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1078879172439616572004-03-10T07:39:00.000+07:002004-03-10T07:41:47.530+07:00

Noam Chomsky weighs in on the Haiti debacle.

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I didn't know Afghanistan's US-installed President Hamid Karzai was a feminist! Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered Afghan men a trade today in an attempt to convince them to let their women vote in upcoming elections. "Please, my dear brothers, let your wives and sisters go to the voter registration process," Karzai told a gathering to mark International Women's Day. "Later, you can control

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With speculation mounting over a Peter Costello leadership challenge after the next election, one thing terrifies me as an ABC voter (anyone but the Coalition). Howard could walk now. He could say his time is up, he should've gone last year when he promised Costello he would, and Costello could ease into the PM's chair with time left to undo the damage before the election and have a political

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Mark Latham, now ahead of John Howard in the polls, is urging members of his party to "remember Tampa" in the run-up to the election. Which begs the question: Is he just warning them against complacency because a disaster can still happen? Or is he reminding them that to win an election in Australia you have to stir up fear and appeal to the racist instincts of the lowest members of

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Here's an interesting piece of prose from Eduardo Galeano, in this month's New Internationalist magazine. Christopher Columbus couldn't discover America because he didn't have a visa or even a passport. Pedro Alvares Cabral couldn't get off the boat in Brazil because he might have been carrying smallpox, measles, the flu or other plagues the country had never known. Hernan Cortes and Francsisco

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Working my butt off.... better prospects for tomorrow folks

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Here's Israel's usual logic spelled out in their latest atrocity: Someone comes from somewhere on the Gaza Strip and tries to kill a few of your people, succeeding in only killing himself anyway. So you go into the Gaza Strip... anywhere in the Strip will do, and you kill at least 14 people, including an eight-year-old boy, and wound 80 others. I've heard of an eye for an eye but this sounds

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White House spokesman and amateur comedian Scott McClellan has come up with another side-splitter. He has described the breakdown of talks over Iraq's constitution as "democracy in action". And the people writing this constitution were elected by who exactly?

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Sorry about the silence yesterday... busy day. As it turns out I missed a very big story of interest to WMD readers..... this one relating to the immigrants just arrived on Ashmore Reef, who are on their way to one of our detention concentration camps and have no hope of getting refugee status because Ashmore Reef has been excised from the immigration zone in the Howard Government's infamous "

Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01362419101914188964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661488.post-1078540137376667582004-03-06T09:28:00.000+07:002004-03-06T09:31:08.716+07:00

What hope is there for some sort of agreement on a constitution in Iraq if even the U.S.'s hand-picked stooges can't agree on the document they were chosen to rubber-stamp?

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