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You didn’t know kangaroos could become vicious canine-killers, did you? But honestly, Canberra can have that effect on anyone. (Via iq2hi4uok.)
The staff of the national broadcaster think a transcript of its 7pm news might be a bit too much accountability. They are available elsewhere: putting the blue pencil through another night’s broadcast.
Arguing that the trouble much of the modern Left has with ordinary folk is (1) they are not materialistic enough and (2) they dare to have different concerns that the one’s they are supposed to have.
The increasing cost of being in the public eye.
A lovely little commentary.
How can similar values and experiences lead to diametrically opposite conclusions?
The war on terror and the slow death of tourism? Paying Danegeld feeds the beast, it does not sate it.
Peter Garrett as neophyte politician seems set to provide continuing entertainment, but not in a good way.
For those who want to get worried about such things. I can’t get all that worked up, since it is (1) much milder than what Lincoln, Wilson or FDR did in wartime situations (2) will be subject to judicial review and (3) is still not as intrusive as what people in, say, France, would accept as normal. (Come to that, not my area of expertise, but I wonder how it stacks up vis-a-vis the situation here in Oz? For example, in Oz, the Commonwealth Attorney-General issues ASIO wiretap, mail intercept and hidden search warrants.)
The quote of the year: If the new [Mike] Moore-standard says you can be a force for good even if you argue through half-truths, guilt-by-association and innuendo, then the case against Joe McCarthy evaporates entirely. He did, after all, have the larger truths on his side. Discuss.
On Christian marriage, what C S Lewis said. And speaking as someone who has big issues with my (settled, stable, thoroughly heterosexual married parents) upbringing, a case like this hardly says much one way or another. And other such points. And yes, the marriage amendment is about election-year politics. And also. The opposition is to both same-sex marriage and civil unions.
James Lileks puts the boot into Michael Moore. It’s such a fun sport. (And a pic.)
Comparing the US Veep candidates.
More on the farewell speech that Paul Bremer didn’t make. It may seem a trivial thing to harp on, but it’s not. It expresses so much of what is wrong with the mainstream media. The WP reporter explains. Which seems to come down to, because I wasn’t told in advance something was happening I was justified in saying it didn’t.
In war, attrition can be the way to win. But poor intelligence sure ain’t.
The staff of the national broadcaster think a transcript of its 7pm news might be a bit too much accountability. They are available elsewhere: putting the blue pencil through another night’s broadcast.
Arguing that the trouble much of the modern Left has with ordinary folk is (1) they are not materialistic enough and (2) they dare to have different concerns that the one’s they are supposed to have.
The increasing cost of being in the public eye.
A lovely little commentary.
How can similar values and experiences lead to diametrically opposite conclusions?
The war on terror and the slow death of tourism? Paying Danegeld feeds the beast, it does not sate it.
Peter Garrett as neophyte politician seems set to provide continuing entertainment, but not in a good way.
For those who want to get worried about such things. I can’t get all that worked up, since it is (1) much milder than what Lincoln, Wilson or FDR did in wartime situations (2) will be subject to judicial review and (3) is still not as intrusive as what people in, say, France, would accept as normal. (Come to that, not my area of expertise, but I wonder how it stacks up vis-a-vis the situation here in Oz? For example, in Oz, the Commonwealth Attorney-General issues ASIO wiretap, mail intercept and hidden search warrants.)
The quote of the year: If the new [Mike] Moore-standard says you can be a force for good even if you argue through half-truths, guilt-by-association and innuendo, then the case against Joe McCarthy evaporates entirely. He did, after all, have the larger truths on his side. Discuss.
On Christian marriage, what C S Lewis said. And speaking as someone who has big issues with my (settled, stable, thoroughly heterosexual married parents) upbringing, a case like this hardly says much one way or another. And other such points. And yes, the marriage amendment is about election-year politics. And also. The opposition is to both same-sex marriage and civil unions.
James Lileks puts the boot into Michael Moore. It’s such a fun sport. (And a pic.)
Comparing the US Veep candidates.
More on the farewell speech that Paul Bremer didn’t make. It may seem a trivial thing to harp on, but it’s not. It expresses so much of what is wrong with the mainstream media. The WP reporter explains. Which seems to come down to, because I wasn’t told in advance something was happening I was justified in saying it didn’t.
In war, attrition can be the way to win. But poor intelligence sure ain’t.