February 2012
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The definition of lukewarm
For a long time now, I’ve considered myself a more-or-less critical supporter of the Labor party. As many people have pointed out, left-wing types in Australia have had a mood fluctuation from 2007 that has gone something like very cautious optimism in 2007 with a Labor election win > disappointment and frustration that the government continually failed to capitalise on opportunities to...
TV shows that are the best, a non-exhaustive list.
somethingchanged:
Seachange (Australian) | Wildside (Australian) | Secret Life of Us (Australian) | The West Wing | Six Feet Under | Friday Night Lights | Six Feet Under | In Treatment | Homeland (I’ve only seen up to Episode 6 though) | The Killing I but not II | Sherlock | The Good Wife!
Mother and Son (Australian)
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"A three-tiered approach to crocodile management"
Queensland state elections. They’re they best.
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“[Contraception is] not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual...”
– Rick Santorum
Bypass surgery is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the medical realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be.
Human flight is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the mechanical realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be.
Democracy is...
“I think Facebook is colossally dull. I think it’s like everyone coming to live...”
– Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, opining on the worth of certain technologies in Capital New York. (via tragos)
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“So, next time you read an opinion piece from the CIS you can safely assume the...”
– Oh, snap, John Quiggin. Oh snap. The zombie economics of austerity in Australia
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“Do moviegoers want to hear female voices? Research indicates that our brains are...”
– Trailer voice over work scarce for women (via monsterpussy)
Hrm.
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RTFM
About a year ago the Brisbane river flooded, and although it’s not the worst flooding Brisbane’s ever seen, it was enough to cause some pretty dramatic stuff and freak us comfortable urban dwellers out a lot.
I was fine and none of my family lost anything, either. Fortunately there were none of the horrifying freakish events that caused deaths in places like Toowoomba (an inland city...
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“Abbott has achieved what generations of politicians have only dreamed of: the...”
– Andrew Elder: The National Pikers Club
Opponents of a given politician always complain that they are given soft coverage in the press, but there’s an important point about Abbott: he speaks with what could be described as a calculated recklessness, a contrariness that is both striking and...
January 2012
31 posts
