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Ebola – is this the Bubonic Plague of our generation?
I remember the first outbreak of ebola in 1979. It only killed a few poor, black people, right? Wasn’t impacting on the rich, white people, after all. So why worry about it? "What's wrong w/ how the West talks about Ebola in one illustration" via @Independent http://t.co/ER4MSKqLCu http://t.co/y0qvq3cvbj" — David Jobling (@DJobling) October 17, 2014
Jones felt burning heat and fierce throbbing
Continued from Pain. If you have just joined this story and wish to start from the beginning, go to What goes around comes around. Some semblance of quiet settled over the tent. The baby was quiet now and the soft murmur of the women’s voices hung in the air as a reminder of the cycle of life. It […]
Support or not? Australians donning the Hijab
Given the terrible actions against innocent Muslims in our community of late, I joined a social media group of everyday Australians supporting our Muslim brothers and sisters. Through my participation in this group I became aware of the #WISH campaign, Women in Solidarity with Hijabis.
Muslims ARE speaking out, non-Muslims need to listen
Following on from previous articles in relation to the terror alert and the social ramifications in Australia: Terrorists are terrorists Australia and Torture Climate Change or Terrorism? Whichever way you look at it, this is SO wrong I would like to draw readers’ attention to examples of Muslims speaking out. The first is a video […]
Whichever way you look at it, this is SO wrong
A story fluttered into my view on Facebook, that repository of factual information. I noticed a few other similar reports of the same incident and given the Here’s A Quick Recap Of All The Times Australia Treated Muslims Like Complete Garbage This Week I had read not long ago, together with the reports I was hearing on […]
Read Katherine Murphy’s The Acid Test
I’d like to draw your attention to a very interesting article on The Guardian by Katherine Murphy. Given The Guardian doesn’t have the WordPress “reblog” feature, this is the best I can do! Given that parliament seems to be on a path to deliver a bigger surveillance state and less means for whistleblowers to expose its […]
Office 2013 is Colourless or Colorless
Now for something completely different. Technology. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 and Office 2013/Office 365. Very fancy. I like the backlit keyboard. The Start button has gone! I hear Microsoft have brought it back with Windows 9 – good move. The Office themes are too white. Whiter than white. Oh, there is […]
Terrorists are terrorists
Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. Terrorists are terrorists. Regular readers know as an atheist I don’t have a lot of tolerance for religions. I acknowledge there are a lot of very good religious people but I believe those people are good people with or without religion: they would be great humanists. Religion didn’t make […]
Where will our kids work?
For quite some time I have been concerned about the commercial drive to move roles off-shore. I’m an accountant, I understand the business drivers to reduce costs and maximise profit. I am sure the concerns I express here were expressed in a similar fashion during the industrial revolution.
High Court of Australia closes detention legal loophole
The High Court of Australia has dealt another blow to the Australian Governments who have been implementing or trying to implement processes now ruled unconstitutional. Yes, that is governments (plural) because the beginnings of much of the current situation were under the previous Labor Government. Source: Diac Image Library Jan Dobson commented: @TeamOyeniyi I've been […]
Random Observations of Life 