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An interview on No Fibs is a MUST READ
On April 6 I wrote “Who IS the boss around here?” This image may remind readers of one of the topics of the day. Michael Burge was also on the case, publishing the following great articles on No Fibs. You cannot burn a mummy blog Silencing the bird Michael has now interviewed the author of […]
Dear Joe
Dear Joe, Listen, love, I think we need to have a chat about the family budget. I know you are just learning the ropes with this money stuff and all, but you need to look at the basics. Basics always come first. I was actually rather impressed when you said the “age of entitlement” was […]
I do not accept corruption – do you?
We should be holding our public figures to account. Today Barry O’Farrell resigned as Premier of NSW over a bottle of Grange. A $3,000 bottle, to be precise. Let me put this into a commercial context. A few years ago I worked for an international company. Acceptance of gifts of any value over about $20 was […]
Who IS the boss around here?
Democracy, we are told, is government of the people, by the people, for the people. Yet in the last few months it seems we are to be controlled, not governed in the true sense of a democratic society. Dear Current Government: you work for the people. Just a reminder. The first warning bells sounded with […]
The many mysteries of MH370
Not many of us understand the intricacies of the aviation industry and flight. We know pilots fly planes: how they fly them is a mystery to most of us. Then one disappears. Into what seems like thin air. MH370 disappeared on the morning of March 8, 2014. I admit, like many others I became fascinated […]
The global politics of high altitude piracy
Everyone is used to piracy on the high seas. Somalian pirates on the high seas are renown. Piracy at high altitude? Perhaps we have just seen the first event in a new era. Sooner or later it was bound to happen and maybe this attempt wasn’t successful – until there is a demand issued or […]
Being a one-eyed supporter is easy
It must be wonderful to be a one-eyed supporter of anything: a football team, a soccer team, a political party or ideology; or a religion. If you are a one-eyed supporter you can close your eyes and ears to anything that you think doesn’t fit your world. I’m not a one-eyed supporter of anything. I […]
Goodies, baddies, wimps: where are the ADULTS?
Perhaps the adults are actually in Cambodia, because Australia’s supply seems to have run out! Would somebody out there like to explain, with supporting evidence, why Australia deems it appropriate to dump vulnerable people on third world countries? Manus Island hasn’t worked out so well (not like a raft of people didn’t warn it was […]
Was I too tough on Scott Morrison?
Please allow me to provide context and a sequence of events. Yesterday I saw this tweet: Scott Morriscum, arsehole extraordinaire #auspol #worstgovernmentever pic.twitter.com/wzHd3YvbzO — Salty Bobbins (@SharyBobbins) February 16, 2014 My immediate response was “Oh, this couldn’t be true, it’s a mean meme.” ** Looking further afield, I started to think there may be some […]
Random Observations of Life 