Over 200,000 Australian kids are living in poverty, yet we’re forming lynch mobs over one creepy old man? We need to get our priorities sorted out, says Angry Dad.
September, 2009
The next leader of the Liberal Party will be…
Who will be the next Liberal Prime Minister? Malcolm Turnbull is almost certain to lose the next election, yet Joe Hockey is too bumbling and Tony Abbott too Catholic, says Rob Chalmbers.
WWJT: What Would Jesus Tweet?
Let’s just suspend our disbelief for a few minutes and pretend that Jesus has a Twitter account. What would he tweet? Who would he follow? Would his favourite hashtag be #forgiveness?
Book nerds rejoice! The holy temple of bookshops
Oh god, this bookshop in the Netherlands isn’t your standard Dan Brown piled high Borders. It’s a converted Dominican church that mixes walk in bookcases with giant cathedral columns. Hallelujah.
Journalism 101: Learn everything from television
Being a journalist is easy. Just watch how cable news programs do it. Spruik dead people a lot, develop ‘ethics’ and then find a hilarious hook for every story.
How to pause bad web publicity
Something stupid happens at work and suddenly customers are tweeting and making YouTube videos about how awful your company is. How can you fight back when you’re trashed on the web?
Obama wimps out on climate change
Barack Obama’s speech to the UN was lacklustre for those who give a damn about the environment. He’ll have to do better if he wants to rally Congress for support, writes Bill McKibben.
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The cruel craziness of Japan’s death row
It’s not just innocent people on death row that has Amnesty giving the Japanese legal system a swerve. Prisoners are being driven clinically insane and then executed anyway.
Hybrid airships for Afghanistan gain buoyancy
Nerdy aviation people, get excited. The US military are planning an autonomous, free-flying, surveillance airship (read: a type of futuristic hybrid Hindenburg) to be used in the war in Afghanistan.
Former sub-editors battle The Age for back pay
Past and present subs at The Age have launched legal action after learning that they have been underpaid for the last ten years. That’s a pretty major mistake.
Robbie Buck put out to pasture
Long time voice of Triple J, Robbie Buck, has left the yoof radio station and moved to join the old fogies at ABC 702 Sydney.
Behind Beyonce: the man responsible for “Single Ladies”
Choreographer JaQuel Knight explains the inspiration behind “Single Ladies”, the music video that moved Kanye West to berate anyone who got in its way. A little bit of Bob Fosse. And a whole lot of Beyonce.
Morning Market Report: Market and Wall St both down
The market is down 12. The SFE Futures were down 28 this morning. Wall St was also looking glum, closing down 81.
Crikey Says: Rudd puts G20 front and centre
Rudd’s Foreign Policy Association speech – once you get past the obsequious praise of the United States – is an almost blunt demand that the G20 become the critical instrument of world economic regulation.
Is Ron Walker developing a Citizen Kane swagger?
Fairfax chairman Ron Walker seems to be developing a bit of a swagger — almost as though he were a proprietor. Witness the cars, the drivers, the general display of grace under pressure.
Mass vaccinations for Swine Flu: learning from hindsight
We do not seem to have learned much since 1976 when a swine flu virus outbreak went through Fort Dix in the US, writes Peter Collignon.
300,000 disenfranchised by our voting system
The government does seem to make an effort to elicit actual discussion in their government papers, and the new Electoral Reform Green Paper is a perfect example.
Political snippets: Paying for a Clinton plug
Former President Bill Clinton may have been dishing out the compliments to PM Kevin Rudd, but Rudd fails to mention that the Australian government is a donor to the Clinton foundation.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Lockerbie bomber wrongly convicted?
Crikey tipsters are full of conspiracy today. One writes: Lockerbie bomber Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was wrongly convicted. If and when he dies we may never find out the full extent of the conspiracy.
