Superstition on the brainIt’s been long known that there is a direct correlation between positive moods and superior athletic performance. But could superstition — also linked to neurochemistry — produce better sports stars?
September, 2009
Hey Hey, it’s… a long Tuesday night
Hey Hey It’s Saturday is coming back! Only… not on Saturday. And because you requested it (really?) for the extended time of two and a half hours.
Guy Rundle: Reality, alternate reality and tea parties
Organisers of a march in Washington against the Obama administration claimed to have attracted 1.5 million attendees, but it looks like they were off by a good 1.43 million. Of course, it’s all the Left’s fault.
Telstra to do the splits, WA Labor is stuffed, Kruddy lookalikes, Abbott the Kanye of Oz politicsMedia briefs: Kyle ratings flop, Observer looking better, tea party photoshop
After the rape scandal, Kyle & Jackie O finally got their due, with a huge drop in ratings. Also, rumours are an Observer closure now seem ‘unlikely’.
Crikey Says: Abbott’s Question Time antics
Yesterday Tony Abbott was booted from Question Time. Today he’s threatened that the Opposition might boycott it. His dummy-spit is particularly egregious as a senior member and, better yet, Leader of the House.
How Telstra split opens up Foxtel ownership
The announcement that Telstra must separate its retail and wholesale division — including a sell-off of its 50% Foxtel stake — should make Consolidated Media a prime takeover target. Let the media mogul battle begin.
Guy Rundle: The play’s the thing missing from the PEN anthology
The great, the good and my good friend Peter Craven have already weighed in on the issue of “progressive inclusion” of indigenous writing in the new Macquarie Australian lit anthology. But the omission of drama is the real scandal.
Illiterate, but formal: small miracle of democracy blooms in FNQ
In Queensland’s election, somehow polling booths that should represent some of the country’s least literate voters returned informal vote numbers that were among the country’s lowest. What’s going on?
RBA gets its hands on the rates lever
The minutes of the latest Reserve Bank meeting show an interest rate rise is expected, but no-one can agree on quite when it will happen.
Conroy orders Telstra to do the splits
The government has again smashed Telstra’s monopolistic agenda with a raw display of executive power — announcing its intention to force the company to separate its wholesale and retail arms.
The French Model: famous for finances, not fashion
For once, the French economic model isn’t being ridiculed, with France proving resilient amongst the GFC doom and gloom. But will they face a new debt crisis?
A super way to open up the mortgage sector
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac and their subsidiaries now control over 85% of all new mortgages. Adam Barker suggests a way to break the banks’ stranglehold.
Telstra has to morph into a different kind of beast
The Rudd government’s legislation is the stark choice being offered Telstra: split your wholesale and retail operations or you don’t get any more wireless spectrum.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mark Day vs Crikey
Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day: Crikey v The Australian, ACMA and iTunes, Israel relations and Michael McGurk.
Pay websites: Beeb gives News the bird
The BBC has given a two-fingered salute to Rupert Murdoch and son James’ self-interested push to charge for internet news websites.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A letter to The Australian only Crikey will print
James McDonald, frustrated at not having his voice heard on the national daily’s letters page, renews his Crikey sub.
Young Liberals find their campus saviours: the ALP
Young Liberals could be ruling campus bully-pulpits for decades to come, this time in coalition with a reliable partner — the right wing of the ALP.
Tips and rumours: Pay cuts in the Army Reserve?
Crikey’s tipsters today send in word on the street about Anna Bligh’s unfortunate school evacuation moment, KPMG’s nuclear-powered report and pay cuts in the defence forces.
Political snippets: Libs need to start playing the blame game
If the Libs want to get Kevin Rudd, what is needed are lots of horrid pictures of suffering people all caused by Federal Labor’s inability to carry out the commitments made so blithely by Mr All Talk — No Action man.
