Perhaps the oddest political video ever viewed in the Crikey bunker, it includes a man in a pathetic animal costume with demon eyes and criticism of Californian politician Tom Campbell. Ahem.
February, 2010
Video of the Day: Demon sheep haunt Californian politics
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Conroy on Keane: cheers or jeers?
Crikey readers weigh in on Stephen Conroy’s response to Bernard Keane and the internet filter, clueless economists and the SA election online comment debacle.
No stamp duty on capital gains equals incompetence
Gavin R. Putland responds to Adam Schwab’s property taxes piece in yesterday’s Crikey. While the states are addicted to the property boom, the more important issue is property turnover.
Morning Market Report: A busy day for market news
Wall Street closed down 26 overnight. The two day rally including a 271 point rally in the Dow from bottom to top ends… but not decisively.
Business As Usual: Property still booming … Pay TV in play … Murdoch’s Rosebud moment
Is Austar’s biggest investor about to pull the plug? Plus a stirring performance from Rupert Murdoch, car sales up, a chilly winter for Europe’s retail sector, and other business bits from around the globe.
Finally: ACMA ruling on Elmo and Abby the ‘muppet fairy in training’
ACMA has finally responded to pressing viewer concerns about Sesame Street and its menacing connections to witchcraft. About time.
Media briefs: A notable absence from today’s Macquarie cross
There were no naked Miranda Kerr photos today when Seven News crossed to Macquarie Private Wealth, just some sly smiles and words from the news reporter.
Pel-Air inquiry shrouded in secrecy
The CASA investigation into the Pel-Air incident last year has been shrouded in secrecy, despite the regulator indefinitely suspending the pilot licence of the captain who flew the Westwind jet.
Abbott to the lunatic fringe: it’s OK, I’m one of you
Tony Abbott’s decision to meet Lord Monckton was contemptible — but smart politics. Abbott is just doing what he has been hired to do: dog-whistle to the extreme right of the party.
Work harder? You must be mad
The Rudd Government needs to accept that productivity and mental health are long term problems that need strategies that extend beyond their next term in office, writes Kevin Jones.
Clash of the sustainability world view titans
Dr Douglas Goudie has a simple formula for dealing with our aging and growing population: live more simply, use less; consume less; share more. Cut waste; reduce our carbon/ecological footprint.
Talking the Town: Thumped, bumped and bumped off at ICAC
The difference between being thumped, bumped and bumped off is still a mystery, even after a whole day spent at the current ICAC hearing in Sydney into allegations of murdered Michael McGurk’s corrupt conduct.
Political snippets: Cop it on the chin, then move on
Sometimes the best thing a politician can do in time of political scandal is give a quick apology and cop it sweet. Plus, don’t be too confident with scientists and their temperature predictions and other political snippets.
Soil carbon: big potential, but maybe not yet?
The Coalition is relying heavily on soil carbon to provide emissions reductions under its new climate change plan. Not so fast, say experts.
ACA and NSW Police digging a hole over fake hoon story
Nine’s A Current Affair has been forced into an embarrassing backdown over a “hoon driver” story, after Crikey exposed it as a sham.
iiTrial: ISPs not responsible for users’ copyright infringement
A landmark ruling in Australia’s Federal Court today has cleared internet service provider iiNet from responsibility for its users’ illegal file sharing.
Monckton’s Melbourne meeting: a gathering of men in Richie Benaud blazers
What’s it like to attend a Lord Monckton meeting? For the cheering crowd of Old-Australia-RSL-club climate change deniers who flocked to see him, it was like a rock concert.
Daily Proposition: Get Lost. No, really.
Series six of the television mega-drama Lost is due in Australia soon. If you want a truly engaging bit of mindless commercial television then get thee to a DVD store and rent or buy it. It’s a hoot.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: former friend now Belinda Neal’s foe
Which former John Della-Bosca supporter and ministerial adviser has just announced their intention to challenge Belinda Neal in the Federal pre-selection?
Barnaby gets away with it, iiNet decision, an audience with Monckton, ACA’s Stig beat upmust read 
The new economics of book publishing explained
For anyone confused by all the hype about e-readers and the “digital revolution” in the book publishing world, this article breaks it down perfectly: how Amazon makes money with the Kindle, how Apple will from the iPad, and why publishers are pissed off.
Forget about My School — what about MyHospital.com.au?
Health economist Gavin Mooney — tongue firmly in cheek — imagines if the government applied the “logic” of its My School website to hospitals, comparing what comes out, but definitely not what goes in.
