With NSW jobs at Boeing going to Victoria, it’s good to see the NSW government not worrying about another 136 lost positions!
March, 2010
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: more job losses for NSW
This day in Crikey: March 18, 2001
March 18, 2001, Green porkies, by Hillary Bray.
Daily Proposition: American Splendor, 3rd greatest movie ever
American Splendor is the third greatest movie ever made. Forget I said that. I don’t want to build up expectations too high.
Crikey Says: Tasmanian Labor felled by a nine-year-old
Could Tasmanian Labor be felled by a nine-year-old girl?
Terry Richardson is a sleaze? Well, duh
Fashion photographer Terry Richardson is under fire for sexually exploiting his young, female models. Except, that’s been a well known fact in the fashion industry for years, writes Jacob Bernstein.
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Why 3D movies are a scam
A top Hollywood visual effects artist explains how studios are trying to cash in on the success of Avatar with a swathe of “fake” 3D flicks, using the cheap and lazy method of turning them “stereoscopic” in post production, instead of shooting them in stereo to start with.
Blockbusted: how technology killed the video store
Blockbuster Video in the US is on the brink of bankruptcy, and Daniel Indiviglio suspects it’s thanks to NetFlix, pirated DVDS and on-demand viewing. But relax local fans, Blockbuster Australia is fine.
“My father founded Hamas; now I work for Israel”
A fascinating interview with Mosab Yousef, the Christian, former Israeli spy son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, who has just released a tell-all book about growing up in the world of Islamic extremism.
Tell us your electrical horror stories
All of the problems with the insulation program causing electrocutions and fires appear to be originating from poor, sub-standard and pre-existing electrical work. So, dob in dodgy electrical work to Possum Comitatus.
Wordwatch: gay, or ssam and ssaf?
Apparently young folk don’t use the word “gay” anymore — it’s “same sex attracted males” and “same sex attracted females”. Should we now saw SSAM and SSAF? asks W.H. Chong. And will they have ssaf sex?
What are 30,000 Cuban advisers doing in Venezuela?
Anyone dismissing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez as just a wacky loudmouth does so at their own peril: he has imported 30,000 advisers from Cuba, $2b worth of weapons from Russia, and is doing big business with China. Is a socialist revolution brewing?
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Larry Flynt’s History of Presidential Sex
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is writing a book about the history of sex in the White House, and Gawker has the whole 54-page proposal. “How did this president from Pennsylvania become so proslavery? In two words: Gay Love.”
Tas Libs: the real wolves in sheeps’ clothing
Throughout the Tasmanian election campaign, the ALP have harped on about the Greens being “wolves in sheep’s clothing”. But the real pollies hiding in cuddly fleece are in the Liberal Party, with Eric Abetz heading the flock, says Greg Barns.
MySpace now selling off your data
Like a washed-up musician pawning his guitars for cash, MySpace is now flogging details of its users’ blog posts, photos, status updates and locations to analysts to marketers.
PHOTO GALLERY: 2010 Winter Paralympics
Despite a nagging sense of PC obligation to watch the Winter Paralympics, let’s face it: you probably didn’t. Check out these stunning images from the Games to see what you missed.
How to make Steve Jobs’ head out of cheese
Liven up your next dinner party by serving cheese carved into the shape of Apple founder Steve Jobs’ chiseled cranium. A step-by-step guide, including recipes for Apple Cheese Plate, Spicy Steve Nachos Supreme, and iPad Thai.
China’s nationalism edges out the competition
Foreign companies are beginning to sour in their relationships with China, thanks to increased domestic competition and tougher government laws. Will China be tossed in the too hard basket? asks the WSJ.
Rudd’s health plans look like a schoolboy’s Sunday night homework
Kevin Rudd’s plan for a structural overhaul of the health system still looks like it was knocked together at the last minute, says political editor of Australian Doctor Paul Smith.
Lehman execs: Hiding US$50b is no big deal
Lehman Brothers’ was found to be using a dodgy accounting trick to keep US$50b off the balance sheet for each quarter and all the execs involved could do was just shrug their shoulders and ask “and?”, says NY Observer.
PHOTO GALLERY: Finalists of the Archibald
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when giant portaits of well known — and some not so well known — Australian faces grace gallery walls for the Archibald Prize. A portrait of Glenn Packer won the famous Packer’s Prize.
Steve Fielding decides if you vote or not
It’s madness that politicians get to decide their own electoral regulations. Now, “wild-card” Steve Fielding has power over whether thousands of young people vote, writes Dominic Knight.
Beware the dangers of a US trade agreement
Obama and Rudd are negotiating a new trade agreement and we need to be very careful, warns Thomas Faunce and Ruth Townsend. Do we really want US corporations to have the power to sue Australian governments if our laws damage their investments?
Welcome to Country: a token debate
The Mad Monk has got the nation arguing again this week, after labeling Indigenous “welcome to country” ceremonies as “tokenism”.
Abbott ducks Costello’s punch
Yesterday, Peter Costello let rip at Tony Abbott’s paid paternal leave plan, comparing him to a gung-ho Crocodile Dundee. Surprise, surprise the Liberals weren’t too impressed. But what are the pundits saying?
