At lunchtime on the Wednesday of Grand Final week, in the 200m walk from the office to the pizza shop, I saw three people wearing Collingwood jerseys. That’s a good enough reason for Crikey intern Nick Johns-Wickberg to start drinking.
September, 2010
Daily Proposition: Drink to the granny … especially if the Pies win
How taxpayers do the heavy lifting for the AFL
One of the AFL’s greatest skills is getting governments of all persuasions to pay for its stadium infrastructure.
Wolfmother gets schooled by the last frontier of Marlboro Country
Wolfmother has been told to play at a tobacco-sponsored and “do it for the fans”.
Admit it: people don’t get the NBN
The NBN debate is becoming increasingly sterile as critics and supporters alike stick to their guns. Another study isn’t going to help.
Crikey Says: The good and bad of government
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets down as financials continue poor run
Volumes continued to be light and financials underperformed again.
Media briefs: Is Telstra Smart? … the psychic croc …
As tipped by Crikey yesterday, Telstra is getting into the old-media publishing business with a new magazine for small to medium business owners — Smarter Business Ideas. The Age’s study in irony and other media news.
Video of the Day: Oh when the Saints, go marching in…
A look back at the last time St Kilda met Collingwood in an AFL grand final, when in the dying minutes of the game Barry Breen kicked a behind to win St Kilda’s only premiership by just one point.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Powerful, and a bully? One of the men in the Australian Financial Review’s power issue could be next in court for behaving inappropriately towards women in the workplace, some years back. Liberal musical chairs. The musical chairs within the Liberal Party has begun following the successful WA campaign during the federal election. State director Ben […]
Political snippets: A risky and short sighted Opposition policy
The decision by the Coalition to renege on its deal with the rural independents to provide the greatest possible stability to a federal government will rebound to its disadvantage.
Crikey Says: The other p-word
If Katter’s right, the people don’t want sensible politics. They want that other p word. No, not paradigm.
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America’s first hemp house
An American designer/builder has made good on his pledge to create a non-toxic eco-friendly house by constructing the nation’s first “hemp house” - an impressive looking homestead made from a material based on industrial hemp.
Why leadership is a form of mental illness
Dilbert founder Scott Adams explains why leaders around the world are “undeniably bat-spit crazy”. Basically every country who is an enemy is crazy. And every country — apart from Switzerland — has enemies, so all leaders must be crazy. Geddit?
Euthanasia: there are winners and losers but no easy answers
The Greens have brought back to life an old and complicated debate about the virtues and vices of euthanasia. The truth is that euthanasia is like a lottery: some will be lucky enough to have control over how they die and others won’t, writes Sascha Callaghan.
A pro-Islam bias in Texan schools?
Members of the Texas Board of Education think that the current prescribed school textbooks are too pro-Muslim and anti-Christian in their focus. A worthy recipient of our ‘USA: WTF?’ tag, we think.
AFL Grand Final open thread
AFL Grand Final Day is my Christmas, Easter, King Island Show Day (Tas) and International Talk Like a Pirate Day all rolled into one, writes Leigh Josey. Join in him in arguing whether the Pies or Saints will get up and who’ll win the Norm Smith.
Album review: Fisherking, Circles — a great, graceful debut
Fisherking is a four-piece Sydney band that came to some prominence after winning JJJ’s Unearthed FUSE Festival Competition in 2009. Their first album is a classy, clean and spacious recording, writes Tim Dunlop.
Forbes 400: a demographic breakdown
Forbes has just released its famous Forbes 400 list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US. Gawker breaks down the group into demographics, such as Oprah Winfrey being the only black person to make the cut.
The 400 richest people in America
The famous Forbes 400 list is out. With a net worth of US$54 billion, Bill Gates maintains the first spot, with Warren Buffet a close(ish) second at US$45 billion.
Why Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy is more than a book
Prolific musician Paul Kelly is one of Australia’s best loved songwriter/storytellers. Michael Nolan explains why Kelly’s new memoirs How to Make Gravy is just one part of an innovative reflection on his career, which includes a “musical mirror” CD box set and a collection of audio narrations.
Google says peekaboo, China can see you
Google have sent warning messages to Gmail users around the world, alerting them with the text “your account was recently accessed from China.” The company has been issuing similar warnings since March.
How inflation could save America
The White House has thrown virtually everything at the American economy to try and revive it. But there is one more option available: injecting it with a big whack of inflation. It isn’t as crazy as it sounds, writes James Surowiecki.
