Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable 89PANAMA8545: US hopes for coup or something — in Panama.
January, 2011
Cable 72TEHRAN1164: Cold War call from Iran for more fighter
Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable: Cold War call from Iran for more fighter.
Cable 66BUENOSAIRES2481: A cable from Buenos Aires discussing Argentinean sea borders
Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable 66BUENOSAIRES2481: A cable from Buenos Aires discussing Argentinean sea borders
Cable 09SHANGHAI170: CHINA’S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN AMERICA: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI
Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable 09SHANGHAI170: CHINA’S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN AMERICA: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI.
Cable 06BRASILIA1910: BRAZIL: GOB OFFICIALS COMMENT ON REFUGEE CASE OF SUSPECTED FARC TERRORIST
Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable 06BRASILIA1910: BRAZIL: GOB OFFICIALS COMMENT ON REFUGEE CASE OF SUSPECTED FARC TERRORIST.
travel 
A belated best of Back in a Bit
Tour guide Amber Jamieson takes your through the best travel stories of 2010, from the Many Wankers of the Backpacker Rainbow to a post that started as a disagreement over a visa to Azerbaijan and ended with a cult email classic in the reclusive Eurasian nation .
Cable 10CANBERRA93: GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, SEEKS MORE ON CORAL, RESEARCH
Crikey’s take on WikiLeaks cable 10CANBERRA93: GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, SEEKS MORE ON CORAL, RESEARCH.
This time it’s personal: Twitter vitriol takes down Gerry Harvey
Throughout a sustained personal attack on Gerry Harvey from the Twitter populace, the Harvey Norman account remained strangely silent as the issue became the fifth most talking about Twitter topic in the world, reports Thomas Tudehope.
healthcare Is the medical industrial complex holding the planet’s health to ransom?
Financial incentives such as fee-for-service healthcare are undermining the sustainability and fairness of our national health system. We should be scrutinising the “medical industrial complex” far more closely, writes Professor Peter Brooks.
A Sunrise climate cock-up with cats paws
To cover the Queensland floods this week, Sunrise invited two experts to discuss the role of climate change. Was it aware that one “expert” was an ex-magician and author of a book titled Pawmistry: How To Read Your Cat’s Paws? asks Graham Readfearn.
Ask a climate scientist Does a sceptic’s claims hold up?
Crikey takes one climate sceptic — who, to be fair, is an ex-NASA scientist — to the test and rebukes the issues he claim get ignored by scientists.
Why the WikiLeaks whale story is a fizzer
When it comes to the latest WikiLeaks embassy cables about Australia and whaling, there is nothing shocking or revelatory about them, suggests Tim Stephens.
No stimulus on the housing front
Housing construction is not going to make any contribution to economic growth in the next couple of reported GDP figures, reports Richard Farmer.
Airbus A380s take off globally
An order for six Airbus A380s by South Korean flag carrier Asiana Airlines today takes the total firm orders for the world’s largest passenger jet to 240. Asiana will not introduce the A380 until 2014 and says they will fly on premium routes to Europe and the US, explains Ben Sandilands.
Digital product placement poised to infect TV programs and feature films
UK company MirriAd offers a specialized service that digitally inserts advertisements into TV programs and features films. They have signed a multi-million dollar deal with Channel 7 to surreptitiously place new ads in top rating dramas, reports Luke Buckmaster.
film reviews Unstoppable — rock ‘n’ roll disastertainment
The latest film from hyperactive action auteur Tony Scott plonks audiences on board a train that can’t slow down with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. It’s fast, furious and a rollicking ride, writes Luke Buckmaster.
The delicious but bitter life of a restaurant critic
Food critic for the Daily Telegraph Simon Thomsen spills on life as a professional reviewer, when waiters have photos of you next to the cash register and tables are booked under names nicked fromThe Simpsons.
Flood destroys economy and leaves thousands homeless: nope, it’s not in QLD
The Queensland floods are a significant natural disaster, which has cost the lives of ten people and will cost billions in rebuilding. Yet, why does it get more coverage than the even more horrific recent floods in Pakistan that killed 2,000 and left a million homeless?
Quiggin: How a newspaper became a troll
The Australian has reacted to this whole Julia Posetti defamation saga like an angry blogger, with ridiculous slurs, contradictions and a touch of Godwin’s Law. Problem is, it’s our national newspaper, laments John Quiggin.
Curtains close on cinema viewers?
TV audiences are up but cinema tickets are down. Could cinemas reliance on tent-pole films and excessive market research be killing audiences love of cinema? asks TV blogger Dan Barrett.
Why we shouldn’t censor Mark Twain’s ‘niggers’
A new edition of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is being released for school children with all 251 incidences of the word ‘nigger’ being replaced with ‘slave’. Cord Jefferson offers three shining examples of why this idea is fundamentally flawed.
Hey Superman, do you have a permit?
For decades superheroes have soared through the skies rescuing falling babies and defeating bad guys. But what about the legalities and regulations of flight plans and air traffic control? Law and the Multiverse examines the real life complexities associated with superhero actions.
An icy update
Further evidence that not all of the northern hemisphere is freezing. December 2010 had the lowest Artic ice extent for the month since the beginning of satellite records, writes Richard Farmer.
ABC2 farewells Colbert
Tonight, ABC2 will air The Colbert Report for the last time. The Comedy Channel has re-gained exclusivity over The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. I expect these shows will get a Bittorrent workout, says Dan Barrett.
Qantas A380s, the Pacific and the real story
Qantas is yet to seek CASA approval for its plans to resume A380 flights between Los Angeles and Australia on or about January 17. However there are even more serious matters in motion, reports Ben Sandilands.
