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Catholic Schoolboys Rule: Neo-Conservatism and the Sociopathy of the Religious Right

Originally posted on The Australian Independent Media Network:
Image courtesy of theaustralian.com.au Is this country being run by right-wing Christian fundamentalists? And if so, are they representative of the wider society? These are some of the issues examined by Sean Stinson. “Sometimes it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission”. – Tony Abbott, 2010 In September…

Slowdown showdown

OK, this iswhat it took: This email came from someone of whom I am very fond, and whose intellect I greatly admire. The sender had no intention of offending me, but wanted – as ever ! – to tease me. But the result was that I realized how much I’ve been bombarding my section of […]

Dump JPEG, choose RAW!: Reasons why you should shoot RAW

Originally posted on I Shoot RAW!:
No, shooting RAW does not imply that you convert into a werewolf on a full moon night and disembowel people after taking there photos. This right here folks, is the Sony NEX-5R Alpha Series mirrorless camera. And what you see inside is the sensor, the sensor’s job is to…

Thirty examples of skill

Thirty totally excellent blogs, to my mind – and I hope to yours, too ! Thirty bloggers whose length of existence has positioned them at a point where they have/hadsomething less than 500 followers [*], which is not how things should be. Nono ! Here’s hoping that word of mouth (or blogging equivalent) will get […]

I was asking for trouble :-\

I don’t have a writing process. I sit down at my desktop PC and (wishing my touch typing were still as good as once it was and regretting irritably that it ain’t) I start. I don’t plan. I have an idea, is all. I suspect this is why I say things appear before my eyes: […]

This kind of sums it all up

This article, together with all its links, provides more or less a total explanation of why the Oz PM is so loathed and detested. Unfortunately, it doesn’t enlighten you on how we also loathe and detest his entire Cabinet: I doubt there to bea single member of it who isn’t as arrogant and smugly self-satisfied […]

M-R’s challenge 30

I’ve done it ! –challenged meself for thirty days and nights (in terms of the timezones we all cross) and emerged without loss of credibility. My last recommendation is one I’ve had in mind all along; but I’ve been worrying about how to state the fact that the blogger and I differ on a fairly […]

It begins …

Here we go, here we go, here we go … and many more iterations of that footballing chorus from Tim Cahill’s old club, Everton. TROWC’s first acknowledgement that Low Blow Joe’s horrendous budget may not be quite as perfect as originally postulated. Thin end of the wedge, team – thin end of the wedge. [M-R […]

M-R’s challenge 29

Penultimate. How long has this been going on ? Gerard was once someone who comes from … The Netherlands ? Not Holland, I don’t think. Honestly, I’m so confused about the nomenclature of that country, Gerard himself will simply have to explain it CLEARLY. Like, C-L-E-A-R-L-Y !!! http://oosterman.wordpress.com/ This is“Oosterman Treats Blog”, tagged‘Funny and sad […]

I feel a smile coming on

This report from Michelle Grattan – one of the mostrespected journalists we have – is the kind of stuff that keeps me from starting to send letter-bombs to Parliament House (which would be partly on account of Mr Rabbit’s awful grammar) … Filed under: politics Tagged: Australian politics, The Conversation