Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Finally, Australia “Decides”
So after what seemed like months, Australia finally gets a minority Labour government, thanks to support of a Green and 3 indies. The inevitable hand-wringing of the right has begun in earnest already, however this now has the /potential/ to be one of the most progressive, well-balanced governments in history. With a left-of-centre alliance, counter-balanced [...]
Another Nursery Rhyme
Following on from the previous post, this new nursery rhyme deals with something that affects commuters on a regular basis: (Grand Old Duke Of York) Oh the bus driver from hell Can't see or hear that well So that is why he missed your stop 'Cos he didn't hear the bell When you get [...]
Nursery Rhymes
There's a very amusing ad campaign running on TransPerth trains and buses at the moment, it involves re-written versions of famous nursery rhymes, targeting specific issues that annoy regular users of public transport. For example, there are ads that cover topics such as people not allowing others to leave the train before they push their [...]
More Facebook Nonsense
I read this morning that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are calling for the social networking site Facebook to employ a law enforcement expert in Australia. Now I understand the reasons behind all this, and I also happen to think that the police should actively patrol online communities just as they always used to patrol [...]
Get a Grip FFS
Why is the world suddenly running around blaming Facebook for everything? If everyone just took responsibility for their own lives then we could all just get on with playing Farmville….
Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right
And so the highly predictable, depressingly familiar pattern of a “right of centre” conservative regime continues, with Barnett’s mob now intent on privatisation of public services as a “solution”. As reported in The West Online, Colin Barnett and the blue-rinse set have plans to privatise public sector services, in an attempt to rein in spiralling [...]
Leave Our Net Alone!
Vivendi can go stick this up their arse as far as I am concerned… http://expressurl.net/ws/338 Like it or lump it, the Internet is a playground where people are still relatively free. Piracy of content has always gone on – tape recorders were never banned, so why should file sharing? I can tell you right now [...]
OK, Admit It, Who Voted For The Idiot?
In an environment where Western Australia’s prisons are overcrowded, the police are overstretched, and with no sign of any easing of the pressure, what would be the most obvious thing to do? Apparently, according to our “esteemed” State Premier Colin Barnett, what you should do in this situation is insist on 3% “efficiency savings” across [...]
