The two miners buried in Tasmania have been found alive. Great news:
In an extraordinary feat of survival two miners missing underground in a gold mine in Tasmania have been found alive.
Todd Russell and Brant Webb have been trapped one kilometre underground since Tuesday night, when an earthquake caused a rockfall.
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Just in case anyone on the rightwing of the Australian blogosphere hasn’t heard the big news, you have a chance to make your status as Keyboard Commandos official.
Yes folks, in a grassroots movement to rival the reclaimation of the word ‘black’ from the racists, the rightwing blog, Captain’s Quarters, has launched a latter-day civil rights […]

Andrew Bartlett provides the link for this incredible piece of religion-based diagnosis. The Hillsong pentecostal movement has an opinion on what depression really is:
The bottom line is: depression is a supernatural spirit of destruction straight from the devil, and as such, needs to be treated like an enemy. We must take a strong stand […]

How pathetic are Republicans?
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UPDATE: You can now make donations to the AWU Beaconsfield Miners’ Support Fund.
The long, slow search for the trapped miners in Tassie continues:
The national secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Bill Shorten, said six-man shifts were working around the clock. “Obviously what unites the community, the company, the union and everyone is to find the […]

Greg Sheridan continues the rightwing tradition of trying to turn military tragedy into a stick with which to beat what he thinks of as the left. The death of Private Jake Kovco gives him all the opportunity he needs to segue, via ANZAC Day, into, believe it or not, a review of a review […]

Okay, so where were we? Vaile testified…Downer testified…Howard testified…don’t remember anything, wasn’t told, the dog ate my homework…
Oh, wait:
The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Trade Minister Mark Vaile have been forced to provide additional statements to the Cole inquiry into the wheat scandal after it unearthed a diplomatic cable dated March 9, […]

I saw it in the shops and was wondering. Now I know.
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Media matters has up a great recap of President Bush’s now-infamous, then-loony aircraft carrier stunt in which he declared “mission accomplished”. In amongst many highlights, they dig up this quote from Ann Coulter, salivating during a discussion panel on the Chris Matthews show, Hardball:
COULTER: It’s stunning. It’s amazing. I think it’s huge. I mean, […]

We’re still tidying up a bit round here since the redesign and shift to WordPress. The repair to the header and pier image are in the works, for instance. One thing to note is that the blogroll will constantly be updated, so if you want your blog added, email me. Also, I […]