Glenn Greenwald has been running a series of posts about what should be a scandal in the USA, but isn’t. It should be a scandal because it reveals how the media’s whole coverage of the Iraq invasion and occupaton - not just the opinion pieces but the so-called news as well - has been heavily […]

Both his music and his thoughts on the digital age.
I don’t require musicians I like to be rational, sane, compassionate, intelligent, thought provoking and in general good people. But it’s awfully nice when one of them turns out to be so. The superb singer/songwriter Richard Shindell has some thoughts here and more here on […]

The possible next president of the United States once again displays either his astonishing ignorance or stunning mendacity, albeit this time through the mouth of an adviser:
McCain adviser Steve Schmidt told CNN’s Dana Bash that the Hamas view was “a fair issue for the American people to ponder should he be the Democratic nominee for […]

Curious to know what those bastards in Iran are getting up to? Well here’s an update: they’ve got ‘training camps, safe houses and weapons storehouses inside Iran that intelligence reports say are being used by the Quds Force to train fighters’. *Cue scary music* oooooo the Quds Force … they’re even more evil than […]

Our ABC TV was in form tonight in the 7 pm news, leading with a story about the 2020 Summit. Guess what took up most of the segment? Alexander Downer, giving another smug self-satisfied speech to explain why he’s a monarchist. Talk about cutting edge journalism.
Don’t tell me it’s all Janet Albrechtsen’s fault. I don’t […]

From the New York Times:
A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.
I hope Tim’s OK.
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Exodus! screams this newspaper article.

Official figures released yesterday showed 66.4% of the nation’s 3.4 million full-time students were at government schools last year, falling from 66.8% a year earlier and 70% in 1997.
In Victoria, which has the second highest proportion of students in non-government schools after the ACT, just over 35% of students, or […]

Interesting insight into the mind of the Canberra press gallery from one of its members:
ONE of the best things about having a seat in the parliamentary press gallery is that when political parties take revenge on each other and the blood starts to flow, you’re close enough to see all the gory details.
How disappointing then […]

Courtesy of Glenn Greenwald, an insight into the incestuous relationship that exists between the media and politicians in the USA. John McCain’s daughter shows her home movie of how cool it was to entertain the Washington press corps at daddy’s ranch.
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A senior diplomatic source in Canberra [the cleaner’s son’s girlfriend - ed.] who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitiveness of the issue [meaningless gobbledegook intended to add weight to our creative writing and/or testimony that our source is so unprincipled they are happy to ignore their lawful obligations just for the thrill […]