The peoples' democratic blog of Matt Hayward

Well I’m back from Peru and after an exhaustive customs check, I’ve got the all clear. But it did make me think of something that was topical while I was over there. See Peru has a great reputation for growing and cultivating coca. Their neighbors, specifically Columbia, an even greater reputation for taking the bi-product [...]

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Man I have been overdosing lately on crazy docos. And this one is by far the most bizarre. Have you ever seen two nerds in high school take each other to task in a presentation. Ripping each other to pieces with bane minutia, footnotes and factoids to try and find wholes in the other’s argument? [...]

Watching the news just now on Australian Channel Ten, I was simply flabbergasted at how a report on anti-whaling protesters completely missed the point. Apparently one of the Sea Shepherd crew was shot by a Japanese  ’scientist’. What really amazed me is that the bullet was lodged in one of the protester’s “Kevlar”. Now this [...]

Well at least you’d be saying this if you were Karl Rove. Whose apparently Norwegian, pierced penis, queer pioneer adopted father is meant to be according to this article. Some bloke who claims that Louis Rove used to go to piercing parties with him in the seventies, where they’d pierce each other on coffee tables, [...]

Last night I was having dinner when there was a knock at the door. A very skinny, dark skinned kid about 20 was at the door. He claimed to be an Israeli art student (from Tel Aviv university. But that uni doesn’t offer art on it’s curriculum page) selling paintings, only ‘he wasn’t allowed to [...]

Go on! Sponsor a mo! Sponsor mine! Here’s a link. You know you want to. Movember is raising money this year for mens’ depression (Beyond Blue) and prostate cancer.
All you have to do is click on http://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-search.php and specify mo bro number ‘64808′. It’s totally tax deductible and it justifies this manifest of sleazy facial [...]

That’s right. This week our own Prime Minister, or should I say ‘il Duce’ has announced his Fascistic intentions. On last night’s 7.30 Report on ABC TV, he started talking about ‘aspirational nationalism’. Make no mistake, just about any Fascist movement ever has had nationalism in there somewhere. I’m not suggesting for one second Mr [...]

Yes i’m aware of the tautology in the title. But are you aware how many small (well quite large small) cars look the same these days. I was looking at this story on autoblog today about a sporty Kia. Then I thought cool! Just like the V8 Hyundai, the Koreans are finally going for the [...]

Well I guess you’ve heard about the controversy. Big Day Out promoters yesterday were asking fans not to bring Aussie flags to the event, to combat, well boganism. Everybody gave a bit of a serve to the BDO – to some extent justifiably so.
Firstly, I am biased as hell. Because for one, I am not [...]