Archive for 'Politics'
Rant of the century. What’s changed in 20 years?
This has been bugging me for ages, what’s changed since I was a kid. Here are some of the answers
TV
Straight up this is the biggest change. There’s no darkness anymore! Comedy shows like Fast Forward feature scathing satire of political parties. Directly taking the piss out of the policies du jour. Even companies running advertising [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2007 under Politics.
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Wacky moment of the Week: John Howard
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 [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2007 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Politics, Wacky moment of the week.
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Minister of Sex Lies and videotape Rob Lowe
When will America wake up and smell the bullshit? Robe Lowe is using his acting kudos to preach hybrid cars to Capitol Hill’? In this Autoblog Green article, there’s a Youtube video of newfound hippie Rob Lowe preaching the merits of hybrids a House Committee. How much is enough?! I mean GM produced a perfectly [...]
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Politics, Wacky moment of the week.
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Go Maori pride go!
On Australia’s finest stoner television, Today Tonight with Anna Cohen, I almost found myself applauding the TV at a news piece. One of our mates across the pond on Maori TV called John Howard a ‘racist bastard‘. It was a New Zealand MP Hone Harawira that made the comment, and despite Coren’s reprisal, I damn [...]
Posted: July 10th, 2007 under Politics.
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Wave the flag just watch what you say
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 [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2007 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Music, Politics.
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Noble Park Drags Riots
So er, I guess you saw the videos on Youtube (hey where else) of the riots at Noble Park Maccas. I’d like to say I was neutral in the matter. I’m not.
*** Firstly a bit of perspective***It was back in the olden days – 2001. When phones had green screens and ring tones were still [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2007 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Politics.
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The marque of a true politician is in their response
I must be honest. Promotional DVDs really annoy me. AOL (and hundreds of other ISPs) have filled tonnes of land fill up with their useless ‘connect to the internet now’ style discs on magazines. It’s useless consumption and as far as i’m concerned the most environmentall unethical form of promotion.
So anyway, yesterday local MP for [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2006 under Politics.
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Ever feel like you’ve been cheated?
Yes they were the famous words of Johnny Rotten. As he jumped on stage at the Sex Pistols swan song gig in San Francisco in the late seventies. They played one song (after no soundcheck), Rotten promptly laughed into the microphone, threw it to the ground and well, that was it. They broke up and [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2006 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Politics.
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NAB Advertise on mininova.org?!
Just when you thought banks had no ethics, they start putting out banner ads to prove it.
Posted: April 26th, 2006 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Politics.
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The End of Suburbia – Documentary (Barrie Zwicker)
An entertaining yet insightful look at the changes that will occur when the suburban lifestyle no longer remains sustainable.
Posted: April 4th, 2006 under Movie Reviews, Politics.
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