Latest News: Australian Govt refuses to admit its fuck ups
So the Australian Govt is going to appeal the Haneef visa ruling.
Kevin Andrews justified this by saying:
Further information has been provided to me after I made the original decision and that further information actually highlighted my suspicion in relation to Dr Haneef
Oh really Kevin? If your case was strong in the first place you wouldn’t need “further information” would you? You’re not just making that up to cover your own arse are you? What exactly do you have other than your suspicions?
For the record Kev, evidence and suspicions are not the same thing.
Also Kev while we discussing how the dangers of unused SIM cards can undermine national security can I ask you about the millions of dollars the AWB directly gave Saddam Hussein? Has everyone involved in that gone to jail yet? I hope so! But I doubt it.
Now before you call me un-Australian (which is an abstract, bullshit term used by idiots) I would just like to clarify that I expect the Australian authorities to protect us from “threats” and pursue and punish those applicable. I just want them to have some real evidence before they do so and that they don’t use people like Hicks or Haneef to push their own agendas.
Surely that is not too much to ask?
Are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs paying hommage to Kate Bush?
One of my favourite songs at the moment is Gold Lion by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I think it has an excellent film clip, one of the best I have seen for a while. Having said that there was something strangely familiar about it. Could it be that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are paying a subtle homage to Kate Bush?
Am I onto something here or am I just letting my sexual infatuation with both singers get the better of me? What do you think?
Kate Bush - Babooska
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
Conversations in a bar
Recently I had this interesting conversation.
Guy from the USA - I have just moved here from Denver.
Guy from Sydney - You moved to Melbourne! Why? You could have moved to Sydney.
Guy from the USA - Well my girlfriend is from Melbourne and it has a better reputation for design.
Me - Yeah and Sydney is nice but Melbourne is much more relaxed.
Guy from Sydney - Hey I’m from Sydney! Watch what you are saying.
every cloud
Sure it’s a bit scary that an article published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that children prefer food served in McDonald’s packaging, over identical food in plain wrappers. (Preschoolers prefer tucker dished up McDonald’s style, The Age)
But maybe there’s a silver lining
- Parents, particularly those with multiple TVs in the home, will be able to get their kids to eat their vegies just by putting them in an old Maccas chip (sorry, fries) packet.
- Marketing directors all over the world cam now cite academic research conducted by Stanford University and published in the JAMA showing that marketing really works.
family portrait
Bought a book about drawing Manga style cartoons as part of an ongoing effort to improve my face/figure drawing. Here’s an attempt at a family portrait.
Kevin Andrews must resign
The Kevin Andrews must resign website has one purpose: To request the resignation of Kevin Andrews MP. Through the website people can send a resignation letter to Kevin Andrews MP by email and add their names to the public signatures list requesting the Minister’s resignation.