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Entries from February 2009

Midnight Oil Snuffed Out

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Peter Garrett sought and gladly accepted the adulation of people ill at ease with a ‘control at all costs’ mentality. Hhowever, it’s confirmed he now craves adulation from that very crowd; from a recent comment I made about the Japanese / AFP and Steve Irwin anti-whaling article to the Gunn’s pulp mill and the latest [...]

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Tags: australia · politics

Australia – Beautiful One Day, Japanese the Next?

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Australians overwhelmingly want whaling to cease. However, Japanese whalers complained to the Australian government and the Rudd Government send the Australian Federal Police to raid the Steve Irwin – Sea Shepherd for taking part in anti-whaling practices. Now if the AFP are acting on behalf of the Japanese inside Australian waters, then fine … but [...]

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Tags: animals · asia · australia · politics

Rudd’s Glazed Globalization Gaze

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Every time a new politician comes to power, cartoonists lament the passing plethora of ‘rabbit in the head-lights’ or fall-back vernacular of current politicians; one of these days a cartoonist will capture the Rudd Glaze, when his high IQ visage is beset by the reality that he doesn’t have a clue about what is going [...]

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Tags: australia · banks · politics

The Stimulus Plan – Simply Explained

February 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

As we already know, Japan has been in a depression for some 10 years now, but its about to get worse … why ? Because, the same process they tried to kick start their economy – by pouring billions of Yen into it – is now being tried by the other equally bright people; however, [...]

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Tags: australia · money

Homes Lost to Fires, Floods & Banks

February 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Back in the last 80’s I was made aware of a statistic that for every house lost through fire, forty-eight houses were lost – to the banks – due illness or injury (the actual number lost though eviction is not one readily available; however, as an indicator, HLIC (Home Loan Insurance Corporation – a home [...]

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Tags: australia · banks · housing