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Entries from May 2009

Sick of War and Swine Flu

May 29th, 2009 · No Comments

The world population is around 6,500,000,000; since late 2003, the WHO has confirmed 387 human cases of H5N1 also known as avian influenza or Bird Flu, which resulted in a total 245 deaths. Tamiflu was developed to protect people against bird flu.  The Australian Government says it’s ordered 10 million doses of a yet to [...]

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Tags: australia · health

Is Yeelirie BHP’s Next Ok Tedi Environmental Disaster?

May 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Ok Tedi is the well known environmental disaster that took place in what was once part of Australian territory until the Australian Government ‘gave’ Papua New Guinea back to the true owners (unlike Irian Jaya still suffering genocide, pillage and ransacking by Indonesia). Will Yeelirie in Western Australia be a repeat of Ok Tedi? Those [...]

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Tags: australia · environment · mining

Green Shoots of the Artificial Type

May 21st, 2009 · No Comments

There’s a sort of philosophy that New Zealand follows the English and the Australia follows the Americans. I’m not sure either the Kiwis or us really care for that association, but when you track the economic and even political structures, there are parallels. New Zealand is an expensive place to live as is the UK, [...]

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Tags: big picture

Captain kRudd Drives Australia onto the Rocks of Despair

May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Prime Minister Kevin (in 07) Rudd has come out in 2009 what most feared wouldn’t happen, as a failure; but it’s the same for Obama and to a lesser degree Brown (in the UK). Why mention the leaders of America and England in the same sentence with Rudd and the answer is simple, three blokes [...]

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Tags: australia · big picture · economy · politics

Post Peak Oil Slippery Slide to Economic Depression

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Forget or ignore what every economics expert or country leader says, there will be no recovery. Now this may appear doom and gloom stuff, but you have to remember when you were educating your children, you explained to them cause and effect, for every action there is a re-action, that they be aware that people [...]

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Tags: big picture · oil