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Altered States

2009-12-17T11:43:46Z

Those of us who are old enough to remember William Hurt's acting debut in the film, "Altered States" may also have been lucky enough to have experienced something of what the movie was about. No, not the regression to a primal state of mind, let a...

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Nirvana Doesn't Exist....Ask Kurt

2009-12-15T11:57:04Z

Karl Marx was a brilliant man and a deep thinker, but sadly, didn't recognise the principal flaw in his philosophy, as defined by himself. Marx believed that capitalism was simply a societal system of class divisions, which would eventually destro...

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I'm Shocked!!

2009-12-12T10:18:42Z

I'd decided to give Archangel IV it's service today, before I head off on a camping trip next weekend. All of my cars since the 1988 Bluebird have been named Archangel. It's an inside joke. Anyway, initially intended to be an oil and filter change...

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Who's Up For An Experiment?

2009-12-11T09:41:58Z

I have six invites to Google Wave, which appears to be Google's entry into the live chat/Twitter/discussion forum format, but with much greater expansion capacity & broader useability. Being the geek that I am, I asked a friend for an invite and t...

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New World Order

2009-12-10T09:45:41Z

The Copenhagen Climate Change talks were always destined to be little more than a talk-fest. If anything genuinely inspiring comes from it, I for one will be much surprised. My feeling is that what we're witnessing, even after a couple of days, is...

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All the Finesse of a Runaway B-Double

2009-12-03T09:28:41Z

How is Tony Abbott's style? He understands diplomatic sensibilities and he understands how disappointed people may be because the PM can't meet the Dalai Lama. His Holiness makes many trips to this country, so perhaps Kevin Rudd should appoint Ton...

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QotD: Rockin' around the Christmas Tree

2009-12-03T09:10:03Z

The holidays are in full effect, so tell us: What's your favorite holiday song? Bonus points if you share it with us! That's easy!!! "Hey Santa Claus" by Kevin Bloody Wilson. For all you non-Aussies, I'd caution clicking on the link. http://...

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Open Email to Joe Hockey

2009-11-27T10:17:34Z

I'm still not on Joe Hockey's 'friends' list on Facebook, so I can't comment in response to his plea to his 'followers' (he uses Twitter almost exclusively which repeats to Facebook) for opinions on the CPRS/ETS, as some of you may have seen on th...

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On The Dotted Line

2009-11-27T06:15:58Z

Political theatre aside, there is a plethora of confused opinion buzzing around in the ether regarding the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. There's the economists view as reported by Robert Gottliebsen on Business Spectator this mor...

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Currently Posturing, Rudely Sneering

2009-11-23T06:45:53Z

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, or in political parlance, CPRS. The operative word in the phrase being 'Scheme' because there's absolutely nothing in emissions trading which reduces carbon pollution. So much for the pre-Copenhagen hooplah, wh...

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