Category: geopolitics

Censoring Fairytales Mar 2007

Here’s a classic. I’m currently reading a book at bedtime to the boys. It’s called “The Orchard Book Of Swords, Sorcerers and Superheroes”. It has kids versions of…

White House gagged scientist Mar 2007

From the LA Times’ coverage of the Hansen case: James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, took particular…

Congrats to Christophe Mar 2007

The last good boss I had at Microsoft, Christophe DuMonet, left there just before I did (causing me all sorts of political problems but, in retrospect, I’m glad…

GDay World 208 – Civil Liberty in Australia Mar 2007

My guests today are Dr Kris Klugman PhD and Bill Rowlings from Civil Liberties Australia. I invited them onto the show to help me understand what’s happening with…

The al-Qaeda Myth Feb 2007

Did anyone else watch the last part of the re-broadcast on SBS of Adam Curtis’ documentary “The Power Of Nightmares” tonight? This whole idea, that the concept of…

The Truth About Why The US Invaded Iraq Feb 2007

If any of you are still sitting there thinking “well, they didn’t have any WMD, they weren’t connected to al Qaeda, so why *did* we have to invade…

GDAY WORLD 197 – Climate Change, Fake Bombs, and Comments Feb 2007

John Howard *still* doesn’t want to do anything about climate change. The Cartoon Network pays $2 million in fines in the cheapest ad buy this year. And I…

Telstra CEO: “Google Schmoogle” Feb 2007

ROFL! Mark made the brilliant observation on the recent Sensis post that Telstra’s American CEO, Sol Trujillo, in a November 2005 article on the ABC said: SOL TRUJILLO:…

Happy Australia Day? Jan 2007

Scienta’s post on why not everyone in Australia likes to celebrate the coming of the Europeans reminded me of a podcast I listened to this morning in a…

Qantas Censors Passenger Jan 2007

Here’s a sign of where we might be headed as a country – just days after our Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock was trying to get a book banned for…