Writing

Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

Climate Scientists Say It’s Too Late, We’re Screwed Mar 2009

George Monbiot’s article today says that climate scientists around the world are mostly in agreement that it’s too late. We’ve squandered any opportunity we might have had in…

Okay, This Has Gone Far Enough Mar 2009

The Australian Government is officially fascist. They have officially stepped way, WAY over the line. There is no way they can justify blacklisting the Wikileaks site on the…

The Show Must Go On! Mar 2009

So… I’ll be doing another live show tomorrow night (ie Tuesday) at 8pm QLD time / 9pm Sydney time. Put it in your diary and log in here.…

Urgent TPN Funding Crisis Mar 2009

Dear friends, I’ve just been hit with a large hosting bill for TPN’s servers and bandwidth and unfortunately I don’t have the funds to cover it this month.…

IPCC: “worst case scenarios are being realised” Mar 2009

While Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme seems to be hated by everyone, the IPCC says things are getting worse than even their worst-case scenarios. We’re all doomed. clipped…

Penn Jillette On The Legalization of Marijuana Mar 2009

Penn says drugs should be legal and he’s never touched them. I’ve barely touched them myself (a couple of attempts to smoke pot never really worked, I seem…

Why Newspapers Died Mar 2009

The great Clay Shirky says (albeit much more eloquently) what I’ve been saying for five years – that newspapers are dying because of their economics. Read the entire…

US Atheists Continue To Suffer Discrimination Mar 2009

The American Chronicle has this article on the discrimination faced by atheists in the United States. I don’t see it as being as much of an issue in…

GDay World Live 001 Mar 2009

I did my first (well, first in a long, long time) GDay World Live show on uStream tonight and it was a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone…

Sesame Street – R Is For Redundancies Mar 2009

The big shock for me in this story is that Sesame Street only makes $145m a year? How is that possible? With all of that brand merchandising? I’m…