SMH: Labor digs in for early election
After saying over and over again they wouldn’t go early, all of a sudden they’ve changed their minds…at a time polls are heading in the wrong direction for them, and the media has reports such as concern from ALP back benchers that this could be a one term Government.
Still, at least Conroy got his skiing holiday in before the campaign starts proper. 🙂
Kevin Smith on Avatar (via Wired)
“I enjoyed it for what it was,” Smith said of James Cameron’s Avatar. “I’m totally with the big blue fucking cats. Especially the one cat that was sexy and I wanted to fuck her.”
Per the earlier post on a Melb poker night, I loved the idea so much we’re now sponsoring it.
32 people. We’ve gone from 9 to 18 today. If you’re in Melbourne, and have avoided MTUB, or are a regular, either way come down. It’s free, and there is free prizes for those who register. I’m hoping a free drink for all, then after that a prize for the winner, not sorted yet, but it will happen.
The thing I love about Poker is that it’s the great equalizer, even vs MTUB itself. You sit on a table with folks, you get to know them. Full stop.
Come join us for a fun night even if you’ve only played a couple of times. It’s a friendly night, with the opp for you to meet a pile of ppl.
The folks behind MTUB (Melbourne Twitter Underground Brigade) have organised a poker night Feb 24.
If you like poker (and there’s no secret that I love the game) and want to meet some Twitter/ tech people over a friendly game, sign up, it’s completely free.
If you’ve ever played Pub Poker before you’ll also know that a poker table is a great way to meet new people as well. Poker is the great equalizer.
My only disappointment: it’s an “annual” event. If we can get enough people it should be more frequent. If not, I’ll have to start holding poker nights at my new abode…well, when I eventually get that place that is 🙂
Wikipedia:
“In warfare, ramming is a technique that was used in air, sea and land combat. The term originated from battering ram, a siege weapon used to bring down fortifications by hitting it with the force of the ram’s momentum….”
No matter how many times I watch this video, I get the same result. The front of the Sea Shepherd boat hits the SIDE of the Japanese boat. If the Sea Shepherd was rammed, wouldn’t it have been the other way around?
Of note as well, it would appear that the Japanese vessels attempts to avoid collision at the last moment, trying to turn away. At all times though the key is: the Japanese vessel is IN FRONT of the Sea Shepherd. If the Japanese were trying to ram the Sea Shepherd vessel, wouldn’t they have been behind, and not side on?
The Age: Burned Indian faked attack to claim car insurance: police
And this follows the recent murder of an Indian man by other Indians. Both cases were cited in the Indian media as examples of Australian racism.
So is an insurance scam racist?
Side note: the funniest thing this morning was listening to the head of the Indian Students Association on ABC Melbourne. The same guy who appears in the media at the drop of a hat crying racism as loudly has he can, told Comrade Jon Faine that these cases should be left to the courts to decide and not the media. LOL.
I use to like Troy Buswell, but it was when I realised that he cared only about himself that I lost faith. Not saying I’m exactly skinny myself (but I’m only 10kg off my ideal weight now.) That said, the issue was with the ex: maybe I should forgive now, and accept he had good judgment.
Still: maybe chairs are bad for your weight 🙂
via Yahoo News/ The West. If you don’t get the reference, you either don’t live in WA, or you don’t follow WA news. Nothing wrong with that, but this is one of those posts.
I may not agree with every conclusion, but some decent balance and some reasonably fair perspective. Warranted in the broader picture of the debate.
It’s simple: India doesn’t want to see its citizens harmed
In a few elegant words, Tharoor cut to the heart of the issue and it is worth quoting him in full: ”For an Indian mother to hear that her son has been assaulted in Australia, it little matters to her whether he was assaulted because of his race, or because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or because he was the wrong colour or the wrong height, or was carrying an iPod. She doesn’t want her son to be assaulted.
And here I was thinking that it was just us dumb Australians…. 🙂
Daily Camera:
Denver schools’ menu for Martin Luther King birthday hard for some to digest
Denver Public Schools apologized Tuesday for what it called a “well-intentioned but highly insensitive” attempt to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Friday’s DPS lunch menu, headlined “In Honor Of M.L. King,” offered students “Southern Style” chicken and collard greens — a meal that some say is an offensive caricature of black culture.
In a statement issued Tuesday night and posted on the school district’s website, DPS spokesman Michael Vaughn said the meal was “highly insensitive in light of certain hurtful cultural stereotypes still harbored in parts of our society.”
Emphasis is mine, but it’s key.
Follow up to the last post, I made this little video: