Beatles’ ode to John Howard 27 Nov 2007 This is kicking a man when he’s down, but the iPod popped this up to me last night, and I thought how appropriate it is to the election outcome: I’m looking through you Where did you go I thought I knew you What did I know You don’t look different But you have changed I’m looking through you You’re not the same Your lips are moving I cannot hear You voice is soothing But the words aren’t clear You don’t sound different I’ve learned the game I’m looking through you You’re not the same Why, tell me why Did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit Of disappearing overnight You’re thinking of me The same old way You were above me But not today The only difference Is you’re down there I’m looking though you And you’re nowhere Why, tell me why Did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit Of disappearing overnight I’m looking through you Where did you go I thought I knew you What did I know You don’t look different But you have changed I’m looking through you You’re not the same Yeah, Oh, baby you’ve changed Aah, I’m looking through you Yeah, I’m looking through you You’ve changed, you’ve changed You’ve changed, you’ve changed Politics
Ecology and Biodiversity Organic farming – a good idea? 7 Sep 2007 COSMOS magazine has an interesting article sure to stir up trouble by suggesting that, among other things, global organic farming would necessitate clearing all remaining forests and even then a substantial portion of the earth’s population would starve. I don’t know enough about this topic to speak sensibly, but I… Read More
Australian stuff On preventive censorship versus punishment 2 Sep 2009 In the last few years, there has been an increasing tendency of so-called democratic governments to increase the amount of control they have over their population, under the guise of various “emergencies”: terrorism, child pornography and of course a slightly more honest concern over property rights. Just today, the Australian… Read More
General Science Only government approved labs can do experiments, see? 13 Aug 2008 A retired chemist has had his home lab confiscated in Maryland because a government official was scared of it. Sayeth Robert Thompson: Pamela Wilderman, the code enforcement officer for Marlboro, stated, “I think Mr. Deeb has crossed a line somewhere. This is not what we would consider to be a… Read More
You wanna hear something weird? Because of the Chasers, your post makes perfect sense to me even though I’m from Israel. I think by now I know more about aussie politics than most aussies. How freakish is that?
That election should have been Howard’s to lose. a decade and a half of steady economic growth but all I ever heard about was John Howard’s chain of dubious stupidities. I know more about Aussie politics than I do about Vermont politics, but probably only because my governor blunders less.