The Great Leader speaks (Mandarin) 29 Oct 2007 I actually don’t dislike the guy, but this is one of the funniest political ads I’ve ever seen. For forners (not from Orstraya), it helps to know that Rudd leads the erstwhile socialist party, speaks Mandarin, and is likely to win the next federal election. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptccZze7VxQ&rel=1] Humor Politics
Evolution Dissecting a flying pterothingy 26 Mar 2009 It’s true! Dinosaurs still exist. John Conway dissected a Rhamphorhyncus, and drew what he saw, here. I had “dinosaur” in the title but as Chris points out, that’s a bad error, like calling a mammal a turtle. Damn, I’m not having much luck. Not a pteranodon then… Read More
Politics Pell causes Catholics stress 6 Jun 2007 Clerical Catholic Imam, George Pell, has done it again. Proven why secularism is a necessity, that is. He has threatened politicians who are Catholics with exclusion from communion, which is not quite excommunication but nevertheless still pretty drastic, if they vote in favour of a secular law permitting stem cell… Read More
Censorship Some more on ISP filtering, and a rant on censorship in Australia 27 Nov 20084 Oct 2017 The Greens (who I am considering joining, despite their unreasonable opposition to nuclear power) have said they will oppose the “clean feed” proposal in the Senate, so unless the Coalition decides it is a good idea after all, or put it to a conscience vote (because let’s face it, a… Read More
Can we hope for (cringe in terror of) a Cultural Revolution? I think there’s a Five Year Plan for one, yes.
Rudd is the Australian equivalent of New Labour. He speaks fluent Mandarin, and when APEC was held here a few months back he addressed the Chinese delegation in their own language. This led to the video, as you see. We are hip deep in errr… electioneering (yes, that’s it, electioneering. Not shit, no.) right now, and the election date is 24th November. Three weeks into it and we are all sick of it. So it’s nice to see some satire. I want the parliament to be divided almost evenly between the Greens and the Democrats (not much like yours), with the Liberals who are illiberal, Labor who are mostly pro-union and both are pro-big industry, failing to get any seats at all. Oh, and every child gets a candy bar and a big soft toy…
I actually don’t care much for Rudd. I’ll support a Labor government because it will be infinitely better than the current Howard government. What would have been awesome (in the reality that the Greens are not going to get an lower house seats) would have been a Julia Gillard lead Labor government. I’m still hoping we’ll get one in a few elections time.