Rowland Croucher
Best Books (by N S W ex-premier Bob Carr)
A premier’s challenge Late bloomer … Bob Carr has devoured the classics to make up for what he describes as a limited education. Susan Wyndham May 3, 2008 THREE weeks after his election as premier of NSW in 1995, Bob Carr spent Easter at home in Maroubra with his wife, Helena. He remembers it well: […]
Racism (‘talking in circles’)
(Some wisdom from one of my favourite sports journalists) Talking in circles as a word loses its meaning Greg Baum | May 22, 2008 ‘RACIST” has become the put-down of the day, the retort on every lippy lip, the chic insult. It is flung about as freely, reflexively and indiscriminately as “bastard” and “prick”. It […]
Burma
Take the economic shackles off Burma * Michael Backman * May 21, 2008 FOR years, the West has imposed sanctions on Burma. It has deliberately set out to cripple the country, allowing it to be so weakened that when a natural disaster hits, such as the recent cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta, the country cannot […]
God Bless America! (2)
Colin Powell on ‘Empire Building’ Netlore Archive: Alleged response by Colin Powell to alleged question from the Archbishop of Canterbury regarding American ’empire building’ Description: Email rumor Status: Partly true Circulating since: March 2003 Analysis: See below Email example contributed by The Allens, 25 March 2003: Powell Quote When in England at a fairly large […]
Climate Change
Now What? By Harry T. Cook Except for those who believe global warming to be a hoax perpetrated by tree-huggers, there is not a lot of debate about the need to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent in the next 40 or so years. The debate is over how to do it and how to […]
Alcohol Consumption
ALCOHOL WARNING Due to increasing product liability litigation, beer manufacturers have accepted the FDA’s suggestion that the following warning labels be placed immediately on all beer containers: WARNING: consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not. WARNING: consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an idiot. […]
China
The Chinese Work Their Way Up the Ladder, As Americans Work Their Way Down By Bill Bonner • May 13th, 2008 About the Author Bill BonnerBest-selling investment author Bill Bonner is the founder and president of Agora Publishing, one of the world’s most successful consumer newsletter companies. Owner of both Fleet Street Publications and MoneyWeek […]
Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Belarus
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 22 May 2008 TAJIKISTAN: WHEN IS A “TEMPORARY” BAN PERMANENT? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1132 Tajikistan in October 2007 “temporarily” suspended two Protestant organisations, Ehyo Church […]
Watching a Film
I was thinking of watching a film later. But, which one? I was going to watch Pinnochio but I thought the acting was a little wooden. I was going to watch the Invisible Man but I felt the main character was rather see through. I was going to watch Titanic but there is a big […]
Adam and Eve
Adam was out for a walk with his two sons, and they came to a very ornate set of locked gates set into a very high wall running into the distance as far as the eye could see. Looking through the gates, Cain saw a beatiful garden and shouted to his father excitedly. “Ah, don’t […]
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