from Crikey ….

Rundle: taking offence at Roxon's human rights laws

We are all mad...

The resulting personal freedom index and overall freedom index looks about right in that most countries fall into the spectrum of freedom that would be generally expected. The top three jurisdictions in the freedom index are New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong, in that order.

from Crikey ….

on the fringes with Monckton and the anti-Islam creationist pastor ….

In the face of widespread evidence of illegal foreclosure practices, federal regulators in 2011 told the big banks to investigate themselves.

In the last week, the American public has been reminded of the Central Intelligence Agency’s contradictory attitude toward secrecy.

Download this sticker and print it on adhesive paper... I recommend A4 sheets of white PPS paper.

Enlarge to about 28 centimetres wide and print 3 up. Cut up. Place it on as many (legal) places as you can...

You'll be doing the planet (and yourself) a service.

Hugo stripped the politics out of the 1832 uprising to tell a religious story. Then the musical adaptation stripped most of the religion away.

There's not much left, except a vague exhortation to violently, pointlessly die on behalf of the poor. The students are engaged in a vanity revolution. This is insurrection as a lifestyle choice.

King's Canyon — Picture By Gus leonisky

“Brilliant…Riveting…The amount of material the filmmaker covers and unifies is astounding…Human Resources diagnoses the 20th century.”

an open letter to foreign secretary william hague, mp ….