1953 Coup d'Iran

i’m sure you know already that the uk/us partnership interceded in 1953 to overthrow an Iranian democracy. However, many people…

cruelly insane irony

This is so cruelly insane it’s almost not funny“nelson waits for apology” – i say keep him waiting, ooh, eleven…

mmmm Sorry at Last

Thank you Kevin for having the guts to use the S words – Sorry and Stolen. Thank you to the…

music video from UK

Here’s a song i think you’ll like.From the xxteens (via imageyenation), a warning. With a funky beat.It’s called “How to…

Billy Bragg keeping the faith

It was a joy to hear Billy Bragg on 3RRR this morning as i drove to work. His new songs…

thanks 4 support + humour !

Throughout this bizarre saga, i have found colleagues, friends and family to be wonderfully supportive, and genuinely hilarious. So thanks…

From a "Provocative Interloper"

More from the media: book reviewer Rosemary Sorenson, writing in the Weekend Australian Review (02 dec), reckons that it (that…

Catch up: the story so far

If you’ve just tuned in, i’ve been writing because my story appeared in newspapers around Australia (and Europe): cairns, brisbane,…

Fingerprint those foreigners

Stating its reasons as public safety, the Japanese government is passing legislation to enforce fingerprinting for all foreigners. Vegetable Japan…

End of mean-spirited era

Before the election Julie Macken, writing for New Matilda, recalled some of the hard-core nastiness of the outgoing federal coalition…