don't tase me bro (remix)

One of the lowlights of ‘007 was the “don’t tase me bro” incident, which was converted into a brilliant remix…

End of America? Ten step program

I’ve found some references to Naomi Wolf’s latest book, and it is scarier than the one by Richard Flanagan. “The…

Art of Suspicion

Hasan Elahi – the Visible Man – found himself on the wrong side of federal government agencies. “Where were you…

From a "Provocative Interloper"

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

Do the Motionless, Yah

Do the Nut Bush. Do the Funky Gibbon. Do the Expressive Chicken. Yah! Or .. Do the Motionless Standstill.It’s the…

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…

but Jackie, Chaser is Funny Ha Ha

Today’s letter-to-the-editor writers suggest that the Liberal party hacks caught distributing fake pamphlets are another example of a party machine…

Redneck Competition?

Jon Faine asked me if Cairns was competing to be the most ignorant, rednecked place in Australia. i said it…

Consider Myself Lucky

This quote from a reader in the UK (The Register): “In the UK he’d get a bullet in the brain,…