'The hilarious implication – and secret terror of every Melbourne hipster - is that Rinehart will turn Fairfax into some kind of 24-hour Mining Channel, with endless re-runs of Red Dog and Wake in Fright, interspersed with ads for blue singlets. You … [Read more...] about After Gina Rhinehart Buys Fairfax
Humour
Qatar Outbids US and Australia for Soccer Matches
The oil rich Gulf state of Qatar has out bided Australia, and even the US, for the FIFA Soccer World Cup. According to The Australian: "The Gulf state's climate that will be so hot during the World Cup that the organisers admit they will need to … [Read more...] about Qatar Outbids US and Australia for Soccer Matches
Idle thoughts of a wet afternoon
From Rod Kerkhoven in South Australia
I saw this one man from Adelaide University at Milang and I asked him about these barrages and he said that if they let the sea in the caravan park would have been flooded. He mentioned something about the Surveyor General's Office telling the … [Read more...] about From Rod Kerkhoven in South Australia
Canberra and Laputa: A Note from William York
HOW did he do it? Dean Jonathon Swift writing Gulliver’s Travels in 1726 made a long range forecast of such incredible accuracy that it would be the envy of any climate modeler. In this forecast you glimpse Kevin Rudd, the ANU, the academies and many … [Read more...] about Canberra and Laputa: A Note from William York
Noah’s Ark Revisited (Part 2)
More on NoAl from Blunt at Knutz here. … [Read more...] about Noah’s Ark Revisited (Part 2)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
