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Category Archives: Australia
Parliament On A Knife Edge Part III – Julia’s Haute Couture
I said the other day that the Thomson scandal threatened to blow up into Australia’s Watergate. Boy, I wasn’t wrong! The muck is being piled higher and higher. Now it’s reached the person of Julia Gillard herself.
Posted in Australia
72 Comments
Parliament On A Knife Edge Part II: End This Nonsense Now
Since I posted my previous thread on this subject four weeks ago, things have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. The rather tawdry scandal involving Craig Thomson, Labor MHR for the seat of Dobell in New South Wales, has … Continue reading
Posted in Australia
24 Comments
Now Reap The Whirlwind
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today closed down 512 points—the biggest one-day fall since the 2008 financial crisis—in the wake of the stitched-up deal hammered out in the U.S. Congress on raising the debt ceiling. Carnage is expected today on … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, United States of America
70 Comments
Is There Really Such A Thing As National Character?
I found myself asking this question after reading GE’s thought-provoking essay in Notting Hill Editions. In it, James contrasts what he sees as different national traits of America with those of his homeland. He arrives at the conclusion that the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Europe, United States of America
23 Comments
Parliament On A Knife Edge
A few thoughts while I’m still working on my next main article. You’ve heard me mentioning in the last thread the tenuous situation currently existing on the Australian parliament’s Lower House, the House of Representatives. Of the 150 seats, Labor … Continue reading
Posted in Australia
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The Australian Labor Party – A Dying Brand
The Australian Labor Party does not even call itself a socialist party. Actually it is a liberal-bourgeois party. V.I. Lenin, 1913
Posted in Australia
29 Comments
Beware Of Greeks Demanding Gifts
I’ve just been reading what I regard as the most comprehensible article (to a non-economist) I’ve read covering the causes of the current PIIGS financial crisis in Europe. Have a look and let me know what you think.
Posted in Australia, China, Europe, United States of America
15 Comments
Not A Good Time To Visit Tasmania
But before Tourism Tasmania sends a hit man out after me, let me tell you why.
Posted in AGW, Australia
48 Comments
The Sixty-Four Foot Cube
As I write this, the United States of America today reached its statutory debt ceiling of 14.294 trillion dollars. Treasury has announced that, unless Congress grants the Obama administration an increase in the debt ceiling in the next few weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, China, Europe, Libertarianism, United States of America
88 Comments
The Firm
He’s getting hitched in a few hours. And I’m supposed to be excited.
Posted in Australia, Commonwealth of Nations, UK
26 Comments
Be Responsible - Be Free! 