Transcript below I have been wondering weather to get seriously involved with this General Election in Oz because it’s been frightfully dull but it seems to be getting a bit more interesting now that Julia Gillard has started to play to her strengths and perhaps I can throw some fuel onto the glowing embers [...]
Transcript for those with limited bandwidth. Gidday fellow VOXERS, I have always been impressed by xmangerm’s short video clips so I thought I should embrace the technology and have a crack at posting a video blog. Of course I’m not packing the latest tech like exman so you will have to put up [...]
The General Election result in the UK might just be the best outcome for British soldiers with a coalition between the Conservatives and the (frighteningly named) Social Democrats. Clearly Labour was stuck on the pro war path started by Blair and incapable of thinking their way out of the mire. Those with a moral compass [...]
The new tax on abnormally high profits in the resources industry has, as expected, bought out some hysterical reactions from within the industry and predictably had folk jumping on the bandwagon as a knee jerk reaction. Considering the tax is only meant for times of extraordinary profit levels and that it was suggested by folk [...]
I have just finished reading an excellent book giving accounts from Afghanistan as experienced by British service personal both male and female. And I can’t help but notice how little distance we have come since Gallipoli. The book is called Spoken from The Front and is a collection of the experiences of 16 participants edited [...]
The current negotiations between Labor and the Conservatives over an ETS have made some significant changes to the Government’s plans but also exposed the National party to the harsh glare of farmers in general. The failing membership of the Nats has been an ongoing problem the consequences of which have led to a declining number [...]
Last week I came across a briefing in The Week dealing with the use of pilotless aircraft around the world. The first stunning fact was how many aircraft are deployed over Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US operates these craft out of 2 bases in the States. Creech in Nevada and Davis-Monthan in Arizona. The [...]
As if the continuing stream of body bags out of Afghanistan is not testing the Brits enthusiasm for war, check out this item from The Age from last week. The ongoing saga of these kidnappings from 2007 has serious indications of a cover up to conceal massive fraud in Iraq. Whodathunkit? Once you start pouring [...]