Thursday, 27 June 2013

...Rudd had never had an army of supporters in caucus. Nor did those who worked closely with him in his early years have much to say in his favour. As a diplomat, public servant and shadow minister, Rudd had an unhappy knack of making colleagues loathe him

Congress, today is your fault

Bullying and outright treachery are the new normal in Australia

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Smoking


A Lifetime of Songwriting, as Sung by Her Children

Kate of London (1988)


Brion Gysin & William S. Burroughs dreamachining


The Dumbing Down Has Just Begun

The Wonderful World of Capitalism, in 1950s Cartoon Form

♪♫ Adrian Sherwood & Pinch - Bring Me Weed


NSA Yanks Fact Sheet Containing Dubious Information About PRISM

Russia Is Going To Seriously Regret Helping Edward Snowden

Glenn Greenwald: Snowden’s Files Are Out There if ‘Anything Happens’ to Him

Fear of a Black Hat

HA!

Jagger jabs Obama over NSA scandal

Hmmm! (Dept. of Forked Tongues)

STEPHANOPOULOS: The final point that Pierre made, the question about some government officials are asking whether WikiLeaks is a legitimate journalistic organization or an enemy of the state, where do you come down on that?
ALEXANDER: I have no opinion on WikiLeaks. I really don't track them. I don't know - I really don't know who WikiLeaks are, other than this Assange person. My job, again, defend the nation. So -

Julian Assange Reclaims the Spotlight

Assange, Back in News, Never Left U.S. Radar