Intentious

Senator Bob Brown, of the Australian Greens party, has hit out at critics of Julia Gillard, labeling them “unrelenting” and “sexist,” The Australian reports: Amid ongoing rumblings over the Labor leadership, Senator Brown today mounted a comprehensive defence of the Prime Minister, saying she’d shown strength and resilience in the top job. “Quite a bit […]

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live in the middle ages again, under the feudal system, well it’s a bit like this:  the peasants, the poor people, are treated one way under the law and the land owners another way.  For example, if a peasant slaps a noble, that noble is […]

There is a new craze sweeping across Facebook and the Internet. “Planking” involves lying face down with your hands by your sides; preferably on top of weird, interesting or dangerous things. What was simply a bizarre underground Internet fad has captured the attention of the Australian police and the media. Soon after planking hit the […]

Australia’s shadow treasurer Joe Hockey talks a lot of bullshit, but his latest accusation is an interesting one. “I would suspect Kevin Rudd is applying to be Prime Minister, there’s no doubt about that, no doubt at all,” Mr Hockey said. This statement comes after last night’s Question & Answer (Q&A) session in which Prime […]

Today I received an email forward that millions of you have probably received before, perhaps multiple times. It typically starts with a line like this: “Our troops in the World Wars in particular did not fight and die so that <insert country here> could slowly evolve into an Islamic state.” It continues with a patriotic […]