Mollom offers new spam solution

October 4, 2008, 7:04pm, 22 views,  Leave a Comment

Spam is a curse for blogs and email accounts. Bloggers now have a new option to combat the problem. Read more

Turnbull poses threat to Rudd

October 4, 2008, 6:54pm, 20 views,  Leave a Comment

Playing catch up here, I haven’t commented since Malcolm Turnbull’s ascension to the Liberal Party leadership. Read more

Clever selection of Cameron White

October 4, 2008, 6:49pm, 17 views,  Leave a Comment

It was a good call by the Australian cricket selectors to add Victorian captain Cameron White to the Australian squad for the tour of India. Read more

Stop nude child photography

October 4, 2008, 6:30pm, 17 views,  Leave a Comment

Photographer Bill Henson has been trawling schools to find children who will pose nude for him. Why isn’t he under arrest? Read more

Capitalism has failed

October 4, 2008, 6:22pm, 23 views,  Leave a Comment

Capitalism has failed. That’s the only conclusion to draw from the $US700 billion bail-out package to secure world financial markets. Read more

Turbulence on world financial markets

September 19, 2008, 2:54pm, 70 views,  Leave a Comment

Wall StreetThe Australian stock market bounced back today after a rough and tumble week in response to financial troubles on Wall Street.

The wild fluctuations are unsettling for investors, and frankly, unless you have cash to burn there is little motivation to put money in stocks just at the moment. Read more

Brendon Grylls shows the way

August 23, 2008, 5:13pm, 118 views,  Leave a Comment

Brendon GryllsThe Western Australian election will be much closer than it should have been thanks to the Liberal Party installing Colin Barnett as leader. Read more

A case for banking regulation

August 2, 2008, 10:35am, 106 views,  Leave a Comment

Talk is rife the Reserve Bank will lower official interest rates, but the banks won’t pass on the reduction to customers. Read more

Independent can win Lyne

August 2, 2008, 10:32am, 99 views,  Leave a Comment

I called Gippsland early for the Nationals and I’m calling Lyne for the independent, Rob Oakeshott, if he decides to run. Read more

Coming soon to a school near you …

August 2, 2008, 10:24am, 99 views,  Leave a Comment

Union thugUnions are planning to target school children in a bid to boost their ailing membership numbers.

The front page of The Australian today says it all: “Unions to recruit children“.

It’s bizarre but true that such indoctrination is allowed in Australia. Declaring their aim to “capture the next generation of workers”, union officials said they would consider going into schools to “educate” students about unions.

Mao and Stalin would be proud. Read more