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| Policy - Election '08 |
| Sunday, 31 August 2008 21:49 |
I was rather bemused when I saw the weekend headlines announcing "McCain chooses Palin" as his running mate for his doomed campaign for the presidency this year - surely Michael Palin isn"t eligible, was the first thought that ran through my head. Unfortunately my misgivings were correct, and instead of a decent British comedian livening up the proceedings McCain has lumbered us with a mooseburger munching minion of the oil companies from Alaska. Ho hum... Mind you, Billmon thinks Ms Palin has enough skeletons in the closet that there will be a media feeding frenzy before too long, dubbing her "shark bait" (though he had the good grace to avoid mentioning this little theory). Meanwhile, Bob Morris reports that a permaculture bus is the latest to suffer a shakedown from the goons minding the RNC convention, and Bruce has a few chuckles with an anarchist group whose building got boarded up (to the dismay of the city council), quipping "Come and see the violence inherent in the system". Extra points to readers who get the final Palin reference (and yes, I know the image doesn"t show him)... |
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Evacuating New Orleans The SMH reports that New Orleans Ray Nagin has ordered the city to be evacuated as Hurricane Gustav approaches - Evacuation order as Gustav approaches. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has ordered the city emptied tomorrow in the face of... Read more Election '08 | | Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Gore's oil challengeHobart MercurySaturday 19/7/2008 Page: 13FORMER US vice-president Al Gore has called for a "man on the moon" effort to ditch oil and switch all of the nation"s power production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years. He... Read more Election '08 | | Augustonday, 11 August 2008 |
Sarah Palin - Future Shock Personified ?Adam Greenfield has some interesting thoughts about the American culture war as a manifestation of Future Shock - Thoughts for an eleventh September: Alvin Toffler, Hirohito, Sarah Palin (via Jamais Cascio). There"s more at the link.I think we actually had... Read more Election '08 | | Septemberonday, 15 September 2008 |
McCain opposes ethanol subisdiesWith around eight weeks to go to the US presidential election, John McCain will be campaigning on ending ethanol subsidies... I"d missed that, I was rather distracted by his Moose-hunting running mate. Visit my Blog... Read more Election '08 | | TUSEDAY, 9 September 2008 |
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