Murdoch and the Internet
“So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery. Piracy leader is Google who streams […]
Rossleigh
I may not be consistent, but I’m Right!
“This is the problem, the NBN is just happening too slowly.” Malcolm Turnbull, February 19th, 2013 (Link to article). “Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull said the […]
“Thinking, Fast and Slow”
“Unless there is an obvious reason to do otherwise, most of us passively accept decision problems as they are framed and therefore rarely have an […]
Poll woes for Julia Gillard – the solution, possibly the final solution!
Newspoll is suggesting that the Julia Gillard Labor Government is heading for a thumping. It seems hopeless, and there is speculation that it may start […]
Comparing Government to a Family Budget
Consider the following scenario: A family of children are turning up to school hungry, and without books or pens. Teachers are concerned. The parents are […]
Fast Food, Slow Cooking and the Future of the Media
For much of the twentieth century, society was concerned with doing things faster. Fast food outlets, microwave ovens to heat things quickly, instant meals. More […]
Gina Rinehart hasn’t actually said the poor should be sterilised
“Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate worth an estimated £19 billion, has advised those jealous of the wealthy to “spend less time drinking or smoking and […]
I’m not a racist, but I know when “those people” have a right to be offended!
Andrew Bolt: “Collingwood was being thrashed and when the bearded Goodes took another possession in front of her, she shouted “ape”. This is very rude. […]
Mr Abbott Stark Raving Naked in Collins Street!
Peter Costello, May 24th 2013: “Unless Tony Abbot gets caught stark raving naked in Collins Street, I think it’s over and even then he might […]
Savings, savings, savings
“Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.” Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize-winning psychologist. Numbers have […]
A Clarification – not a backdown on the PPL!
“Earlier this week, a Labor backbencher, Michelle Rowland, was denied a ‘pair’ in spite of having a sick child. We have in the studio, Mr […]
$110,000 done, $69 billion to go
I actually read things. You know how you just click on “I agree to these terms and conditions” when joining something? Well, I’m the guy […]
The Lateral View
Allow me to add my lateral view of things. Government debt is frequently referred to as “the credit card” by Joe Hockey. This is, of course, […]
Predicting the future is hard, but predicting the past is an oxymoron
“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we […]
Why I don’t make predictions … and why I never will
In the Fortune Teller’s Tent Madame Claire: Good afternoon, if you cross my palm with silver, I’ll tell you your future. Unnamed Politician: No thanks, […]