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Monday, November 10th, 2008AlwaysVPN, a free virtual private networking service, is promoted as a way for anyone to browse the web or trading files over a public net connection. And, by the way, it also lets anyone on the outside of a U.S.-only service like Hulu or Pandora get around that often arbitrary restriction.
Hotspot Shield is a [...]
Who cares what colour Obama is ?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Some people haven’t got the memo.
I don’t get it. I mean, am I the only person in the world who’s noticed that Barack Obama isn’t black? He’s bi-racial. I don’t see why his election has prompted such an orgy of self-congratulation in America. (For an example, see Anne Applebaum’s piece on the front of [...]
Transcript of Mccain’s Concession Speech
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Sen. John McCain conceded the presidential race before a crowd of supporters in Phoenix on Tuesday November 5 2008. He also congratulated Sen. Barack ObamaThe following is an exact transcript of his speech, sourced from cnn.com.
Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
My friends, we have — [...]
Transcript of Obama’s Acceptance Speech
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday night November 5 2008, after winning the race for the White House . The following is an exact transcript of his speech, sourced from cnn.com.
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where [...]
Who would Homer vote For ?
Friday, October 31st, 2008Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama, but runs into a few problems. Note the YouTube user id
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Response to “Christian Lobby Welcomes ISP Filtering Moves”
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008The Australian Christian Lobby have issued a press release welcoming the Australian ISP Filtering Moves PDF. Here’s my response
Hi Jim,
I doubt you remember me, but we’ve met twice at Shellharbour COC and you also spoke at a course I was attending , ran by Warwick Marsh of the Fatherhood Foundation. I’d [...]
‘No God’ slogans for London buses
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008According to a BBC report, buses with the slogan “There’s probably no God” could soon be running on the streets of London.
It is all the idea of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and has been supported by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins. The original plan was to raise £5,500, which was to be matched [...]
Did Government Intervention cause our Financial Crisis ?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008While almost everyone attacks the “Masters of the Universe”, Steven Horwitz from St Lawence University points out that Government (or more specifically, political) interference in the free market had a lot to do with the rise of the sub prime market and subsequent collapse of Wall Street:
In the last week or two, I have heard [...]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kevin Rudd
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is limbering up to address the great and good at New York’s Hyatt Hotel. Also in New York, ostensibly for discussions on the financial crisis, is Australia’s leader Kevin Rudd.
But is it the same Kevin Rudd who vowed to take “legal action” against Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the International Court [...]
The irony of the financial crisis
Friday, September 19th, 2008Dennis Howlett has an excellent post pointing to some of the causes of the current financial instability, including the part that greed and irresponsibility played.
without a morally bound ethical compass, we all go to hell in a hand basket. Courtesy of inept and emasculated government, aided and abetted by an incompetent audit profession bending over [...]