http://www.redrag.net "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:38:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fitter, healthier and more productive A pig In a cage On antibiotics As I am now Another Suit on the Terrace™, this blog is on a permanent hiatus. For your all your left-wing blogging needs, I recommend Larvatus Prodeo and those comrades listed on its sidebar. http://www.redrag.net/2005/12/06/the-end/ There are a couple of errors in The Australian’s editorial tomorrow. The first: And there is no explanation, no justification, that can excuse any nation from killing an individual who has broken the law. There never has been and there never will be. I think they mean for. To say there is ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/12/01/whoops/ The LHMU has put together a funny video about 36 Ways to Get Fired under WorkChoices. Yes, it does star Damo from Home & Away… http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/28/fired-workchoices/ Apparently, this is a caricature of Fred Leuchter, a Holocaust denier who developed technology for executing people. At first glance, though, I thought it was someone whose politics are quite far removed: Bob Brown. http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/26/leuchter-brown/ 25 November is White Ribbon Day or, to use its full and official title, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. By wearing a white ribbon, men demonstrate their opposition to rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. While almost every man is opposed to violence against women, we ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/24/violence-against-women/ Yesterday I had my Last. Exam. Ever. Or at least my last university exam — I’ll eventually have to sit some more when I do ATP, but since I’m not heading to a law firm right away I’ve got some breathing room. http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/24/graduation/ The US Government’s policy of attacking journalists and media organisations is not merely rhetorical; it has a nasty habit of bombing people who refuse to be “embedded”, who ask tough questions, and who challenge US policy. Still, while this has been common knowledge for quite some time, nobody thought George ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/24/bush-al-jazeera/ In today’s Crikey email, Christian Kerr pointed to an interesting exchange with John Howard, in which interviewer Sarah Ferguson “refused to be put off by the usual Howard bluster and obfuscation”: SARAH FERGUSON: You cited the Blair Athol case in Parliament the other day. Were there lessons from that case that ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/22/blair-athol/ Sometimes I wish I could take to the Labor frontbench with a sharpened pencil. The most recent example is the silly decision to call for Amanda Vanstone’s resignation over a speech she gave on the weekend. The minister’s crime was to point out that using plastic knives on an aeroplane was ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/21/vanstone/ Yesterday The Australian used its front page to spruik for the Right’s candidate for Labor’s WA presidency. It was a ridiculously unbalanced article that mentioned the six candidates running against her, but only quoted her supporters. Today they’ve got another article that effectively endorses her — based on the incredible ... http://www.redrag.net/2005/11/18/alp-presidency/