The debate is going to be meaningless - they are all just soundbyte farms for each side to use against one another. The attention span of the swinging voter is shorter and shorter (and each side is rusted on in their support).
This is but a spectacle rather than substance.
Question for the board, as a big fan of SimCity in the past but no longer a PC based gamer (more console). Is Cities Skylines good on the PS4 and is the experience better or worse using a controller rather than a mouse?
Is it worth splashing a bit of currency on (as its currently on special...
Watched the first episode - reasonably impressive tv yet again (it seems we have hit a really really strong period for television series).
Eva Green - what a fox.
Unions taking steps to try and distance themselves from Greens - interest article based on anticipated Howes views. Too little to late.
http://www.news.com.au/national/julia-gillard-urged-to-cut-greens/story-e6frfkvr-1226353929088
This is a bit of a concern really - not to say that the stimulus should never have been done (there is some merit to infrastructure spend - cash splash is questionable. But really what is concerning is the large increases to the long term swap rates and yields given the governments around the...
Just published in the local rag today - by Watson the skipper of the Steve Irwin Anti Whaling.
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/02/26/57591_tasmania-news.html
Well here is hoping that some absent minded individual doesn't take up tree spiking after this lecture.
Day off - time to hit the cinema for something to watch.....pity I chose this steaming pile of rubbish
Seriously - I really enjoy Clive Owen movies generally - but this one was poorly written, plot was silly and I could tell that Owen must have felt embarressed by the delivery of such tripe...
Well are we?
We are dropping the cash rate by unprecedented amounts and are about to bring it down again to soften the recession impact. However with rates dropping by so much and APRA requiring ADI's to hold almost double the liquidity ratio as set out in prudential standards - are we at...
Well Xmas has come and gone - if you are like me - you tend to receive DVDs as presents from rellies and friends. Lets be honest - there are some gems and some real turkeys.
Example: Got 3.10 to Yuma and Dark Knight on DVD - good score there. Also received Rambo.......I try not to laugh...
Both sides start your engines. - From News.com.au
A VICTORIAN man is set to sue the State Government in a stolen generation claim that threatens to open the legal floodgates.
Just a day after the Rudd Government's cashless apology, Neville Austin, a 44-year-old from the northern Melbourne...
What is with this guy - is he about to make a jag at Federal Politics or something.Don't know much about his performance as Premier of Queensland apart from the fact that he goes out of his way to grab the national spotlight when it comes to Federal Politics lately. Sure, there has been reason...
..Kevin Rudd be called by his opposition and critics should be become Prime Minister much in the way John Howard is called 'The Rodent'
I am guessing the Weasel
Currently have a 1 week old little boy who likes to scream and carry on like nobodies business. In my travels and attempts to get the little bugger to calm down - i have resorted to raiding my cd collection to find the tunes to soothe the savage beast. It turns out - little fella loves the...
That nation is once again in the midst of crippling droughts and farmers are asking for money to keep alive. It is fair enough that they request assistance due to the problems that arise from factors that are outside of their control - but are we as a country doing the funding idea as a...
....puts you in a good mood. A song that even if you are in a foul mood, it will bring you back from the brink and put a smile on your face.
What's your happy song.
Mine: The Sound (Rumanastone)
Underground (Ben Folds Five)
...would you enlist?
Over the last couple of weeks - we have witnesses some pretty bad things to say about remembering those who have fallen - what if you were forced to think about fighting our own battle.
Say an Asian superpower grows teeth and decides that it wants more territory...
I'm talking about those movies that whilst they are technically proficient, well acted, script is reasonable - are just plain boring.
I decided to rent out 'Cold Mountain' due to the praise some had placed upon it. I sat down on saturday night and watched it - i want my 156 minute back as i...
How embarressing for Mel
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20006890-2,00.html
And to think we were all waiting to see Mel acting alongside Rob in The Animal 2.
We all have our favourites - need a roll at lunch that will tingle your taste buds if only for a seconds. What is yours.
Mine is and has been for the last 6 months is a Crusty Baguette with roast beef (real beef - not from a loaf), seeded mustard, sliced cheese, spanish onion and it is just...
According the news wire and word of mouth in Tassie - a policeman pulled over a bloke for speeding and was shot three times (twice in the chest).
Unknown at the moment whether the cop is alive or dead - but they have caught the bloke who shot him.
I can think of a small jail cell below the...
Was watching CSI with the missus and the news update about the miners being found alive was shown (be it some hours after the news broke on ABC News). Mr Mike Munro hosting this little update and it showed to the viewing public that:
(a) The Nine Network was completely inept in maintaining...