The world is on fire
Ed Brown HI FRENS! IS ME, DWUNK ED! But can ya blame me when there’s a delicious bouorbon in the cocktail cabinet that screams “DRINK ME” every time i walk past it?…
Politics
Referendum Result: Australia Voted No
Well that’s a shame. A year ago, Noel Pearson was giving the Boyer Lecture and said this: “If success in the forthcoming referendum is to be predicated on our popularity…
The Voice
I’m sipping an Ole Fashioned. The heater’s on. Beyoncé’s wailing in my ear about how crazy in love she is with Jay-Z. And I’ve spent the day with the lady…
Bye, Felicia
Scott Morrison is no longer Prime Minister. He’s not even the Liberal Party leader. This is a very good thing for Australia, and the world. That’s about all we really…
Australia Day
Another January 26 Australia Day passes. The day, according to the Victorian Government website, to reflect on what it means to be Australian, to celebrate contemporary Australia and to acknowledge…
So, It’s Trump.
There’s no way to sugar-coat this. Ignorance, fear, racism and misinformation have put a tiny-fingered, misogynist, bigoted, fact-fearing child in the White House. And next to him an evil, homophobic,…
Meanwhile, In America
Safe to say that since the election, Australia’s going to poo. We no longer have a Science ministry but we have a Minister for Sport. The Communications Minister has sacked…
Budget 2011
I did not watch the budget last night. It was that or watching episodes of Yes Minister, and the bureaucratic poetry of Sir Humphrey Appleby GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon)…
Of Monarchy, Fools and Speech
Last night I saw The King’s Speech and I must admit, it is as good as everyone says it is. Yes it’s in many ways a conventional Hollywood period piece,…
Is Older Always Better?
You may remember Jen McCreight. When an Iranian clerk blamed women wearing revealing clothes for causing earthquakes, she accidentally started a global event called Boobquake, which scientifically proved him wrong.…