The new Mining Tax – we’ve heard it all before
Day: 2010-06-04
A month of detention without review
Imagine a world in which you could be held by a government agency, against your will, for up to a month.
If you have a mental illness, that is now a real possibility.
(Not) Werner Herzog reads Madeline
Or, as I have immediately renamed it in my head, Semiotics of Soubrettes.
Discrimination is only discrimination if you end up being sacked
The study apparently says that many people with MS put off telling their bosses (and so receiving appropriate accommodations at work, which might help them to manage their MS) because they are afraid they will be discriminated against.
Dr Simmons says that fear is unfounded, because “only 15 per cent of people [left] their jobs because they were sacked”.
Good news, sad news, obOzsport news
Rise, Sir Patrick Stewart. Farewell, Rue McLanahan. C’mon, Sam Stosur, c’mon.