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  • More heat than light on Haneef: where’s the transcripts then?

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    Crossposted on Larvatus Prodeo, where each of the previous Haneef threads has generated hundreds of comments. Much was made yesterday of claims that Indian police believe that there are links between Haneef and extreme jihadists. To kick this thread off,… Read More ›

  • Happy birthday, horsies

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    Image credit: orginally uploaded by g r e n Today is the official birthday of all racehorses in the Southern Hemisphere. Asked why it was essential to have all horses celebrating their birthday on the same day, Mr McCulloch said… Read More ›

  • Wednesday Wow

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    I cheated a bit for this one – instead of my usual random trawling through the Wow! image pool I deliberately looked for one with a fox in it, because of the story I heard on the radio

  • Andrews on Haneef

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    Kevin Andrews offers some explanation of the previously secret information upon which he relied. Mr Andrews said the AFP had told him before making his visa decision that police suspected the internet conversation may be evidence Dr Haneef had prior… Read More ›

  • Stereotyping feminism

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    Two contrasting examples, one using the broadest of brushes and the other dissecting stereotypes instead. Firstly, one of the run-of-the-mill “raunch culture is all the fault of feminists who talked up the sexual revolution” op-eds that are becoming soooo familiar:Feminism’s… Read More ›

  • Today’s talkback army talking points

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    In response to Dr Mohammed Haneef’s interview last night on 60 minutes: Isn’t it better to be safe than sorry? He was only inconvenienced for 4 weeks. Everyone makes mistakes, and it’s all been corrected now. Sure he was incarcerated,… Read More ›

  • Heehaw of the Day

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    If you only watch one YouTube movie today featuring dancing country farmer’s daughters contortionists singing about potato salad, it should be this one.

  • Friday Hoyden: Grace Hopper

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    “I invent the Future” USN Rear Admiral “Amazing” Grace Hopper (1906-1992), mathematician, computer pioneer, marketing innovator, academic and above all guru of the importance of embracing change, has a special place in the heart of many a female nerd/geek. She… Read More ›

  • “I’m so sorry, my wife has made a mistake”

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    This is all I could think of when I heard the news that the supporting terrorism charges against Haneef have been dropped. (The first few minutes especially.) So many half-arsed assumptions and incompetent deductions. A spokesman for Scotland Yard would… Read More ›

  • NASA hits the trifecta

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    Astronauts Flying Drunk. Sabotage of Computer for the ISS. Embezzlement. A seriously bad week. NASA gets the hairy eyeball eyeing its budget from the current US Administration enough as it is – they really don’t need this negative publicity.