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World Youth Day Protest – Melbourne

by podblack on July 6, 2008

Two volunteer groups have refused controversial powers brought in by the NSW Government to police “annoying and inconvenient” conduct at World Youth Day events. No frickin’ wonder. So what is this ‘annoying and inconvenient’? The Angry Aussie has his summation, about recent news on ‘arrest over offensive shirts worn in Sydney‘: [ New regulations passed [...]

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God Only Likes Monkey Planets

by podblack on April 3, 2008

Richard Saunders, on his many jaunts around Sydney, sends me this news broadcast: “This one is God’s” — yes, that’s what it says about that planet, thanks to the billboard outside All Saints church in Petersham. Huh. Just when the BBC reports that Astronomers have discovered what could be ‘the youngest planet’: An embryonic planet [...]

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Little Kitten – Coathangers, Mind-Reading and Mini-Monkey!

by podblack on March 6, 2008

Remember the saga of the PEAR cables and Randi calling them out on their quality claims? Well, claims are one thing but… …cold hard proof is another, and it looks like a group of 12 self-professed “audiophiles” recently couldn’t tell the difference between Monster 1000 speaker cables and plain old coat hangers. Yeah, coat hangers. [...]

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