Tyroga – A Human Equivalent

… until you think you’re not; but really you still are. We have a new Prime Minister. Ms Julia Gillard. Probably one of the fastest ever no-confidence leader dumpings. Talked about one day, over the next with no contest from, now, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. After this action what are all the people on [...]

They say that one of the things that sets us apart from animals is our ability to use tools, be they opportunistic uses such as picking up a rock and using it as a hammer or created tools. In the animal world it is only really identified as ourselves and the Chimpanzee who fashion tools [...]

In the face of tragedy the loons appear… with over 181 lives lost to the Victorian bush fires we are now barraged by people telling us that it was always going to happen and almost implying that it was deserved. One is a Pastor who says this is god’s retribution for legalizing abortion in Victoria. [...]

Photo by John Moore/Getty Images seen on boston.com’s Big Picture story Xenophobia in South Africa One of my favourite sites at the moment is “The Big Picture” from boston.com, most of the photos are amazing. But today there are some photos on the site that make me feel bad to my core. They have brought [...]

In reading a story on news.com.au I became a little annoyed. At best I am annoyed by news reporting around 60% of the time. I find that these days it is rarely impartial or about just the facts, almost every article is peppered with the writer’s opinion and hear-say. It seems no journalist reports the [...]

I read a story today in The Age online titled “Lure of  bloodstained gems hits home“; I have two problems with this headline and the story. First of all, I would hope if people knew the diamond they were about to buy was a “blood diamond” they wouldn’t buy it, though I confess that some [...]

Finally after 11 years we have a new leader. How the Liberals were re-elected three times in the past was a surprise to me every time it happened. Now Labor has a chance to make good on its promises and if they keep half of them I’ll be happy. Better education, better health care and [...]

In the current issue of MCV (Issue 358, Thursday 15th November 2007) has run an opinion piece by Jason Foster titled “Charming Man: The latest gay rights campaign in Italy is flawed” while the online headline of the same story reads “Mixed Messages Via Italy“. The opinion is in response to the advertisement shown above [...]

From theage.com.au (link to story)   August 28, 2007 – 11:23AM A US university student was grabbed from behind and slashed in the throat by an incoherent man who then began stabbing himself, say officials. The student underwent surgery and was “holding his own,” the University of Colorado spokesman Bronson Hilliard said. The suspect, a [...]

Much of Sydney’s CBD as it appears in the satellite images on Google Maps Australia has been fuzzed out, just weeks before the APEC summit.Google says the imagery was downgraded as a result of a “commercial issue” with a supplier, but the move has aroused speculation it was done at the request of police in [...]