Feeds
This page features feeds from a wide cross-section of Australian politics blogs. Inclusion in this list of feeds is not an endorsement of a site or its contents. I have sought a diverse cross-section of blogs. No matter who you are there are some you should love and others you will hate.
Cam Riley » Tuckshop
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Go here when you feel like an intimate dinner with friends or family.
The Tuckshop is in a neighborhood rather than downtown or in a mall; which gives the restaurant a nice feel. The Tuckshop is in the modernist Phoenix style.
Also consider Lisa G's, Switch or My Florist.
Experience The Tuckshop has a large waiting area set aside at the …
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Cam Riley » AZ88
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Go here when you want to catch an early dinner. It is also a good 'pre-place' to go to on the weekends before heading out for the night.
The crowd at AZ88 goes in phases, moving from the gray hairs to the hipsters as the evening goes on. It draws an eclectic crowd of gays and straights. AZ88's food …
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YOUR NEW REALITY » No title
World Health Organisation Admits Defeat On Pandemic Spread, Only Weeks InAnd so, it begins?The United Nations' top health official says the worldwide spread of swine flu is now unstoppable. Leaders and experts from across the world gathered in Cancun to see what lessons could be learnt so far, but the advice is still the same. The best way to avoid … [Link]
Cam Riley » Lisa G's
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Go here when you want to meet for lunch or after work for a drink, or a casual dinner. Lisa G's is a good downtown location to catch up over happy hour.
The food is based on the sliders model and comes in sets of four small servings. The restaurant has a nice outdoor patio, a comfortable bar area …
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Antony Loewenstein » Surely headline of the week?
‘Jewish Ahmadinejad’ blogger arrested.
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Antony Loewenstein » The importance of nuance
I mentioned last week the case of imprisoned Greek journalist Iason Athanasiadis, currently being held in an Iranian jail on spurious grounds.
Salon has published a feature about this fine man:
Iason’s detention is especially ironic, given his love of Iran and his understanding of its people and culture. His on-the-ground reporting in the aftermath of the elections, for …
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The Orstrahyun » No title
Some recent stories of mine up at Your New Reality : The Most Incredible Air Disaster Survival Story You Will Ever Read Osama Bin Laden In America Shit Monster Lives Iraq PM Declares Victory Over US Occupation The Moon : One Day, We May Have To Bomb The Hell Out Of It 
Cam Riley » Chelsea's Kitchen
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Go here when you want to meet people after work for drinks or dinner. Chelsea's Kitchen has a fantastic patio. There are better places to eat in Phoenix and often the wait is not worth it but it is a great place to meet people.
Chelsea’s Kitchen is part of the Le Grande Orange, Postino's and Radio Milano group …
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Antony Loewenstein » The not so secret hand of Washington
Yesterday I met here in New York with the Mondoweiss boys. Plans are being hatched, but in the meantime, Iran came up:
Surprise. Max Boot at Commentary wants Israel to bomb Iran now. So does John Bolton, speaking from the fever ward, the Washington Post op-ed page. The former ambassador says the Tehran revolt has upped the urgency for regime …
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YOUR NEW REALITY » No title
The Most Incredible Air Disaster Survival Story You Will Ever ReadI heard this story a lot when I was a kid. It'd come round once a year or so, "this girl fell out of an exploding plane once and lived!" It excited the mind, even if you hadn't been on an aircraft and none of us had back then, you'd … [Link]
The Orstrahyun » No title
If Only We Could Mine And Export 'Having A Go'PM Kevin Rudd gets a decent, fairly serious profile in the US Time Magazine. It's often interesting to read how American, UK or European media portray Australia in its feature stories. The perspective, obviously, is greatly different from anyone living here, and what may seem common knowledge to us, or to Australian … [Link]
Thinkers' Podium » Clip for the weekend…
Hitler discovers that Michael Jackson has passed away…
Hat tip to Andrew Bartlett… I needed a laugh. I pondered playing the late, great Wesley Willis‘ ‘Michael Jackson‘, but I think the Downfall spoof is in better taste.
Rough week. Got yelled at for being late (I wasn’t late) after a morning of profuse nose-bleeding a couple of days …
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YOUR NEW REALITY » No title
The War On Iraq In One Baghdad NeighbourhoodThe pullout of American forces from Iraq begins, bases are dismantled or handed over to the Iraqis, who spend days joyfully celebrating the news that the American occupation of their country will soon be history.But this New York Times portrait of a fractured, tense Sunni/Shiite neighbourhood hints at what may follow the American … [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » friday feminism
Tigtog on nice guys and what makes an ideal husband and father. Says Mark: A romantic feminism? Really? [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » i should care
I should care. I should care. I should care. But should I be shocked? Roz Kelly5 [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » CourageMan
Says it straight. With courage. An Italian regional government will be starting a campaign to put the weight of the government behind one of the key Dogmas of The Church of Gayness: that babies are born gay. Talk about sexualizing… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » false liberty
Former Culture Club singer Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after allegedly chaining a male escort to the wall of his London flat. The 47-year-old gay star was charged on Monday over the incident which took place at… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » upskirter gets upstaged
Honestly, is this what we have come to? [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » the narrowing, the narrowing
Everyone is looking for the narrowing of the gap between the Coalition and Labor. In the polls, in the betting markets. The narrowing of the gap between widespread ennui and terminal interest in Armageddon. "Is 16 a big number or… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » missing link
UnnamedScientists tell us they have dug up a jaw bone in Africa. Some in mainstream and other media outlets are trumpeting this find as the evolutionary missing link. That's a bit of jawbone and a few teeth folks. It might… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » chile con spine
Some European squid, really do have spines you know. The King of Spain tells Chavez to shut up: ¿Por qué no te callas? Jewcy. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » is god democratic?
Jason Goroncy adds his two Fish. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » mark steyn
On the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind: So the “Music” chapter is the most difficult one for young fans of The Closing Of The American Mind—because it’s the point at which… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » senator andrew bartlett
On empty vessels and hollow men: I have heard many journalists in Australians complain about this, but what I genuinely don’t understand is why they put up with it and continue to report it. If a couple of major media… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » sunday joy
Meet seven month old twins: Real cuties. That's Ieuan on the left and his brother Gabriel on the right. When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » sunday musing
Why Orthodox men love church. It's a man thing. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » bling bling
This time it's a camel thing: Note the camel carbon footprints in the background. But unlike the Americans who take this all as a bit of faux fun: Members of Saudi Arabia's Senior Clerics Association have issued a fatwa banning… [Link]
Core Economics » Higher weekend petrol prices
John Hewson writes in an Op-Ed in the AFR today that he has observed over a long period of time that a particular petrol station raises it prices by between 15 and 25 cents on Thursday mornings. He deduces that this is a simple case of “gouging customers”. I have heard this argument quite a few times, even from people at …
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YOUR NEW REALITY » No title
You Want To Know Who Really Owns America?George Carlin speaks The Truth. The uncomfortable Truth :Carlin is gone now, but where are those who will fill the void he left? Where are the comedians who need to do little more than report facts about the way a government runs the country to get laughs?There are TV comedians, and satirists, like … [Link]
Antony Loewenstein » Why would anyone who can get along with Arabs want to exalt the two-state solution?
The other day I wrote that now that non-Zionists are finally gaining a voice in the discourse on Israel/Palestine, we have to bring our bat and ball– positive ideas about how to solve things in the Middle East, not just a litany of Palestinian suffering. I’m planning to have a rolling roundtable on this question. Especially as Obama …
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Public Polity » Progress on US Climate Bill
There has been further progress on the US Climate Bill in the past week with the US House of Representatives passing the cap and trade bill with a vote of 219 – 212. The vote, providing a major victory for Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will now see the bill, which mandates for 17% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and …
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Peter Martin » You want to charge us for driving?
You betAs new tax breaks for small business push sales of cars, buses, trucks and utes toward an all-time high the Australian Treasury has begun thinking out loud about more-widespread congestion charges including the use of number plates and GPS devices as an alternative to tags.In a paper released this morning which the Treasury stresses does not represent its official … [Link]
Pollytics » Why has The Oz become Fox News with words?
Reading the latest piece from Michael Stutchbury got me thinking, is the reason why The Australian has turned into Fox News with words because of a relatively recent demographic shift in their audience?
Is it a case where large demographic slices of people with any get up and go, simply got up and left the musings of The Oz, leaving behind …
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YOUR NEW REALITY » No title
Philip K Dick, 1972 : "…a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most important for the survival of the true, human individual would be: Cheat, lie, evade, fake it, be elsewhere, forge documents, build improved electronic gadgets in your garage that'll outwit the gadgets used by the authorities." [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » ebola
There's been an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in Uganda. From the New York Times via AP: Health workers are among the dead in an Ebola outbreak, spreading panic among doctors and nurses needed to help treat victims of… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » reports
That Rupert Murdoch has got religion have been greatly exaggerated. Ruth Gledhill: Julia Duin, religion editor at The Washington Times since 2003, has started a new blog, BeliefBlog. Her blog comes amid reports that my own boss, Rupert Murdoch, has… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » blog lite
For the next week or so as I attend to urgent family business. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » my way or the highway
Vaile gawn. I love how family is important all of a sudden - don't get me wrong, it always is. But not important enough for the rest of us to have the possibility of the odd day where we are… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » vale matt price
HIGHLY respected and much loved journalist for The Australian Matt Price has died aged 45. Price was diagnosed with brain tumours in September. The editor in chief of The Australian, Chris Mitchell, said today: “Matt’s colleagues at The Australian, at… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » what the?
OK, I couldn't imagine Howard hanging around as Opposition Leader even if he hung on to his seat. Kind of not the sort of thing a former PM would do. And given the part of the speech I heard by… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » blogging the tally
So I promised myself I wouldn't. But I did. Switched on to election coverage just as Channel 7 are calling doom and gloom for John Howard in Bennelong with 12% counted. I wouldn't be too happy about that yet. Good… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » she's clearing her throat…
…and she's just…starting…to… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » oh one last thing
Before we run off to cast our votes. I know that many people have been working hard on election campaigns, including one young Max Baumann who links to this blog, and is standing for an S.A. Senate seat for the… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » oh weh
Irfan Yusuf has a dream. But the revelations are not pretty. How's this for an admission: Yet Hockey will face a big battle in a NSW Division stacked with hard-line ultra-conservative religious fanatics. Actually, it’s probably an insult to genuine… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » so pakistan
Has been suspended from the Commonwealth. Fat lot of good that did last time - because Musharraf is still President - with or without coup - and still head of the army. And fat lot of good that has done… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » lame duck
I always like reading how Australia is presented in the overseas press. I was a bit surprised at this headline in The Times and some of the colour in the article: It is a remarkable comedown for the big-spending populist…. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » assume the position
The position that Labor will win the Federal Election tomorrow. The truth be told, I don't really care if either the Coalition or Labor wins. We will after all, get to do this all again in three years. But assume… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » this one
To warm FX's heart: An online prankster has listed the prime minister's Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, for sale on an internet real estate site. It's not the first time Kirribilli House has been the target of a bogus for-sale listing…. [Link]
Balneus » How can I serve you better?
Lurkers, repeat tourists, and regular readers are invited to comment on how I can be more useful to you, be it changes to article length, emphasis on topics, more references in the "See Also" lists…
While you can tell me to improve my use of language, I cannot promise much.
As to frequency of posts, while some with philosophical differences may …
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Larvatus Prodeo » Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
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Meganomics » Turnbull may be beyond repair
THERE is an uncomfortable sense of finality to this week’s Newspoll, with Malcolm Turnbull suffering the largest collapse in a leader’s job approval rating. … [Link]
DUCKPOND » FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – TANGLED UP IN BLUE
You might ask how can a dog story be one of nonviolence? With poetic licence, the Dylan song could be easily cast as “tangled up in a blue”. Around these parts a blue could be seen as a fight. As you notice from the photos, Dexter of the blue harness, is not given too much leeway, although he when …
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DogfightAtBankstown » her majesty's pleasure
This cracked me up: HATE preacher Abu Hamza has refused any more treatment from his prison nurse after finding out the man is gay. The nurse, nickname Queenie, has been helping to wash and dress the convicted terrorist for more… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » what chances
The Somali woman who hijacked a plane this morning in New Zealand, stabbed the pilots and claimed to have a bomb was either sane or a Presbyterian? Update: Woman "acted strangely". And Ethnic Minister meets Somali leaders…"there is concern that… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » bye mitt
Now let's see how wide McCain Insane Disorder will spread. Next. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » archbishop rowan williams
Has now officially jumped the shark. (via Tim Blair, who survived a delicate bath extraction and lived not to tell the tale.) Update: Ruth Gledhill asks the obvious. Has the Archbishop gone bonkers? Yes. The Archbishop has staked everything on… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » man up republicans
No one listens to what you say, and no one cares what you think! Henninger at the WSJ tells the Republicans they're not in the wilderness and to get back in the game: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » souvenir shopping
Of the most bizarre kind: How the classified military documents from Iraq, which named the coordinates of where the Army suspected weapons of mass destruction to be hidden, ended up in an Arabic translator's apartment on Hoyt Street in Brooklyn,… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » one fatwa for you
Another fatwa for Mahmoud Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to acquire four German guard dogs has come under scrutiny from religious leaders, Adnkronos International reported Tuesday. Ayatollahs in Qom, Iran, are upset that the leader can have the dogs, brought… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » boys and their toys?
Or total depravity? Top ten badass ancient weapons. Complete with the piano-and-cow catapulting trebuchet - one of my favourites (if you've been reading this blog for a while, you'd know why). (via The Busybody) [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » afghanistan
Reuters' Tom Heneghan continues to follow developments in the case against journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh in Afghanistan. Reports so far about the death penalty against journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh have said that President Hamid Karzai could pardon him if the… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » hello
It seems more likely Romney will be the one considering his future rather than Huckabee (whom I always considered a more likely VP candidate) from what I can glean from the Super Tuesday results. He really didn't make much of… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » not talking beach holiday
We waterboarded says CIA chief. We know, the people answered. Those who got the CIA surfing lesson: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim Nashiri. So, is any interrogator going to be prosecuted for keeping Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » tree huggers
Buddhists behaving badly. Or maybe it's Hindus. Tales of corruption, looting and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some 2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism's holiest sites…. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » ash wednesday
Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » welcolme to the modern form of cannabalism
Three parents, one embryo. Line up for the egg factory ladies. [Link]
Hoyden About Town » Friday Hoyden: Gwen Cooper
From the Torchwood Institute in Cardiff: croeso y Cymru, iechyd da!
This is basically just an excuse to remind you all that this year’s Torchwood eps (entitled Children of Earth) hit Aussie cable screens on UKTV next week: 5 nights of telly in a row starting on Tuesday (we were invited to be part of the throng schmoozing …
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Kerplunk » Green shoots precede black economic hole
Ben Bernanke's so-called 'green shoots' are little more than the temporary result of a massive injection of money into the market that can only have the effect of ensuring that the economy of the United States contracts quickly and painfully in the near term and remains moribund for at least a decade after that.Markets always find their mark and the … [Link]
Core Economics » Revenue caps
Back in the 1990s, I can remember being asked by a state government agency to comment on their proposal for ‘revenue regulation’ of a state utility. For the reasons stated below I told them it was stupid.
A few years later my colleague at RSSS at the time, Rohan Pitchford, was asked a similar question by a regulator. I can still …
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DogfightAtBankstown » wonderful welding masks
From Oobject. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » Azerbaijan Death Star
I keep thinking this is some sort of joke. A proposed hotel for Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which some have nicknamed the death star. I'm wondering who on earth puts Azerbaijan on the top of their holiday… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » eschatology
If green is the new red, the future is here. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » janus
Via Missing Link, Club Troppo's round up of bloggy goodness: Amal at Austrolabe blogs on Tariq Ramadan's Silent Revolution, the speech he recently delivered at Griffith University. Yes the socialist undertones ("revolution") are there - the man was, after all,… [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » for her sake and ours
Put this nun in jail. Else send her off for some serious Christian formation. [Link]
DogfightAtBankstown » chains
I do not like reading stories like this. They make my blood boil. It's all there: the dysfunctional, violent culture in remote Aboriginal communities. The difficulties in providing services to remote areas. The systemic failures in law enforcement, health, welfare… [Link]
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