Chain Mail

It should come as no surprise that as an atheist who holds only one superstition - kicking a black cat under a ladder whilst opening a blue umbrella indoors on St Patrick’s day is bad luck – it should come as no surprise that I, along with the rest of the rational world, hate chain mail....

US Soldier water boarded his 4 year old daughter

‘Water boarding’ is a term used to describe a particular form of torture used to simulate drowning. A towel or cloth cover is placed over the victims face, their hands are restrained and water is then a torrent of water is run over the covered mouth and nose. It is known to be a most ...

Daybreak by David Swanson

Review

Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. Author: David Swanson Seven Stories Press How quickly we forget. After 9/11 the patriot act was rushed through congress pushed by the high blood pressure of terrorist crisis. It was too fast a response, it was an overre...

Pedobear temporarily joins the Vancouver Olympic mascots

This is another case of lazy journalism gone wrong. A Polish newspaper running a story about the 2010 Vancouver Olympics has innocently included a picture of the animal mascots, except it appears the Internet renowned Pedobear has mysteriously joined them. Who is Pedobear? Anyone who frequents Di...

My life changing free-flight experience

I don't normally do this kind of thing, but I just have to share with you all what was probably the most exciting experiences of my life. Before I begin I have to explain that this all came about because right now I am in the middle of building a new web site for Air Australia (here's the old web...

Iconic Aussie Eighties Band 'Men At Work' being sued for Plagiarism

How is this for just plain greedy and pathetic! Iconic Aussie 80's band 'Men At Work' are facing a multi-million dollar bill after a judge ruled that a section of their hit song Down Under was copied from a popular Australian folk song. Justice Peter Jacobson said the band ripped off the flute...

iiNet Wins

In news that has serious ramifications for the Internet, iiNet has won their court case against some of the media's biggest heavyweights. In a startling case of sanity prevailing in the legal system, the court ruled that iiNet cannot be held responsible for the downloads of their customers and iiNet...

Death toll from world's largest mass overdose totally calculable

On the 31st of January, 2010 at 10:23am, hundreds of people from around the world downed bottles of homeopathic medicine simultaneously. The mass overdose of homeopathic medication was to illustrate a very important point; that diluting a medication to one trillionth of it’s strength does f...

Now you too can look camp in camo fatigues!

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ is the policy that has, for the last 15 years, required openly gay and lesbian men and women to stay out of the military (or be discharged) and has forced many other to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For those in ac...