The Harsh Couch

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. - Orwell

FU

Lomborg's got the money - ask him! http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/03/universities-told-to-speak-to-bjrn-lomborg-if-they-want-4m-in-funding

RIP

Nestlé Malt Milo http://www.halalsquare.com.au/groceries/index.php/nestle-malt-milo.html

Alan Bond http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/08/labors-embrace-of-alan-bond-was-grotesque-but-at-least-it-wasnt-bland

PM of Oz

Number 19: John Gorton.

Howard, Hodgman and Gorton on Carleton Walsh Report in Sep 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUiQ3th2zI

Andrew Peacock two days later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwyt3XVuXpg

The Schneider Trophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Trophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_S.6B

NEWS

Freedom Boy finally does something useful http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/09/tim-wilson-questions-power-to-revoke-citizenship-on-suspicion-of-terrorism

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

First they came for the refugees ...
Then they came for the dual citizens ...
Then they came for the sole citizens who were entitled by birth to acquire another citizenship ...

Topsoil and Civilisation (there's a fiddly process to get a copy of the book in PDF ... perhaps other methods are available) http://www.soilandhealth.org/copyform.aspx?bookcode=010113

Dirty bomb bullshit http://www.news.com.au/world/islamic-state-may-have-materials-to-build-large-dirty-bomb-bishop/story-fndir2ev-1227389074345

Housing Prices http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/02/

Was Graeme Morris really Howard's chief of staff? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/04/when-it-comes-to-smearing-the-irish-australia-is-the-worlds-serial-offender

F.T.P. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/04/police-officer-found-not-guilty-of-assault-after-pushing-73-year-old-to-ground

Taxing the rich http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/04/better-economic-growth-when-wealth-distributed-to-poor-instead-of-rich

Coding in schools http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/lets-pause-before-drinking-the-coding-in-schools-kool-aid

Glass on Mars http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/glass-spotted-on-mars-could-contain-signs-of-life-nasa-20150608-ghjhfv.html