2018.03.14 Impossibly Limp, Impossibly Complicated

It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love. - Stephen Hawking


Show Notes


Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSJHEork9Eo

"We were born kicking and screaming, filthy and free, and that’s how every other second, of our lives deserve to be." - Smith Street Band

Quote

"We are just an advanced species of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." - Stephen Hawking

Things

Iran http://iblagh.com/en/us-military-bases-around-iran/ http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-surrounded-by-us-military-bases-2011-12/

Impossibly limp http://www.newmandala.org/gareth-evans-on-cambodia/

Gambling https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/02/australia-leading-world-gambling-losses/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/14/dirty-little-secret-is-the-pokies-industry-australias-version-of-the-nra http://theconversation.com/pokies-in-victoria-joan-kirners-difficult-legacy-42689 https://www.wired.com/story/meet-alex-the-russian-casino-hacker-who-makes-millions-targeting-slot-machines/ https://www.wired.com/2011/07/ff_scammingslots/

The Mighty Fokker Friendship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_F27_Friendship https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East-West_Airlines_Fokker_F-27-500_Friendship_at_Adelaide_Airport.jpg

YouTube and Twitter https://nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/3/8/17085928/fake-news-study-mit-science

Duttons new white supremacy, just like the old white supremacy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/14/dutton-considers-fast-track-visas-for-white-south-african-farmers

Gaddafi's Ukrainian Nurse http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/03/ukraine.gadhafi.nurse/index.html

Rupert Murdoch https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/07/i-was-nothing-more-than-a-common-thief-master-of-fleet-streets-dark-arts-reveals-trade-secrets

Bananaland

Matilda http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3184575/Should-Matilda-bring-wink-Iconic-giant-kangaroo-mascot-1982-Commonwealth-Games-overlooks-nondescript-servo-make-comeback-games-return-Queensland-2018.html

Share the Dream

Transport: Thanks Campbell, son of Jocelyn, last of his name http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-02/qld-rail-train-not-granted-exemption-disability/9502556 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-02/queensland-rail-rollingstock-problems-blame-game-begins/8316250

Peeps are cranky: venues are tops, communication skills are not http://www.mygc.com.au/mayor-dodges-blame-removal-dunes-greenmount-beach/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-06/gold-coast-dunes-levelled-commonwealth-games-beach-volleyball/9401270

Pettiness: Facebook parking guy http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-13/gold-coast-parking-shortage-for-games-sparks-home-driveway-deals/9542544

We imported sand http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/gold-coast-beaches-not-good-enough-for-beach-volleyball/9275782

Fake grass https://officesnapshots.com/2012/01/16/inspiration-cool-examples-of-offices-that-use-fake-grass/

Tom Tate Thai running his agenda, may have some CCC issues but damn he wants that cruise terminal http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-09/gold-coast-mayor-tom-tate-at-the-centre-of-corruption-probe/9529434 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-19/redacted-concerns-about-gold-coast-cruise-ship-terminal-revealed/8940824

Sport

Cricket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Cricket_World_Cup_Qualifier

Eugene http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-14/mick-fanning-gives-surfboard-away-to-young-fan/9548700

The Clock

21 Days

The Clock

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