2018.11.27 Fifty-Fifty Now

It became necessary to destroy the Liberal Party to save it. - Anonymous Australian Liberal Party politician


Show Notes


Quote

"It became necessary to destroy the Liberal Party to save it." - Anonymous Australian Liberal Party politician

RIP

Bonita Mabo

F.U.

The AusPol clown show

Stacks

Mark

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/24/mps-seize-cache-facebook-internal-papers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/23/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-rejects-request-testify-front-seven-countries-lawmakers-lower-level-official-will-appear/

https://abc.net.au/news/2018-11-22/facebook-slammed-over-child-marriage-auction-in-south-sudan/10518232

https://m.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/facebook-target-george-soros-billionaireus5bf5d6f2e4b0771fb6b5b1ec

Jeff

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/23/we-are-not-robots-amazon-workers-across-europe-walk-out-black-friday-over-low-wages

Things

NBN fail continues https://www.itnews.com.au/news/400m-sham-contracting-class-action-rocks-nbn-telco-sector-515973

Russia v Ukraine ... FIGHT!

A plane with no moving parts actually flies https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/11/24/the-first-journey-of-an-aircraft-with-an-ion-drive

BTC is tulips https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/24/bitcoin-sinks-below-4000-as-the-crypto-market-takes-another-hefty-beating/

Marshmallow monkeys https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/magazine/monkey-business.html

Crimes against humanity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/argentina-prosecutors-considering-charges-against-mohammed-bin-salman-at-g20

Another Mars rover https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067244283688669184 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/science/nasa-insight-mars-landing.html

Sports

Steph Gilmore

T20 victory over the Chinless Wonders (not the men, the real sportspeople)

Chess

Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana head to tie-breaker after Game 12 draw https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/26/world-chess-championship-game-12-carlsen-caruana



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