I took a lot of satisfaction from seeing “misogyist nut-jobs” get a well-aimed and well-deserved kick in their over-excited nuts from our First Female Prime Minister yesterday – but I still can’t go as far as to give Julia Gillard a pat on the back. Visiting UN executive director for women Michelle Bachelet yesterday praised [...]
READ MOREAugust, 2012
Angela, Ich Liebe Dich.
Last week, the Guardian published a piece by Jochen Hung on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity in Germany. Despite being at the very centre of the Eurozone crisis (and copping her fair share of international flack), Frau Doktor Merkel has done very well for herself with polls revealing 70% of Germans still believe Merkel is [...]
READ MOREAfrican youth are today’s Lebanese, who were last week’s Vietnamese, who were…
I had always thought that the Cronulla riots were about cashed-up looking racists with the blessing of bigoted radio hosts holding an ugly hate-fest against youths “of Middle Eastern appearance”, but apparently I had that wrong. Oh well. Thank God that wiser heads than mine have learned the lesson of that shameful event. As reported [...]
READ MOREJulian Assange statement re Ecuadorean Embassy
The following is a statement just released by Julian Assange about the dispute between the Ecuadorean and UK governments about its London Embassy: “In a communication this morning to the government of Ecuador, the UK threatened to forcefully enter the Ecuadorean embassy in London and arrest Julian Assange. The UK claims the power to do [...]
READ MORESame-sex marriage: the gender gap
A brief note on today’s Essential Report poll on same-sex marriage. There’s been some recent analysis in the United States about the gender gap over same-sex marriage (for example, here), with one Gallup poll showing American women significantly stronger in their support than American males: 56% of women support it compared to 42% of men. [...]
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