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Michael Moore’s Capitalism: the cage match
November 4, 2009 – 4:36 pm
It’s bound to be one of the most controversial of the season’s cinematic offerings: Michael Moore’s Capitalism. Muddied low-brow critique or seminal turning point in the popular appreciation of a system past decay? You be the judge!
To help flesh out the argument, Crikey sent two of its most bristlingly politicised regulars to take in the [...]
It’s the way Don would have liked it
October 22, 2009 – 4:58 pm
I’ve been looking for something that sums up this rather odd day in the national life.
David Cameron’s unsavory bedfellows
October 21, 2009 – 8:40 pm
A great and thought provoking column by Jonathan Freedland.
Where is the revulsion at David Cameron becoming partners with men who cheer those who fought for Hitler and against Churchill? …
What can you tell us next Malcolm?
October 20, 2009 – 11:56 am
Amazing post this morning just over there to the right on Possum’s Pollytix, looking at the latest Essential research figures. Have a read. Bit by bit the key economic arguments of the opposition taken down. Just. Not. Cutting. Through.
Murdoch anti-theft crusade continues
October 17, 2009 – 4:35 pm
Mr Murdoch reaffirmed that he was seeking to charge users of his websites: “Successful newspapers of the future will charge for their content and aggregators will largely be excluded. I’m convinced that quality news is more valuable than ever.”
Read more at … The Times. Just lining your pocket there Rupe.
Next up, minstrels in silks
October 13, 2009 – 11:45 am
Struggling for context this morning was Sky news. How do you link dwarf racing with prime time racial recidivism? Watch and learn.
Thus:
Mr Hulls said Racing Victoria had backed the wrong horse by staging the event which involved dwarfs being carried on the backs of punters and racing 50 metres down the straight to the winning [...]
You, your hippy mates and your bbq … shut up
October 12, 2009 – 1:37 pm
Who is writing Steve Fielding’s material? Genius. Worthy of Ossie Ostrich.
“I don’t know what planet the Greens are on, but by the look of their ‘Safe Climate Bill’ they look like they’re lost in space,” Senator Fielding said.
And there’s more:
“If Bob Brown and his hippy friends really believed in their cause they’d ride their bikes [...]
For the liberal party …
October 12, 2009 – 8:54 am
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural [...]
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