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Devaluing human nature
I came across a report of a recent conference that raises more concerns… here’s the nuts-and-bolts of it: The Conference, as mentioned, was held on the 22nd and 23rd of October (a couple of weeks ago). I’m not sure how long the video will stay online (it’s a nuisance in any case, as it’s flash-based…
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‘Triumph of the Tea Party’
Having recently mentioned (a couple of posts ago) The Daily Bell as one of the few socio-economic-political subscriptions I value, it was pleasing to read a quote with which I can only concur. Arriving back at Heathrow late on Sunday night I felt – as you do on returning to Britain these days – as…
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‘The Anti-Semite’s Pointed Finger’
In the latest issue of Commentary Magazine, Ruth Wisse writes on the ongoing anti-semitism and concludes with an(other) insightful point: […] Anti-Semitism works through the strategy of the pointing finger. Through political prestidigitation, the accuser draws attention away from his own sins—in the case of Arab leaders, the systematic oppression and immiseration of their own…
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Socio-political links added
It may perhaps seem obvious from some of my posts that I tend more towards a libertarian approach to politics. Yet, I will suggest, this appearance is based more on the current ‘labels’ available. So where do I stand? Rudolf Steiner, in his writings on the social order, talked of its inherent threefold nature, each…
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Now THAT’s a camera!!!
Having recently returned from an overseas trip and bemoaning the lack of a good camera (though we did have a small and quite reasonable ‘travelling’ one at hand: a compact panasonic Lumix), I could not help but check to see whether the Leica M9, which is definitely out of my price range, was finally available……
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Policies are not just policies
Of late given the Australian elections, I’ve engaged in something that I otherwise on the whole consider a waste of time: tweets. Part of the problem with tweets is that one is restricted to 140 characters: whether or not this can genuinely be called ‘micro-blogging’ or not, it certainly encourages depth of neither reflection nor…
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OS X Server 10.5 → 10.6 – not as straightforward as one would hope.
About three weeks ago, I decided to upgrade our server from OS-X 10.5 to 10.6. The Apple installation disks were 10.6.3, though the latest update was by then 10.6.4. Let me quickly first outline the nature of the network, as it’s very likely that the types of issues I encountered would not manifest in a…
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Aus. election online user poll
So you’ve voted in the elections, and you’ve got an active blog or tweeter account… so who do our online votes compare to those of the general public in terms of first preference? Please vote and share! who did you vote for in first preference?online survey
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Election day chart
or why consulting an astrologer may be useful prior to calling an election I had known since prior to the election that the date coincided with Mercury beginning a retrograde motion, and had thought at the time this was not a good time for any election. The results, however, simply did not only reflect a…
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In a nutshell: how our system of government works.
Given the 2010 Federal election results (still pending), I’ve received (from both local and o/s) queries about how our Australian system of government works, so I thought I’d try and give a very brief overview, with inevitable small ‘errors of exception’. Firstly, we are a Federated Commonwealth of States. In some ways, this is somewhat…
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