Rebellious stencil art found yesterday afternoon in Pemell Lane, Enmore. “Don’t be a cog in the machine, be a spanner in the works.”
This had better be good, Kevin!
Kevin Andrews, good grief!
Mr Andrews — who cancelled Dr Haneef’s visa soon after he was bailed — said the doctor’s swift departure after his release from detention only made him look more suspicious. “If anything, that actually heightens rather than lessens my suspicion,” he told commercial television.
Kevin Andrews, has your brain been turned on at any point during this debacle?
Dr Haneef was held in custody for what? 3 weeks call it. He’s heard how the evidence against him is a scrambled mess. He’s seen how his detention has become less and less about catching real terrorists and more and more about politicians and politicised public officials scrambling to protect their jobs. He’s had to experience the feral media pack. His reputation is now shit.
He has just been through what was probably the most frightening time of his life, and he wants to see his wife and newborn daughter.
If you were in Dr Haneef’s shoes, wouldn’t you be on the very first flight out of the country that put you through this nightmare?
No? You think this is suspicious? Exactly which parallel universe do you live in, Kevin?
OK, you have “secret information” that will justify your actions — but you have “one arm tied behind your back.” Exactly who tied it there, Kevin? Because everyone else involved in this case is leaking like a sieve. You’re not leaking — but you are sinking.
Web 2.0: Tsunami or Mirage?
With all the excitement over “Web 2.0”, there’s still an almost complete lack of formal literature. “It is important that movements with such energy and potential be subjected to critical attention,” says Roger Clarke. His working paper Web 2.0 – Tsunami or Mirage? is an interesting start — and he’s presenting a seminar this afternoon at ANU in Canberra.
Fiddling with the Layout
Today I’m playing around with the layout of this website. I want the Weekly Poll on every page, but a long sidebar dominates the layout too much. I’m also trying to get tags to work properly. So I’ve moved Recent Comments to the bottom of the page and, at least for the moment, dropped the links to external sites. Does this work? Comments?
Weekly Poll: Who should be sacked over Dr Haneef?
By any measure, the arrest and detention of Dr Mohammed Haneef on terrorism charges turned into a debacle. Much has already been written about it — and there’ll be a lot more to come, rest assured. The question that interests me right now, though, is who’ll wear the blame?
The new poll on my website asks a simple question: Who should be sacked?
- Federal police commissioner Mick Keelty? News today is that he’s blaming everyone else — but his organisation was in charge of the investigation, wasn’t it?
- Damian Bugg QC, Director of Public Prosecutions. While he did step in eventually, you’d have thought that in such a politically-sensitive case he’d have been involved from the start.
- Kevin Andrews, Minister for Immigration. Dear dear dear, Kevin, first WorkChoices and now this. Last week’s poll suggested you’d be first voted off the island, and it’s looking even more likely now.
- Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock, for sticking his oar into the mess.
- and I’ve made some other suggestions too.
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If you vote, also feel free to post some comments here explaining your choice.
The Age of the Essay
Will the Internet help the essay make a comeback as an art form? Paul Graham’s essay on this point is almost 3 years old, but I reckon he’s right.