http://tis.goringe.net Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:58:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en McCain hates kids McCain hates workers Mc Cain loves lobbyists McCain hates seniors McCain loves NAFTA McCain loves war McCain hates veterans McCain hates choice McCain loves Bush http://tis.goringe.net/2008/06/03/john-mccain-over-to-you-google/ Justin Whelan writes in (the excellent) New Matilda - a tale of Two Americans Two very different Americans are arriving in Australia this week. The reception each will receive, and the messages they have for Australia, could not be more different ... One talks of world domination in the name of ‘Judeo-Christian ... http://tis.goringe.net/2007/02/21/two-americans/ Hugh, of librivox fame, has a new blog, textosolvo, on open collaborative projects, (mostly non-software) with a focus on idealism and not money-making. http://tis.goringe.net/2006/11/20/textosolvo/ Always happy to help google out... --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl --AZ-01: Rick Renzi --AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth --CA-04: John Doolittle --CA-11: Richard Pombo --CA-50: Brian Bilbray --CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave --CO-05: Doug Lamborn --CO-07: Rick O'Donnell --CT-04: Christopher Shays --FL-13: Vernon Buchanan --FL-16: Joe Negron --FL-22: Clay Shaw --ID-01: Bill Sali --IL-06: Peter Roskam --IL-10: Mark Kirk --IL-14: Dennis Hastert --IN-02: Chris Chocola --IN-08: John Hostettler --IA-01: Mike Whalen --KS-02: Jim Ryun --KY-03: Anne Northup --KY-04: ... http://tis.goringe.net/2006/10/26/mydd-direct-democracy-for-people-powered-politics/ Great article on religion in Australian politics from New Matilda (by someone who appears actually to have listened to the gospel reading last sunday...) This was a time when it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it was for a rich man ... http://tis.goringe.net/2006/10/18/camel-string/ Excellent news: The Norwegian Nobel Institute - Nobel Peace Prize 2006 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006, divided into two equal parts, to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can ... http://tis.goringe.net/2006/10/17/nobel-peace-prize-2006/ My first post for months ought to be something profound, I know. But it isn't. I just found such a cool software utility for the Mac I wanted to write about it. Disk Inventory X isa disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes ... http://tis.goringe.net/2006/10/12/disk-inventory-x/ Which party is this guy from again? Mike Bloomberg Today, we are seeing hundreds of years of scientific discovery being challenged by people who simply disregard facts that don't happen to agree with their agendas.  Some call it "pseudo-science," others call it "faith-based science," but when you notice where this negligence tends ... http://tis.goringe.net/2006/06/13/bloomberg-on-science/ I put it to you that it is when our sense of 'right' and 'wrong' is overidden by our sense of 'us' and 'them' that injustice prevails in our society. This is the essence of wedge politics, and the grease in the gears of John Howard's success. http://tis.goringe.net/2006/05/26/injustice/ I used to believe that George Bush's approval rating couldn't drop below 40 unless there was an unprecedented scandal. According to Pollkatz it's now spent a month below 35. How low can he go? http://tis.goringe.net/2006/05/18/live-boy-dead-girl/