Submitted by rickeyre on
Wednesday September 8 is International Literacy Day. The aim, according to the UNESCO website, is "to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies".
This year's theme is Literacy and Gender. UNESCO says that almost one in every seven people is illiterate, and out of a total of 860 million illiterate adults more than 500 million are women.
Submitted by rickeyre on
Associated Press published a wire story on Sunday about former Denver Nuggets NBA player Rodney White's arrest on firearms charges.
Their headline read:
NBA Player White, Two Others Arrested
Check it out on Google News before it disappears.
Submitted by rickeyre on
Some John Howard resources that you can't live without during this election campaign:
http://www.advancedhair.com.au/2004/johnny.html
From Advanced Hair Studios (yeah yeah!), How to get a head in politics. Choose a vote-winning hairstyle for JWH.
Submitted by rickeyre on
No, not the Jets/Bluebags. The Newtown Breakaways are the premiers of the SWAFL for 2004. That's the Sydney Women's Australian Football League.
Submitted by rickeyre on
Father's day is over for another year. It was my second father's day. It was my first father's day since the passing of my dad.
Submitted by rickeyre on
"When I spend time with Barney, we bark together. We pick fleas together." Thus spake one dog of a president. That scene, from an informercial within that huge Fascist Infomercial called the Republican National Convention, is meant to show us, no doubt, how much GWB is an ornery guy who loves his critters.
Submitted by rickeyre on
The tea-to-stumps session of the fourth and final day of the New York StuporTest will start in a few minutes. The big question is: will GW Bush accept the Republican Party's unanimous nomination for President? Let's hope not, and make this Circ... er, Convention worthwhile.
Submitted by rickeyre on
I could count the number of conservative politicians in Australia whom I respect on about two fingers. Tim Fischer is one. Malcolm Fraser is the other.
"The Life and Times of Malcolm Fraser" is another superb documentary from the SBS Independent stable screening in the Thursday night "Storyline Australia" collection. It paints a personal picture of the septuagenarian former PM, with the backdrop of his political career and home movies from his childhood.
Submitted by rickeyre on
I have to confess that I watch The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox "News" Channel sometimes (it's on live at 10am here, repeated at 1pm and 6pm), mainly from a perverse fascination in watching the interviewing skills of someone so smarmy and devious. I'd heard in advance that Bono was going to be on his show, and was expecting some sort of fireworks.
Submitted by rickeyre on
I've just watched about two hours of the Wednesday night session of the Republican National Convention on broadband from C-Span. The Green Party of California described the convention as a "Fascist Infomercial". Informercial it certainly is.
