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G’DAY WORLD #229 - Sunshine and Dark Clouds

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

No guest today, just a bit of a chat about:

Robert Rodriguez’s cooking show on the Sin City Recut DVD

this report that less than 7% of Australians believe cosmetics advertising

a review of “The Receipt” by Will Adamsdale and Chris Branch, currently showing in the Melbourne Comedy Festival

ExxonSecrets, a site that helps you follow the money behind [...]

 
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White House gagged scientist

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

From the LA Times’ coverage of the Hansen case:
James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, took particular issue with the administration’s rule that a government information officer listen in on his interviews with reporters and its refusal to allow him to be interviewed by National [...]

Intelligent analysis of “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Scenario: A student stands out the front of a high school with a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”.
Question: Should he be allowed to? Can the school expel him on the grounds that his message is “pro-drug”? Or is that a violation of his freedom of speech? Can the student sue the Principal of [...]