Darin Sullivan

@NSWFBEU SITREP – ICAC – who watches the watchmen? (TW: #Ausunions #NSWpol @FBEU #FBEU )

August 20, 2011

via fbeu.net SITREP No. 32 of 2011 August 19, 2011 Source: http://fbeu.net/2011/08/sitrep-no-32-of-2011/ ICAC – who watches the watchmen? The ICAC has today handed down its [...more]

Lib’s Dirty tricks in carbon debate – Abbott hits new low (TW: #cp #carbonprice #carbontax )

August 20, 2011

”Mr Abbott doesn’t mind taxes, he just doesn’t like taxes that reduce carbon pollution” … Bill Shorten. Photo: Marco Del Grande A year ago [...more]

Arctic Death Spiral: Sea Ice Passes Tipping Point Thanks to Deniers (TW: #cp #carbonprice #carbontax# #Auspol )

August 19, 2011

Arctic sea ice volume by month in cubic kilometers. The bottom (black) line is September volume. The plot makes projections with simple quadratic trend lines (details [...more]

The cultural contradictions of the right (TW: #Auspol )

August 19, 2011

I’ve rarely seen the culture wars explained better than by Jeff Sparrow in this piece at The Drum. Sparrow looks at the contradictions between the market agenda of [...more]