18 April, 2015

Thinking of Linking

This week I have been mostly reading...

Australia:
Calling all: Richie Benaud’s last transmission  

Karl Kruszelnicki steps up concerns over 'flawed' Intergenerational Report

Dr Karl: 'I deeply regret having done the whole ad'

Yes, Google does pay tax on $2 billion ad revenue: $5 million in Singapore

'Brandzac Day': Historian criticises 'new low in the commercialisation of Anzac'

Jack The Insider: Ahead of Anzac Centenary, cost of war has a price tag

Malcolm Farnsworth: Peering through

Why Dr Karl did Treasury a big favour

Peter Costello's five most 'profligate' decisions as treasurer cost the budget $56bn a year

Unfriendly fire as Costello blasts Abbott government

Some brutal budget honesty might go a long way for Abbott "If this government wants to enlist public support to balance the budget, it should do two things: Admit it behaved like a prat when in opposition; and acknowledge its own profligacy when last in government."

US:
There’s A Reality About Hillary Clinton That Many Liberals Need To Face

Hillary Clinton for president: low-key high-tech announcement a sign of dominance

Barack Obama to John McCain: Back off John Kerry

5 libertarian oligarchs who made fortunes off the government they want to destroy 

Terrified ‘Tea Party Patriot’ realizes he could lose Obamacare if GOP wins in 2016

UK:
VoteSwap
Interesting tactical voting idea

Seven Up! director Paul Almond dies aged 83

An English teacher decided to mark a UKIP election flyer that came through her letterbox

Society:
Generation X Is Sick of Your Bullshit

Music:
Old music: New Radicals – You Get What You Give "You only need eight seconds to make a guitar solo really burn. Someone should tell Eric Clapton."

Roger Waters - Amused to Death reissued

Johnny Marr streams his live version of The Smiths' 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'

Ride reunion: ‘More bands should beat the crap out of each other for a while'

Media:
Fairfax's photo nightmare 

Science:
Explaining Saturn's Epic Storms

Mental health: 
If your boss finds out you have a mental health problem

I got stupid on me and I need to wipe it off on you:
Abbott government gives $4m to help climate contrarian set up Australian centre

The least boring photo on my camera roll: 

Like everyone else on the internet, I also watched that new trailer that came out this week. I'm sure you did too, or have the resources to find it.

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