August 31, 2012 – 5:59 am
Workers arrested at South Africa’s Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The 270 workers would be tried under the “common purpose” doctrine because they were in the crowd which confronted police on 16 August, an official said. Police opened fire, killing 34 miners [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Fark!, Funnies, Law, Politics
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Tagged african national congress, ANC, industrial relations, lonmin, marikana massacre, platinum mining, policing, pretoria, south africa
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August 30, 2012 – 12:40 pm
Hello everyone, your friendly Ozblogistan Tyrant here. Ozblogistan was moved to new servers on Monday night by some subcontractors. The ensuing few days have been a mess because the move was only incompletely successful. In particular, bloggers have been unable to log into the wordpress backend to write posts or moderate comments. This morning I [...]
August 30, 2012 – 12:40 pm
Hello everyone, your friendly Ozblogistan Tyrant here. Ozblogistan was moved to new servers on Monday night by some subcontractors. The ensuing few days have been a mess because the move was only incompletely successful. In particular, bloggers have been unable to log into the wordpress backend to write posts or moderate comments. This morning I [...]
August 30, 2012 – 10:30 am
I am a single person and–due to an upbringing starved of physical affection or praise interacting with unfortunate adult experiences (the former making the latter both more likely and more likely to be of a traumatic nature)–am likely to remain so. I also like cafes, perhaps more than I should, given my low income. (Yes, [...]
August 29, 2012 – 12:55 am
LONDON — Larry the Downing Street cat has inadvertently helped his master, Prime Minister David Cameron, hit back after the British leader was challenged to show whether he was “man or mouse” Tuesday. Larry killed a mouse, a rare event in the life of a feline previously known for his laid-back approach to hunting. The [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Animals, Britain, England, Funnies, Politics
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Tagged david cameron, gentle maccia, heathrow airport, larry the downing street cat, number ten, tim yeo, Tories, UK conservative party, UK politics
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August 28, 2012 – 8:00 am
As folks may have noted, I like graphs; they can be very useful illustrations, particularly of historical trends. Consider this graph, taken from the 2012 US Federal Budget (via). What is striking is the long-run stability of economic growth in the US, apart from one episode which stands out fairly dramatically. Very dramatically (pdf) given that: [...]
By Lorenzo
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Posted in Economics, History
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Tagged American Civil War, Austrian business cycle, Bank of England, Bank of France, bimetallism, Brad DeLong, business cycle, creative destruction, deflation, expectations, Friedrich Hayek, gold standard, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, John Maynard Keynes, Keynesian school, Market Monetarism, milton friedman, Monetarism, New Keynesianism, Nick Rowe, plucking model, R G Hawtrey, rational expectations, real business cycle theory, Roger Garrison, silver standard, uncertainty, US Federal Reserve, von Mises
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August 26, 2012 – 9:50 pm
Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the bleached Established names on the sunblinds, The farthings and sovereigns, And [...]
August 25, 2012 – 10:30 am
I live within the boundaries of Maribyrnong Council in an area that fulfils my definition of “inner city” (it has back alleys and many houses don’t have driveways). So, parking is a bit of an issue, while a certain queueing politeness is needed while driving–quite a lot of the streets only allow one car to [...]
August 24, 2012 – 12:54 am
Pictures showing Prince Harry and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room have been published on a US website. The two photos of the 27-year-old royal, on gossip website TMZ, were taken on a private break with friends over the weekend. The site reported that the prince was in a group playing [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Funnies, Media, Popular culture, Society, Wales
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Tagged blues and royals, british army, las vegas, Prince Harry, royal family, TMZ
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August 22, 2012 – 9:00 pm
I started out as a tremendous fan of Gillard. I wanted her to win when Kevin Rudd attempted to overthrow her. (Sorry to my Queensland Labor friends, I have just never understood Rudd’s appeal. He’s the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert to me.) But I have to say that the allegations surrounding Gillard in relation to [...]
