Entropy

There has been a flurry of activity on the Palestine / Israel front recently. Firstly, President Abbas has indicated that he would prefer to step down rather than run for another term, citing frustration with the Israeli peace ‘process’. This is quite a significant move. Fatah have presented themselves to the West as the party [...]

It used to be the case that Nobel peace prices were awarded based on abstract notions like a person’s actual achievements in an area relevant to the prize itself. To make a quick example, people awarded the Nobel peace prize would have had to have done something not insignificant towards the goal of bringing peace [...]

The Aussie media is agush with reports on the first 10 years or East Timor’s independence. As usual, no mention is made of why we took military action against Indonesia, other than the usual lip-service to the Western value of ‘freedom’. At the same time, surveys are circulated claiming to prove that Australians believe that [...]

Australians are busy buying new LCD televisions with built-in support for digital channels. But there are some nasty surprises for them once they set up their new purchase. There are 2 main motivating factors driving these purchases; higherquality signal ( ie digital vs analog ), and more content. For the most part, you will get [...]

Nestle, owners of the Jenny Craig and Uncle Tobys brands, but best known for it’s low-cocoa, high-sugar chocolate, has decided to support Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine, by opening a production plant in Sderot, on the border with Gaza.

Sderot was ‘founded’ in 1951, on the ashes and blood of the former Arab village of Najd. [...]

Media outlets and politicians around the world are scurrying around each other crying foul over North Korea detonating a nuclear device. To add insult to injury, they apparently then tested some long-range missiles. Scary stuff, eh?

Not really. The sad fact is that North Korea are by no means alone in their ability to detonate nuclear [...]

Amid allegations of gross negligence, corruption and political interventions, Mick Keelty has ‘resigned’ ( AKA ‘been sacked’ ) from his role as head of the Australian Federal Police.

Keelty's a happy boy

Mick’s dubious achievements include:

Giving false evidence to federal parliament over the extraordinary rendition of Mamdouh Habib to Egypt, then Guantanamo Bay. Further to [...]

In an appauling demonstration of what Obama refers to as ‘change’, the US has boycotted the UN conference on racism, citing its uncritical support of Israel as the justification.. So it’s business as usual for the US on the foreign policy front for the entire Middle East. Indeed the US has strengthened its occupation forces [...]

For 3 days running now, Israel has carried out an unrelenting terrorist campaign against the citizens of Gaza. The current toll is 345 dead and 1,500 injured. Israel boasts that it has done enough damage to Palestinian infrastructure to set the country back 20 years. Of course this just sets up conditions for another generation [...]

In a shocking fit of lucidity, the Wall Street Journal have run an opinion piece recently advocating ending drug prohibition. Excellent. 70 years too late, mind you, but ‘better late than never’.

Society has been trying to save itself from itself for far too long. The main justification for this failed policy of denial, deceit and [...]

I contacted Australian Ethical Investments ( AEI ) the other day, after some more information on their investment strategy before committing. They sent out a very informative Product Disclosure Statement. The 5th point in their charter is about supporting:

the amelioration of wasteful or polluting practices

Great. So they must invest in some pretty ecologically sound companies, [...]