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Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . So Australia is now 23 million people strong! Or weak. Depending on the poll and how you interpret the results. It got me in a statistical minded mood. Especially when I keep reading stuff about how the ALP has ‘stuffed’ the boom. ...
Tags: Australian Politics, Social Commentary
AshGhebranious ― 3 weeks 3 days ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . Border controls are measures taken by country to monitor or regulate its borders. Border controls are put in place to control both the inflow as well as outflow of people, animals and goods. Specialised government agencies are usually created to...
Tags: Australian Politics, Social Commentary, Asylum Seekers, Julia Gillard, Media, Refugees
AshGhebranious ― 5 weeks 2 days ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . The following graph is vital to understanding the difference between what the government is offering and what the coalition are supporting. . . Pretty clear difference huh? But wait! There’s more! To get the maximum speed on copper, you ...
Tags: Australian Politics, Media, Science
AshGhebranious ― 5 weeks 3 days ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . After Tony Abbott failed to win the 2010 election, he punched a lot of walls. He then got in line to compete for the vote of the independents. What Tony fails to tell the people of Australia is that Abbott indeed promised the independents a ...
Tags: Australian Politics
AshGhebranious ― 6 weeks ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . Despite people still telling themselves that history never repeats, it often does, it is startlingly. From the most major world incidents to the smallest seemingly insignificant event, history has a way or repeating. Napoleon had it all worked ...
Tags: Australian Politics, History, Julia Gillard, Marr, Tony Abbott
AshGhebranious ― 6 weeks 5 days ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― Voltaire had this to say about free speech. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire Andrew Bolt on the other hand has a completely different idea about free speech. It involves ...
Tags: Australian Politics, Media, Social Commentary, Andrew Bolt, Free Speech, Monty Python
AshGhebranious ― 6 weeks 6 days ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . I’m famous! Andrew Bolt has written a lovely piece about me in his blog! Andrew has taken offense at me pointing out the puff-pastry-Abbott-white-washing campaign that the coalition have been running. Just this weekend, the telegraph ran ...
Tags: Australian Politics, Media, Politics, Andrew Bolt
AshGhebranious ― 7 weeks ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . The civil war as Abbott calls it is ended. Kevin Rudd launched the white flag today. And his generals lined up to surrender their arms. It’s over. It should have been over last year. The fact that the PM has been trying to run a hung...
Tags: Australian Politics, ALP
AshGhebranious ― 8 weeks 1 day ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . The Coalition broadband policy is nothing but digital apartheid. In a decision that would only benefit the owner of copper networks (hello Rupert), the coalition would hand over a monopoly to News Limited and their ownership of the copper. This...
Tags: Australian Politics, Nbn, Politics
AshGhebranious ― 9 weeks 1 day ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― I’d got to the office a little earlier then usual and had to walk past this new guy. No one had told us to expect a new colleague. I said hi and he replied hi allowing the ability to end the conversation with a nod if I wished and I took ...
Tags: Australian Politics, Social Commentary, Uncategorized
AshGhebranious ― 10 weeks ago
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . Been sitting back and watching all the xenophobia debate of late. First the coalition mention a policy that seems to imply asylum seekers are more dangerous then paedophiles. Oh I noticed Andrew Bolt went all mad at the semantics, but the ...
Ash's Machiavellian Bloggery ― . Tony Abbott must despise the climate change commission. They are only doing their job, but that is why he hates them. You see any group that releases data about temperatures they have recorded are bound to notice a rise in those temperatures....
Tags: Australian Politics, Climate-change, Tony Abbott
AshGhebranious ― 10 weeks 1 day ago
A home-made mango and peach flavored frozen Greek yogurt topped with a quinoa and oat ...
I just happen to glance at my twitter count… …which was strange, because I ...
Louise, a cruelty free blogger (looweezbx.blogspot.co.uk) asked me an interesting question ...