The Sceptic's Corner

A special message to Sunbury Commuters for July

2011-05-18T15:56:00.003+10:00

Basically the Minister for Public Transport Debacles brought to you by the Coalition Government on the 8 th May is telling all Sunbury commuters to cop it - the announcement by the Minister does not mention express services from Sunbury at all in general we are advised via metliink that "travel times will be extended and there will be significant disruption to rail passengers. Passengers will

Sunbury Electrification Project - slipping

2011-05-18T14:29:00.005+10:00

It would appear the new Victorian Minister of Transport is a recycler. We have to remember that this project was initiated by the Victorian ALP back in 2006/2007 commenced with the first sod of turf being turned by then Minister for Transport Martin Paluka as per the media release. The Sunbury Electrification project will electrify the rail line from Watergardens to Sunbury. "This will improve

Color me!

2011-05-18T00:23:00.001+10:00

Color me!, a set by sato sugar on Flickr.

2011-02-19T20:18:00.000+11:00

Depressionby ~Whereismymind3288Lay down your right to be human.Put on a dazzling smile so that no one can see your pain. You hide it all so well, but underneath your shirt you can still feel the scars.No one knows what it is like to be you.Your smile is but one in a billion,A mask that you wear to ward off the questions.Your scars are your war paint,But this is a losing battle.You are sent to

Labor TV - Jacinta Allan talks utes

2010-11-26T11:21:00.000+11:00

A good Bendigo Girl - Utes

Labor TV - Weekly Wrap #3 with Corinne Grant and Adam Rozenbachs

2010-11-26T11:18:00.001+11:00

WTF - A Confused Sunbury Polity, a Jackless Macedon District Election

2010-11-24T12:06:00.007+11:00

The Sunbury Collective Polity was about to file a missing person's report for Jack, suspected to have been last seen racing down the Calder searching for the mythical Melton Hospital with an emergency department and not much seen since except wearing a balaclava and at erstwhile law and order forums, or a formal announcement outside Hulls office which does not appear to have been covered. People

Scott Morrison MP diversity in action

2010-07-02T10:38:00.007+10:00

The opposition spokesman inheriting policies from the likes of Kevin Andrews, Vanstone and Ruddock. Addressing a diverse range of OZ mostly white older constituents, as opposed to the diverse audiences on insight, and Q& A recently. Where are the younger and non english speaking background voters? Spot the racist - should not be hard.

Out of Africa has a New Story Line

2010-07-02T09:55:00.004+10:00

These were sent to me by a friend cute - well at least the Poms have not sacked their Prime Minister as yet.

The rise of the next Prime Minister | Alister Drysdale | Commentary | Business Spectator

2010-06-24T21:39:00.001+10:00

The rise of the next Prime Minister | Alister Drysdale | Commentary | Business SpectatorWild polictical prediction, considered hunch or hopping on the red head band wagon ?Alister Drysdale made this comment: "Julia Gillard, the red-headed Welsh-born single woman who lives in Melbourne’s Western suburbs will become Australia’s next Prime Minister – and the first female in over 110 years to hold

PM Gillard's First Speech to Parliament

2010-06-24T21:36:00.000+10:00

he Hon Julia Gillard MP, Member for Lalor (Vic)First Speech To Parliament - 11/11/1998To be elected to this House as a Labor representative is a great honour. To be elected as the first woman ever chosen by the Victorian branch of the Labor Party to stand for an historically safe seat is more than a personal honour; it is a Labor landmark, as is the record number of Labor women sitting in this

Newspoll being released tonight - News Ltd are desperate

2010-06-20T22:39:00.005+10:00

All is a twitter tonight after a sly hint on insiders this morning. Apparently newspoll opinion poll will be released tonight. As Bob Ellis opined on the biggest newspoll whopper of all: 'After years of calling Newspoll 'the Bill O'Reilly of statistics' and asking why it has a CEO if its numbers are accurate, and why it turns up month after month those figures to Murdoch's liking that make the

BP and the world cup

2010-06-15T10:11:00.001+10:00

Twitter Request

2010-06-05T14:43:00.004+10:00

Reg has a request to follow from the Liberal Party twits. Goodness what shall he do? Reject or accept. Admittedly their tweets are ripe satirical material.

Your Street - The Hun or thank goodness I do not live in that Sunbury!

2010-05-30T21:41:00.004+10:00

Would not know Mr Briggs if I tripped over him seems like a nice enough bloke whom cares about his local community although if you are commenting on the alleged disenfranchised youths and "hoodie wearing gangsta's of Sunbury" - is it wise to publish your address? A number of articles like this one appeared in the Sun today under "Your Street" Belleview Dr. Admittedly I have only lived in

Sarah Palin Learnt from the Exxon Valdeze Disaster - DRILL BABY DRILL

2010-05-30T20:57:00.004+10:00

Just to be reminded of the claims of Palin and the walking fossil during the US election. Claims of off shore drilling being environmentally safe. Drill baby drill off the Florida coast. Now why is this Obama's fault? Likely astroturfers and republicans are running campaigns to blame Obama for the oil spill.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

2010-05-29T19:54:00.002+10:00

Tuckers Law - The THick of It

2010-05-02T21:09:00.001+10:00

Space Monkey from Leo Burnett

2010-04-30T23:00:00.002+10:00

Space Monkey from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.

Dear (neocon) Liberalites – its Paid Parental Leave NOT MATERNITY LEAVE

2010-03-17T22:40:00.001+11:00

To all those liberal party misogynists out there performing the Freudian Slippology in a mistaken attempt to woo the women voter - it is "Paid Parental Leave" not "Paid Maternity Leave". As Bill Shorten questioned on Q&A the other night "Why is it when the liberal party discusses this it is maternity leave not parental leave?" ie implying that it is women not men who should be taking time from

Abbott Near Miss? or ill Concieved Photo Op?

2010-02-18T23:15:00.012+11:00

There was something that I could not put my finger on straight away when viewing the reports yesterday, until I watched the footage. Do not mistake not blaming the driver or bus driver or the truck driver, but what are we coming to when this incident can not be reported correctly. Various news outlets (SMH, The Age, Nine News, Fox) reported the incident as the opposition narrowly avoiding a

The Coalitions Direct Inaction Environment and Climate Change um policy

2010-02-02T13:38:00.006+11:00

The Mad Monks Magic Pudding or Climate action in Budgie Smuggler? What an absolute disgraceful fraud this is. A rehash of past fraudulent policy aka the emissions reduction fund The Coalitions Direct Inaction Environment and climate change. I am critical of the government for not doing more or attacking the coalitions position more fervently however this so called policy is just more of the

A quote to consider when viewing Economic discourse.

2009-12-31T13:17:00.001+11:00

"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today." Laurence J Peter

No Xmas Lights in Balmoral Circuit this year

2009-12-15T13:16:00.000+11:00

Louts dim Sunbury Lights - The Sunbury Leader finally explains the unlit houses and lack of xmas displays this year in Balmoral Circuit this year. Prior to and ever since moving to the area we have enjoyed the efforts to put on a good show. This year many a car and walker have visited the area only to find the street in darkness, leaving in disappointment and wondering whether the traditional

The Coalition Finally lets the Cat out of the Bag – it is protecting the big end of town not jobs.

2009-12-03T15:04:00.005+11:00

Barnaby Joyce last night let the cat out of the bag squirming on late line in probing his new line Global Change is occurring and contributed by humans but just not as much – they voted it down to protect industry, not jobs nor the working families but industry. If they are protecting jobs why have they, (coalition) stifled the economic advancement in the energy sector for more than a decade, (

Giving Bolt the Shits - the Conspiracy Revealed

2009-10-13T23:30:00.003+11:00

Katauskas - New Matilda

Your wife decides to go out with the girls dancing…

2009-10-12T23:43:00.002+11:00

This one has been going around the traps – very funny.Your wife decides to go out with the girls dancing…You're okay with it, because you get to watch sports all night....You hear her stumble into bed around 4am and laugh knowing she's going to have a monster hangover....You wake up next morning and go outside to the family Volvo, which she used last night...You sigh in relief because it's

Carbon Agreement

2009-09-24T23:30:00.004+10:00

Katauskas - New Matilda

The inaugral message from Sunbury RYBACTTA - Get on Ya Bike

2009-09-13T14:32:00.008+10:00

In the inaugural message from SRYBACTTA (Otherwise known as the Sunbury Ride Your Bicycle and Catch the Train Association), the President and Secretary presented our mission is to encourage as many Sunbury commuters as we can to ride to the station. Thereby freeing up the parking congestion at the Sunbury station precinct.We often here the cries of where can we leave our bicycles safely during

Billy Connolly Quotes - Sublimely Ridicoulous

2009-09-13T13:34:00.006+10:00

As I slave through the tombs, texts, thesis and academic essay's I can not help but yearn for simply marvelous observations instead of the obvious Aristotelian, Marxism, Foucault etc. Break the tradition and give me some Connolly: "My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.""What is it with McDonald's staff who

Charlie Sheen and the 9/11 consiracy mmm...

2009-09-12T12:09:00.010+10:00

No doubt the mainstream media has lost the plot however very skeptical about the conspiracy theories behind 9/11 however any that had Bush and Cheney's hands in deserves an independent inquiry. Worthwhile trauling the comments there are some very scary people out there - aliens!? Discredits a poignant message that makes you pause and think for a moment. Note I am not pushing the conspiracy

Neoliberal Disciminatory Agenda - Victoria University Campus Closures, Mass Sackings, and Removing Student's Right's of Equal Access to Education

2009-09-06T20:26:00.019+10:00

All in a days work at the VC's office - Victoria University Campus Closures, Mass Sackings, and Removing Student's Right's of Equal Access to Education.October of 2008 Victoria University Council made its announcement of closing Sunbury and Melton Campuses . Along with Victoria University planning to proceed with mass sackings.It is now back on with the full blessing of the Commonwealth

Yellow Cake Barnaby

2009-08-25T10:12:00.006+10:00

So far the big transnationals have been winning the game of divert, confuse and delay - not in convincing citizens that climate warming as based on surveys (Collins 2009, what do australians think about climate change, ANU Discussion papers), 8 out of 10 people think global warming is already occuring . Barnaby Joice is toeing the former Government's line, which would be another big winner for

Not Good Enough North Suburban Taxis

2009-08-24T10:18:00.004+10:00

Last year we witnessed the cabbies taking a stand over racial violence – which was fair enough they should be safe from racial intolerance and the underworld of the community “doin a runner” without paying the charge should be stamped out. The cabbies have been copping a walloping over the past few weeks and for good reason as well. I was incredulous that this occurred last week, my mother was

The Mayor of Sunbury? or 'The Dog with a Tin Dick"

2009-08-18T23:43:00.004+10:00

Unfortunately I missed this last week. The Sunbury Mayor doing his bit to promote Sunbury, trading wit with Sam and fan club. Unfortunately no contest. By the way where was little Jack and Bernie?I can see the next campaign - "Happy as a dog with a tin dick!"Bahahahaha

The Counterintuitive Terms of Environmentalism, Corporate Social Responsibility and Neo Liberal Wealth Creation

2009-08-18T23:30:00.007+10:00