Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Russell Brown,
Brent Edwards on RNZ said Australia may suspend Assange's passport.
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Hard News: Do you like what we've done…, in reply to 3410,
The return of absolute-time!
Where? Nothing has changed for me - still got relative time in threads and 24 hour clock plus 12 hour suffix on main page.
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Hard News: What about that Welfare…, in reply to Danielle,
Oh I've railed against that one for years - the notion that you can judge someone's competence by the fact they're being forced to wear a silly necktie to fit in is positively mediaeval. So glad it's dying out.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Clint Fern,
Slate expects to see Hillary Clinton's head on a stake soon.
And Caribou Barbie asks why Assange isn't being hunted down like Al Quaeda.
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Hard News: What about that Welfare…, in reply to Petra,
Been there...
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Hard News: Going Social, in reply to Lilith __,
Isn't the issue more that Facebook has constantly moved the goalposts over time so that privacy has been reduced?
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Hard News: Going Social, in reply to Nick Houldsworth,
it’s difficult to argue with some of the points Gladwell raises about social media
Some commentators have argued convincingly that he misses the point for contextual reasons like the one you suggest. This recent story from The Nation mag focuses on Gladwell's position on online organising. Personally, I continue to find Clay Shirky's take on that more persuasively argued.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Russell Brown,
suggest that regular American diplomats are being asked to do stuff you would normally expect of low-level spooks
Perhaps still some of the distrustful turf war between branches of the executive that marked the Cheney/Rumsfeld/Bush years?
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Hard News: What about that Welfare…, in reply to Petra,
because you needed a blimmin' haircut to look 'professional'
Or clothes. Dress for Success is such a good idea. Not sure who does anything similar for men.
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Hard News: What about that Welfare…, in reply to George Darroch,
I recall the responsible Minister in Shipley's gummint, think it was Katherine Regan, making a similar offer for *one* week. Advocates suggested it might be a better challenge for a beneficiary to handle her weekly Ministerial salary of about $1600 instead.
They also pointed out that for any short period to be comparable it had to be adjusted for all the costs that mount up over the year like clothing, school stationery, school holiday recreation, car maintenance and replacing household gear when it breaks.