quote:

Originally posted by Gromit:
This.

I watched the Prime Minister's speech and I felt a part of me die.

I think it was the black little part that was secretly ashamed to be Australian. You know, the part that you get when in your entire adult life you've never had a leader you would want your children to see as a moral role model? That part.

I think my eyes even misted up a little.

I'm not sure how much impact the event actually had though, I don't think that Australians in general really understand just how big a deal the stolen generation really is in our history.

I mean it was quite literally genocide in both the literal and intended meaning of the word.
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

And according to the wikipedia entry the official policy only stopped twenty years after we ratified the U.N. convention against genocide.

Indiana Jones Trailer! Indiana Jones Trailer! Indiana Jones Trailer!

Tomorrow.

http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html

Indiana Jones Trailer!

I think this is good....

quote:

Originally posted by UberDog:
Indiana Jones Trailer! Indiana Jones Trailer! Indiana Jones Trailer!

Tomorrow.

http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html

Indiana Jones Trailer!

Just saw the bootleg on i09 website. Looks like a lot of fun!

About friggin' time.

Brisbane to be the first city outside of Europe to exhibit Picasso's private art collection

In related news, Brisbane laughs at, flips bird and releases press statement to Sydney, Melbourne: "Fuck you!"

This is going to be more beautiful than the OJ Trials.

Apparently, they're playing her song on the radio in NYC.

It is a total win-win for her. Free publicity, ending a career of evening work, name adn face recognition...

Her 15 minutes are just beginning.

Scooter Libby disbarred for moral turpitude.

That's only in one state, though.
(and I posted that in what I learned today thread...)

Sorry...well if you want to quibble, the District isn't even a state

It's still good news to me.

A modicum of hope.

quote:

Originally posted by Boogerhead:
It is a total win-win for her. Free publicity, ending a career of evening work, name adn face recognition...

Her 15 minutes are just beginning.

Grammy Awards, 2009:

"I'm living proof that if you work hard, and follow your dreams - you can reach them. I'm so happy. I'm so proud - that after all I went through last year, God hasn't forgotten me."

"Yeah, but you're still a whore, though."

This is one of the many reasons I won't have kids. What the fuck will I say to them if they ask what life was like when I was twenty?

First, they won't ask.
Second, if they do, you just lie.

I think Lith and I are doing more for the world than it will ever know by not reproducing.

Future generations will thank us for it.

Most people live their entire lives without contributing as much.

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Originally posted by shake:
First, they won't ask.
Second, if they do, you just lie.

Third, what makes you think the world will be more rational in 20 years time.

Cool, now the churchs can start bombing the prisons.

And really, who wouldn't get behind that war.

"You're either a Christian, or you're a CRIMINAL!!!""