Does Fiji deserve Pacific pariah status?

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Fiji Time – that wonderfully elastic concept which makes a mockery of Western schedule fetish – doesn’t apply to the country’s politics. Events there seem to run at warp speed.
On Thursday April 9, the Fiji Court of Appeal ruled that [...]

Is Torture Ever Okay?

Torture: Ticking time bombs and slippery slopes
A Talk by Dr John Janzekovic
Embiggen Books, Noosaville, 25 March 2009

We’re not all recession-immune luvvies thinking about nothing more taxing than our next Restylene appointment in Noosa, you know.
Last night, about 30 thoughtful and concerned folk of all ages got together at  Embiggen Books in Noosaville to hear Sunshine Coast [...]

Farewell to lesbian feminism

Lesbian feminists had their glory days in the 80s and 90s. They ran communes and women’s dances. They showed women could do anything. If you are one of the few lesbian feminists left flying the lavender flag, thanks for paving the way for the next lesbian generations. But now it’s time to accept change.

What next? A lesbian Prime Minister?

Why, yes, actually.
While the rest of us are still shaking our heads, amazed that the US actually has a black president, Iceland is pushing the social engineering envelope with the world’s first openly-gay Prime Minister being sworn in this week.
According to The Independent, “former air hostess”, Johanna Sigurdardottir, will take the reigns of a caretaking [...]

Barack-ing for Obama

Guest blogger, Carolyn Ride, gets the vapors while watching some political thingy happening on the other side of the world…
Call me schmaltzy (because I am, plus it’s a great word), but it was hard not to be inspired by Wednesday’s inauguration of 44th US President. 1.8 million people were there in Washington to watch President [...]

The Global Financial Crisis is My Fault

Oh, and it’s yours too.
Guest blogger, Carolyn Ride, comes clean and reveals the real players in the economic meltdown. It’s ugly folks but the truth must out.
As the storm clouds of the global financial crisis were gathering in the US in early 2008, and we watched in alarm as the map showed said storm ready [...]