Learn from the mistakes of others

Friday, June 16, 2006
Australia AG says changing terror laws could compromise national security
Joshua Pantesco at 9:57 AM ET

FedGov.AU is resisting concerns that it's processes are undemocratic, rejecting advice from it's own review that it's laws and processes are not transparent, too complex, too vague, and basically unfair. Nothing new then really.

Friday, June 16, 2006
Australia Senate upholds federal override of capital district civil union law
Joshua Pantesco at 10:03 AM ET

The ACT is supposedly a self-governing territory - but this FedGov is quite happy to impose it's own will on the ACT and the NT. Apparently allowing homosexuals to have civil unions "undermines" heterosexual marriage.

Frankly, heterosexuals are doing that quite fine for themselves. No law, be it FedGov Family law or otherwise can make people take anything seriously. Let alone resile form fucking each over after they've (usually) stopped fucking each other.

Friday, June 16, 2006
UK Foreign Office takes over Hicks Guantanamo release case
Jaime Jansen at 11:42 AM ET

The UK has now taken over from the Australian Government in efforts to press for the release of Australian David Hicks. Since our FedGov doesn't believe Australian Citizenship means anything more than the joy of being taxed in Aussie dollars - if you're lucky enough to still have a job that pays enough to be taxed - Mr Hicks et al have turned to the UK for assistance.

Basically, our FedGov has been clear - it supports Family Values - so long as that means parents are out working ASAP, doing whatever their employers desire, for whatever the employer is prepared to part with, and under whatever terms they're offered. "Flexibility" in the workplace is code for "You'll do as your told, and like it". They want women to be breeding - so long as they're married to a male. And if they're not, they're damned irresponsible.

FedGov has a 1950s vision of social life, an 1850s vision of employment conditions, and a AU$7.50 vision for the minimum wage.

Friday, June 16, 2006
Australia AG says changing terror laws could compromise national security
Joshua Pantesco at 9:57 AM ET

FedGov.AU is resisting concerns that it's processes are undemocratic, rejecting advice from it's own review that it's laws and processes are not transparent, too complex, too vague, and basically unfair. Nothing new then really.

Friday, June 16, 2006
Australia Senate upholds federal override of capital district civil union law
Joshua Pantesco at 10:03 AM ET

The ACT is supposedly a self-governing territory - but this FedGov is quite happy to impose it's own will on the ACT and the NT. Apparently allowing homosexuals to have civil unions "undermines" heterosexual marriage.

Frankly, heterosexuals are doing that quite fine for themselves. No law, be it FedGov Family law or otherwise can make people take anything seriously. Let alone resile form fucking each over after they've (usually) stopped fucking each other.

Friday, June 16, 2006
UK Foreign Office takes over Hicks Guantanamo release case
Jaime Jansen at 11:42 AM ET

The UK has now taken over from the Australian Government in efforts to press for the release of Australian David Hicks. Since our FedGov doesn't believe Australian Citizenship means anything more than the joy of being taxed in Aussie dollars - if you're lucky enough to still have a job that pays enough to be taxed - Mr Hicks et al have turned to the UK for assistance.

Basically, our FedGov has been clear - it supports Family Values - so long as that means parents are out working ASAP, doing whatever their employers desire, for whatever the employer is prepared to part with, and under whatever terms they're offered. "Flexibility" in the workplace is code for "You'll do as your told, and like it". They want women to be breeding - so long as they're married to a male. And if they're not, they're damned irresponsible.

FedGov has a 1950s vision of social life, an 1850s vision of employment conditions, and a AU$7.50 vision for the minimum wage.

Friday, April 21, 2006
CIA fires employee for leaking classified information
Jeannie Shawl at 4:22 PM ET

[JURIST] A US Central Intelligence Agency [official website] employee has been fired for leaking classified information and having unauthorized discussions with the media, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Friday. Though Gimigliano declined to elaborate, a law enforcement officer has said that the leak led to last November's report in the Washington Post detailing allegations that the CIA has operated secret prisons in Europe [JURIST report] for alleged al Qaeda detainees. The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a criminal investigation is also underway, but that has not yet been confirmed by the US Justice Department.

When the report of secret prisons came out in the press, members of Congress quickly called for an investigation into the source of the leak [JURIST report], and the Justice Department said that it would consider opening a criminal investigation [JURIST report] at the behest of the CIA.

AP has more.

The CIA don't like whistle-blowers. They just fuck up the party.

We can't have any transparency, let alone accountability, in a democracy like the USA. That'd be giving aid to the 'enemy'™ ... not the the Democrats have shown any signs of being capable of doing anything - let alone undermine the Republicans through some active initative of their own. Much like our Labor Party, who may finally get a stab at something - but only because the ruling Conservatives have imploded.

Friday, April 21, 2006
CIA fires employee for leaking classified information
Jeannie Shawl at 4:22 PM ET

[JURIST] A US Central Intelligence Agency [official website] employee has been fired for leaking classified information and having unauthorized discussions with the media, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Friday. Though Gimigliano declined to elaborate, a law enforcement officer has said that the leak led to last November's report in the Washington Post detailing allegations that the CIA has operated secret prisons in Europe [JURIST report] for alleged al Qaeda detainees. The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a criminal investigation is also underway, but that has not yet been confirmed by the US Justice Department.

When the report of secret prisons came out in the press, members of Congress quickly called for an investigation into the source of the leak [JURIST report], and the Justice Department said that it would consider opening a criminal investigation [JURIST report] at the behest of the CIA.

AP has more.

The CIA don't like whistle-blowers. They just fuck up the party.

We can't have any transparency, let alone accountability, in a democracy like the USA. That'd be giving aid to the 'enemy'™ ... not the the Democrats have shown any signs of being capable of doing anything - let alone undermine the Republicans through some active initative of their own. Much like our Labor Party, who may finally get a stab at something - but only because the ruling Conservatives have imploded.