An elderly man leaving a Grafton shopping centre to his mate:
"I've seen the future. I can't afford it."
Wednesday 11 June 2008
Tuesday 10 June 2008
A reminder to Pandora Archives on the folly of Internet censorship
Went to Pandora Archives yesterday to look up some information on a contentious blog and found this:
This resource has been restricted in Pandora
Access to this item is restricted for 70 Year(s) from the date of archiving. During this period it is only accessible to National Library staff for preservation purposes.
Which begs the question - haven't the archives heard of the Internet Wayback Machine which happily allows everyone who read Club Troppo's Missing Links yesterday to find out what Caz and The Hack had been up to (over 50 snapshots of homepages) even if they had never followed that contentious blog.
All the Australian Government's Pandora Archives has done with its 70 year restriction is hold government up to ridicule.
This resource has been restricted in Pandora
Access to this item is restricted for 70 Year(s) from the date of archiving. During this period it is only accessible to National Library staff for preservation purposes.
Which begs the question - haven't the archives heard of the Internet Wayback Machine which happily allows everyone who read Club Troppo's Missing Links yesterday to find out what Caz and The Hack had been up to (over 50 snapshots of homepages) even if they had never followed that contentious blog.
All the Australian Government's Pandora Archives has done with its 70 year restriction is hold government up to ridicule.
Well done, NSW North Coast
The 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours list contained the names of a few Northern Rivers folk who well deserved their recognition.An Order of Australia Medal (OAM) to Jim Agnew of Yamba, who has been taking on government and bureaucracy for years in an endeavour to obtain decent health care for his town.
An Order of Australia (OA) to Elizabeth Davies of Minnie Waters and Braunstone, for her long service to nurse and midwifery education.
An Order of Australia (OA) to Laurie Marchant of Grafton, for services to the community spanning decades.
An Order of Australia Medal (OAM) to John Beasley of Lennox Head, for services to the lifesaving movement.
An Order of Australia Medal (OAM) to John Mace of Northern Rivers, for his work with bush fire brigades.
An Order of Australia Medal (OAM) to James Crethar of Goonellabah, for his work with youth in the Lismore area and beyond.
And to any other NSW North Coast quiet achievers I may have missed here - well done!
Monday 9 June 2008
Yes we can! Barack Obama asks an Australian cat for campaign donations
It seems that politics and pets make strange bedfellows.
Regular readers will be aware that clarencegirl receives Obama for America campaign emails from time to time.
They would also be aware that Boy the Wonder Cat blogs in the North Coast Voices sidebar and lists his own email address there.
Image my shock on finding (when doing a periodic check of the cat's emails) that Boy was now on Senator Barack Obama's mailing list and was receiving multiple requests for political donations along the lines of this received on 8 June:
Boy --
Hillary Clinton announced her support for our campaign today.
Senator Clinton made history over the past 16 months -- not just because she has broken barriers, but because she has inspired millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to causes like universal health care that make a difference in the lives of hardworking Americans.
Our party and our country are stronger because of the work she has done throughout her life, and I'm a better candidate for having had the privilege of competing with her.
Senator Clinton will be invaluable to our efforts to win in November, and I look forward to campaigning alongside her to bring this country the change it so desperately needs.
Hillary and her supporters are joining us at an urgent moment.
It's going to require a new level of commitment from every single one of us to build a national campaign in the general election.
And we're going win this election the right way -- by growing our grassroots network of ordinary people giving only what they can afford.
Will you help by making your first donation today?
If you give right now, a previous donor has agreed to match your gift, doubling its impact. Help us reach our goal of 20,000 new donors by making a matching donation today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
It's time for all of us to come together to take on John McCain in the general election. John McCain offers another four years of George Bush's policies, which our country simply cannot afford.
To win, we must continue building an unprecedented organization in all 50 states. And that will only happen if we all work together, side-by-side.
Thank you for joining this movement and supporting a new kind of politics.
Together we can do more than just win an election. Together we can change this country, and we can change the world.
And we are honored to have Hillary Clinton at our side as we do it.
Barack
Paid for by Obama for America
This email was sent to: catlives9@hotmail.com
Boy has now been unsubscribed from this mailing list, but I'm beginning to wonder about the good senator from Illinios......
Regular readers will be aware that clarencegirl receives Obama for America campaign emails from time to time.
They would also be aware that Boy the Wonder Cat blogs in the North Coast Voices sidebar and lists his own email address there.
Image my shock on finding (when doing a periodic check of the cat's emails) that Boy was now on Senator Barack Obama's mailing list and was receiving multiple requests for political donations along the lines of this received on 8 June:
Boy --
Hillary Clinton announced her support for our campaign today.
Senator Clinton made history over the past 16 months -- not just because she has broken barriers, but because she has inspired millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to causes like universal health care that make a difference in the lives of hardworking Americans.
Our party and our country are stronger because of the work she has done throughout her life, and I'm a better candidate for having had the privilege of competing with her.
Senator Clinton will be invaluable to our efforts to win in November, and I look forward to campaigning alongside her to bring this country the change it so desperately needs.
Hillary and her supporters are joining us at an urgent moment.
It's going to require a new level of commitment from every single one of us to build a national campaign in the general election.
And we're going win this election the right way -- by growing our grassroots network of ordinary people giving only what they can afford.
Will you help by making your first donation today?
If you give right now, a previous donor has agreed to match your gift, doubling its impact. Help us reach our goal of 20,000 new donors by making a matching donation today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
It's time for all of us to come together to take on John McCain in the general election. John McCain offers another four years of George Bush's policies, which our country simply cannot afford.
To win, we must continue building an unprecedented organization in all 50 states. And that will only happen if we all work together, side-by-side.
Thank you for joining this movement and supporting a new kind of politics.
Together we can do more than just win an election. Together we can change this country, and we can change the world.
And we are honored to have Hillary Clinton at our side as we do it.
Barack
Paid for by Obama for America
This email was sent to: catlives9@hotmail.com
Boy has now been unsubscribed from this mailing list, but I'm beginning to wonder about the good senator from Illinios......
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