"Australia bans reporting of multi-nation corruption case involving Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam"

https://wikileaks.org/aus-suppression-order/press.html

Free Palestine by Ambassador

Lili's thought for the day

Philip Nitschke is/was a very dangerous doctor. In stark contrast with his professional colleagues he gives the suffering and the right to autonomy of his patients proper consideration and proper respect. His colleagues would like us to believe that human suffering is a curable mental illness caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and they would also like us to believe that a qualified and registered medical doctor is the only person who has the right to make a decision to end a human life. Bullshit on both counts. 

Lili's second grim thought of the day

I'm wondering whether the residents of the area of Ukraine occupied by pro-Russian separatists enjoy picking up pieces of young Aussie kids from their fields, backyards and wastelands. 

Lili's thought for the day

Diana Magnay was right, the Israelis on the hill sure are scum. 
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/cnn-removes-diana-magnay-from-gaza-after-tweet.html

New from The Vines

Lili's thought for the day

Give your immune system a mid-winter boost the natural way! Clear out the leaves and brown sludge from your garden pond, de-clog the bathroom hand-basin drain with a plunger and eat a bag of Imperial mandarins. 

Lili's thought for the day

Impressed by Jason Padgett's art that is supposed to depict mathematical concepts? You should check out the real thing at Discover magazine:
http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2014/april/math-art

Lili's completely disillusioned thought of the day

So, it turns out that plenty of media people knew (some from first-hand experience) that Rolf Harris is a sex offender (yes, groping strangers of any age without consent is sexual assault), but they all chose to not report this to their readers, listeners or viewers. Maybe these media people didn't think of themselves as journalists, or maybe they decided that the possible personal costs of speaking out was greater than their loyalty to journalistic principles. Maybe some had no idea what journalistic principles are.  Either way, the Harris scandal and the other disgusting sex scandals involving male celebrities serve as a massive warning to us all about the mass media and journalists. These people make a living based on the idea that they serve the public interest and will expose the truth without fear or favour. We now know for sure this is crap. 

Does anyone out there besides me remember the interview story that Australian 60 Minutes did on Jimmy Savile? It must have been recorded before October 2011 because that is when Savile died. Clearly the reporter wanted quite desperately to ask Savile about some serious thing, but in the end Savile admitted nothing of any importance and the only question posed on camera was something to the effect of "Is Jimmy Savile too eccentric?" I wondered what the point of the whole thing was. I only know by hindsight. 

I was so pissed-off to notice that in Rolf Harris's mugshot he has far fewer worry-lines on his forehead than I do, despite the fact that he is a generation older than me. I hope he catches up fast.