all politics (and stupid ideas) are local

So I was going to make a cheap shot last night about "No doubt former managing director of Goldman Sachs in Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, will make an effort to bail out his former company" but thought "Nah, cheap shot - he surely wouldn't be so stupid".

I hate it when my cynicism is proven right:

Mr Turnbull wants a bipartisan approach to dealing with the financial crisis, and has suggested a similar plan to that proposed by the US Treasury.

He says local authorities could take on board some of the measures instituted in the US to shore up financial institutions.


I'd be very curious to know if Turnbull still has any financial interests in GS. Of course, last time I looked the Federal Government still hadn't put the MP's Register of Interests online. It's almost like they don't want people to look at it.

update confirmation that it's not online. what a fucking shock.

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So I just found that the old SBS show "Life Support" is out on DVD. Watching it, I'm gobsmacked. I remembered it being hilariously tasteless, but had forgotten just how nasty they got. There's a bunch of clips of it on youtube.

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I still haven't finished writing the piece I promised last week (busy with work, sorry), but in the meantime, I recommend this brilliant piece of savage satire from Bremner, Bird and Fortune (quicktime format) (and here on youtube). As well as being very funny, it's disturbing accurate and well-researched.