Whose fault was Kent State?

Currently in history class, we are learning about Vietnam War protests in the U.S. One of the main ones that we have looked at is the Kent State University protests in 1970. I have formulated an opinion on these protests not shared by many in my class and, I suspect, in the world. However, I formulated the opinion based on reliable evidence available to me.

And by the way…

And by the way, I’m properly back this time. For the privileged few who fairly regularly read this blog, I’ll be posting much more often now that I’ve sorted out some other things.

Enjoy!

Narcissism

Narcissism is sweeping the world like it never has before. The onset of the internet, social networking and vastly improved communications as well as a change in the social ‘values’ that we hold so dear, has brought about a, quite frankly, disturbing and ridiculous resurgence of narcissism in our society.

Our PM is now a “serial killer”!

According to Erin Burnett, a financial presenter on the financial section of the CNBC news in the United States, our very own Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is now a “serial killer”, for “genocide” against the 1 million feral camels here in Australia. Anyone up for a spot of head-desking?

Happy Orangeman’s Day to you…

At some point in their lives, people are going to check up on what significant events have happened on that day. The place of choice for doing this appears to be either Wikipedia, Google or a newspaper. However, almost every single other day, other than my birthday (which coincidentally is today), something of worldwide significance and note occurred.

A problem and how to solve it

The whole Israel-Palestine conflict has been going on for longer than people think. Jews first began arriving in the area now called Israel, in large numbers at least, in the 1930s. This conflict is arguably the hardest, currently, to solve. Read, digest and, hopefully, act.

Update on previous post about languages in schools

I posted something a while ago arguing that Languages Other Than English (LOTE) are becoming less and less frequently learned by students. Well today, an article has appeared on the website of The Australian.

The forgotten republic

I have been looking around the internet lately, and I have come across a fascinating topic: micronations. Essentially, micronations are very small nations that are not recognised by any other nation-state, but still operate as separate countries, and I found one right here in Australia!

Complex simplicity

In order to connect two computers, I spent the good part of one and a half hours attempting this theoretically simple task. I unfortunately and eventually attempted to do this through a router (do not ask why) and after I had untangled myself from the multitude of cords, I paused to think: how can it be so difficult just to connect two computers?

Beyond the ridiculous

In February this year, not long after the horrific bushfires in Victoria, a women by the name of Brodie Cambourne is suing the volunteer ambulance organisation, St John Ambulance, for allegedly permanently damaging her shoulder when they rushed to assist her at a Lorne surf carnival. This is beyond ridiculous.