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  • This is Canberra

    05/13/2013 8:52:36 PM PDT · by RightGeek · 13 replies
    Daily Telegraph (Australia) ^ | 5/10/2013 | Tim Blair
    The perfect symbol of our capital city – a bloated, gaseous, multi-breasted monster feeding those who dwell in its poisonous shadow while leeching off the rest of us: Good Lord. The ghastly beast takes flight next week: Skywhale, a 23m-high, 34m-wide hot air balloon resembling a whale-like creature, will be unveiled in Canberra tomorrow as the headline commission for the Centenary of Canberra celebrations. The balloon will be tethered to the National Gallery of Australia to coincide with a sculpture symposium before making its first flight over the capital on Monday …The work, a “relative bargain for public art” at...
  • ZOT!!! Nine tales of a society scared into stupidity (Tale of a troll, zotted into oblivion)

    12/23/2003 5:25:54 AM PST · by delayed · 54 replies · 429+ views
    Toronto Star ^ | HAROON SIDDIQUI
    <p>At a party the other night, five people were talking about their experiences, or those of relatives and friends, while crossing the American border.</p> <p>As law-abiding citizens, they do not begrudge the need for post-9/11 vigilance. They even understand the occasional arbitrariness that might creep into the immigration screening process.</p>