People always like to play with java scripts - here's a good one The Cost of War

Howard finds God in the Family First Party

He's personally brokered a deal that would see the Coalition consult over policy with the Assemblies of God-backed party in exchange for preferences for most lower house candidates across Australia

Family First policies oppose abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriages and stem-cell research and also promote sexual abstinence before marriage.

Craig Johnston - touch one, touch all.

Why anyone thinks Craig Johnston is in jail because of property damage is beyond me. If that were the case the other 17 people would have gone under with him.

No. He's in jail because of his militancy. And don't mistake the message, the judges of the bosses' court tell us quite clearly that if we behave radically, we will cop it as well.

James Hardie is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Australians - no one has even been convicted, let alone jailed

The Hardie fighters go Dutch !
From CFMEU website

Did you see the busload of pensioners who set off for a pleasant drive in the country ? Instead, they found their way into the maximum security Kariong juvenile detention centre at Gosford thinking it was a coffee shop.

Aparently the bus driver lost his way and thought the prison was his destination. The guard on duty presumed they were meant to be there and, in a complete breakdown of security, they were let through two drive-through electronic barriers. The pensioners then alighted from the bus and were allowed walk-through entry through three more gates before finding themselves deep inside the grounds of the detention centre. A staff member confronted them and they asked "where is the coffee shop?"

Asbestos has become our biggest industrial killer. Mesothelioma has already killed 7000 Australians — within 14 years, asbestos will have caused an estimated 50,000 cancers.

What is Mesothelioma ? It's a rare form of cancer in which malignant cells are found in the mesothelium, a protective sac that covers most of the body's internal organs. Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. Asbestos is made up of tiny fibres ou can breathe these fibres in when you come into contact with asbestosThe fibres work their way into the pleura ining the lung.  They irritate the pleura and damage the cells that the pleura are made of Some of the fibres that have been breathed in can be coughed up and swallowed This is probably the cause ofperitoneal mesothelioma. Asbestos fibres can be carried home on your clothes.

Asbestos isn't new.It's not an invention of modern science but a mineral as soft and flexible as cotton or flax, yet fireproof. The Ancient Greeks named the mineral asbestos, meaning inextinguishable. The harmful biological effects were also observed by the Greeks. The Greek geographer Strabo and the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder both mentioned a sickness of the lungs in the slaves that wove asbestos into cloth.

Asbestos was used for the wicks of the eternal flames of the vestal virgins, as the funeral dress for the cremation of kings, and as serviettes. Supposedly the Romans would clean asbestos napkins by throwing them into a fire.

Asbestos use declined in the Middle Ages, but it was said that Charlemagne had asbestos tablecloths. Marco Polo was shown items made from asbestos cloth on his travels.Asbestos use did not re-emerge until the 1700's, but it did not become popular until the late 1800's and during the Industrial Revolution. Asbestos then began to be used as insulation for boilers, steam pipes, turbines, ovens, kilns, and other high-temperature equipment. Apparently, the ancient observations of the health risks of asbestos were forgotten... or ignored

A further $1.8billion Medicare package has been announced by the little runt, a package consisting of a pay rise for doctors and doing nothing else. Howard and his ilk hate Medicare, ever since 1974 our universal health scheme has offended their sensibilities. It's enough to make you sick

With the election on the way and the little runt shovelling his "trust me!" message, it's time to take the old blog down from the shelf, dust it off and set it ready for the latest pronouncements from the poseurs