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‘God of Speed’

Luke Davies’ book was published in 2008, but often the slow mail to Kookynie means that KC’s book reviewer has…

God of Speed, Howard Hughes, Luke Davies

Cambodian Survivor Passes

The story of Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime is conceivably the most shocking of the post-WWII era, given the scale…

Cambodian genocide, Duch, Phnom Penh, Pol Pot, Tuol Sleng, Vann Nath

Shonky Chirac

Jacques Chirac, ex-President of France, has been inspired by ‘WA entrepreneur’ Alan Bond’s memory loss (see KC’s 2009 report on other…

anosognosia, Jacques Chirac trial, les guignols de l'info

‘New Spirit of Reward’ at QF

Company annual report season always reveals porkish behaviour around the executive feeding trough, which was last reported in 2009. Star…

Alan Joyce, executive remuneration, Geoff Dickson, New Spirit of Reward, Qantas

Seeking Asylum Seekers

Again Outback WA is being called on to keep the nation afloat, by doing its patriotic duty. It’s not enough…

afghan refugees, asylum seekers, Leonora detention centre

Angst & Apathy over Afghan War

Our involvement in this endless conflict has now cost the lives of 29 Australian soldiers and more than 200 wounded, over…

Afghanistan war, Australian war casualties, Malalai Joya, Sunday Night Channel 7

Kooky Courier Made Simple!

Ok, listen up you mob, time for some simple housekeeping. At great expense, the ’email subscription’ button has been moved up in…

Sculptures by the Sea

Bluescope Blues

Joining dots in our free-markets (free-for-all) world does not always need those dismal science practitioners known as economists, who are mainly still…

BHP Billiton, Bluescope Steel, buy Australian, Chinese steel, resource rent tax

Eruv Erection Troubles

Kookynie does not have a significant Jewish population, in fact it doesn’t have much of a population at all, but we…

erection troubles, Eruv, Ku-ring-gai

Gaddafi the Black Knight

The execrable Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi (still only a colonel?) has thrown the switch to vaudeville, announcing a tactical retreat…

approaching democracy, Black Knight, international pariah, Libya, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Muammar Gaddafi

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