Abu Abdallah
Apparently Abu Abdallah is known by many names. Abu Abdallah is a Saudi Arabian terrorist listed on the FBIs most wanted list. He is most notable for his involvement in terrorist attacks in Tanzania in 1998. Yet I can’t help feeling that the FBI have somehow still managed to omit an even more major and recent act of terrorism. Of course I am sympathetic to the difficulty in keeping websites up to date. How can the FBI be expected to keep it’s website current in todays environment of government spending cuts? 
In other important news did you know that they’re still printing the “Where’s Wally” books? It is hard work finding Wally.
Earmarks
I know earmarks are a US political term and a somewhat obscure subject for an Australian blog but some of you might find this interesting. Earmarks are generally regarded as a dirty part of US federal politics. It is generally looked at as a process where congressman try and allocate government spending to suit local political interests instead of the greater good. Despite this bad reputation Ron Paul manages to make a good case for a significant increase in earmarks.
LDP and the media.
Some of you may be aware of the ongoing challenges to the name Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), by the Liberals, Democrats, and the Liberal National Parties, (the LNP is the bastard son of the Nationals and Liberals in Queensland.)
These parties have now appealed the decision by the AEC to accept our name, using the same grounds that were used before. We are of the opinion that this is vexatious and needs to be addressed, as it constitutes abuse of the system. For that reason we have put out the following release.
Media Release Issued Brisbane, Tuesday 10th March 2009
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is outraged at the vexatious attempt by the Liberal Party, Australian Democrats and newly formed Liberal National Party (LNP) to challenge its name being registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Read more »
HR Nicholls Society Conference
With industrial relations rapidly becoming the major political issue of the moment, readers of this blog might be interested in the upcoming HR Nicholls Society Annual Conference. I wish to stress that the HR Nicholls Society is not in any way affiliated with the Australian Libertarian Society, and I post this purely for the information of readers who have an interested in labour market freedom (although full disclosure, I am a member of the HRN Board of Management so have a somewhat vested interest in promoting it!)
As I’m sure you would be aware, the HR Nicholls Society was the driving force behind the freeing of the labour market in the 1980′s and 1990′s, and the most prominent critic of WorkChoices for being unconstitutional reregulation, not true deregulation. This conference – the Society’s 24th and entitled “Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair” – is a detailed examination of Julia Gillard’s proposed Fair Work legislation. It shall be held in Melbourne on the 27-28 March. Of particular interest to readers here might be Brian Johnson, Executive Director of the Alliance for Worker Freedom in Washington DC. Other speakers include Former Secretary of the Treasury John Stone; Dr. Alex Robson, one of Australia’s leading free market economists; Ken Phillips, President of the Independent Contractors Association and many more. Full programme details are available here.
I would strongly urge everyone interested in industrial relations to attend. The registration application form is available here. There are special accommodation options available if needed. Please do not hesitate to email me on timintheus followed by the usual gmail ending if you have any further questions.
Hope some of you would be able to make it!
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