There are lots of contenders for Jerk of the Week this week. Let’s take a quick look around.
Rudd, for saying that he opposed civil unions because marriage was between a man and a woman.
Swine Flu also seems to be an obvious contender.
I’m tempted to make it ticket inspectors again as I’m still pissed off.
Then there [...]

So, I get on the tram this morning at 7:30 am. I don’t have any change and the local post office, my nearest ticket outlet, doesn’t open until 8. I don’t have enough change, because you need nearly $6 for a daily and I rarely have that much change on me. I used to carry [...]

Suck shit Mel, you right wing, homophobic anti-Semitic ‘almost Australian’.
I hope your ex-wife takes half, including the rights to Mad Max, Blade Runner and all the Lethal Weapon movies.
Don’t you hate it when the actors in the movies you love turn out to be dickheads.
Mel Gibson, you are: Jerk of the Week primarily because you [...]

On Sunday, I’ll be taking in Ride for the Hills – a charity event organised by the Victorian branch of the Motorcycle Riders Association of Australia.
We’re riding up to Whittlesea to raise funds for those effected by the Bushfires.
Here’s a pretty amazing video of a ride through those hills a few weeks after the [...]

By and large, I think it’s a good thing that there are high court challenges to the actions of the Government. Yet another form of accountability. If they are contravening the constitution then they should be challenged on it and I applaud the initiative of one academic to do so. There’s not enough activism in [...]