Bachmann. Gingrich. Romney. Perry. Paul. Outside of Paul, that’s a murderer’s row of icky politicky politicans and a group so easy to poke fun of the jokes write themselves. More seriously though, the GOP believes hackers are targeting the Iowa caucus polling system to screw with results and mess with the Republicans. I wonder why! More »
All we need is a bunch of twenty cent pieces and a voting machine. More »
At a public forum in the western Sydney suburb of Rooty Hill last night, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said he would be “happy to look at” an R18+ rating for video games if he won the election. But he said he didn’t know there had even been a debate on the issue… More »
Shadow Communications Minister Tony Smith today announced the Liberals broadband policy. Or rather spent almost an hour telling the media that should they be elected, the Libs won’t actually be doing anything to provide a national broadband infrastructure to take the country future. More »
Late this afternoon on Triple J’s Hack program, Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey announced the Coalition would act to block Labor’s mandatory internet filter if they find themselves in opposition after the election. With the Greens also taking a position against the filter, it is highly unlikely Labor will have any chance of getting the numbers they need to push their legislation through during a next term. More »
We’ve discussed the importance of your Senate vote here on Giz as part of our Fight the Filter campaign. And with less than three weeks until the election, now’s the time to start preparing your mind for who you want to vote for. Fortunately, there’s a website to help you understand voting below the line. More »
There was a big announcement on Saturday morning that has the potential to impact us all. And no, I’m not talking about free bumpers for the iPhone 4. I’m talking about the fact that the Prime Minister called for an election on August 21, which means our Fight the Filter campaign is officially entering election mode! More »
A legend of American politics is that TV defeated Nixon and delivered victory to Kennedy—in their televised Great Debates Nixon looked old and haggard, Kennedy, young and tanned. TV viewers said Kennedy won the debate; radio listeners said Nixon did. It was all about looks. Now, consider the HDTV/porn problem: Every little flaw is in glorious HD. And now consider that John McCain is older than your grandpa, ravaged by a rough campaign and melanoma surgery. Slate ponders the question: Will HDTV kill McCain?
Diebold, the company run by unscrupulous republicans that manufactures crappy, easily-hacked voting machines, has done a bang-up job of pretty much destroying many people’s confidence in the legitimacy of the democratic process. No one is better at calling out such depressing aspects of our country with biting humour like The Onion, who here tell us about how all the fun of the election this year was ruined because Diebold accidentally leaked the results ahead of time. It’s funny because it could be true! Ha… ha? [The Onion]
