There’s a little item in today’s Herald Sun which is more politically significant than it might seem. US scientists have conducted tests which measure neuron activity in the brain; they found that women use both the left and right side of the brain to perceive spatial awareness, but that men only use the right side.
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Readers have had their say about Elizabeth Stewart, the angry upper-class Englishwoman who blames men for her stressful life. Some readers thought that Elizabeth Stewart was almost too much an embodiment of the worst trends in modern society. They wondered if she was simply made up. Jaz made an interesting suggestion in a recent comment. He thought I should link to the Daily Mail story about an angry upper-class woman and let readers of the site have a go at picking it apart Peter Costello is loving the attention he’s getting - well, he loves the media attention, and cannot hold back the trademark smirk whenever he’s interviewed. He won’t have liked the open letter from former Liberal Party leader, John Hewson Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK, has declared that there is a positive side to the recession. Deputy Leader of the Federal Liberal party, Julie Bishop, has resigned as Shadow Treasurer, and taken up the post of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. Her move came after considerable destabilizing from within. Ms Bishop had been ineffective, and made fundamental economic mistakes, as Shadow Treasurer From the Mail Online : Men in their 20s no longer earn more than women, an official analysis of the ‘pay gap’ declared. It found that the difference between the earnings of men and women twenty-somethings is ‘non-existent’ The Australian Senate finally passed the Government’s second economic stimulus package this week. The Victorian firestorm has been going for a week; and its effects will be long-lasting. Saturday 7-Feb-2009 was the date tragedy sruck, and it has continued durng this week. There are many stories and images of human angst, grief and anger. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s second economic stimulus package, designed to either stop Australia falling into recession, or minimise its effects and duration, includes: cash handouts to most people, depending on income and whether a tax return was lodged for the 2007-08 financial year. an extra bonus for single-income and low-income families a cash bonus for farmers and small business affected by the drought cash handouts as a “training and learning” bonus infrastructure investment handouts to the states including for building works at “every public school”, and public housing at least. $1600 rebate or grant for solar hot water or roof insulation (if there is none) A big cash injection into the economy will help to kick-start it |
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