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1 : 250000 chance we will be hit – Russia to save us

Source ABC News

Possibly a good one to close the year with. Admittedly it is a few years away, but after a few committee meetings and serious discussions on whether an impact will have an impact (no pun intended) on business. The world goverrnments could organise a major meeting somewhere where they can agree on [...]

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What are the chances?

Extermination by asteroid – sounds a lot more formal than global warming. Perhaps we should shut up shop now and avoid the worry?

Source ABC News

NASA downgrades asteroid threat Posted Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:10pm AEDT

NASA has downgraded the threat of a massive asteroid slamming into Earth in 2036.

Apophis, which was [...]

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Australian Book site

Just came across BOOKFAIR.

Looks like a site trying to define itself amongst all the other online selling areas. A bit different in that it appears to only want book sellers who have put in the hard miles to establish themselves rather than anyone who just wishes to sell books.

Worth a look.

http://www.bookfair.com.au/

Copenhagen and the SPIN to the bottom

I guess we all knew it was going to happen?

When dealing with politicians and short electoral cycles and the driving force of the vaste majority of politicians – power, it does not take long for the spon to start.

Of course the spin started long before Copenhagen. Before the tickets were booked there was [...]

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We are in a mess?

When our political system generates leadership spills and fights over some thing as important as climate change it only proves that politicians do not know and live in a short term world. The Liberal opposition leader Tony Abbott appears to have more spots than a leopard and he is rapidly trying to change them again.

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