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coljac

  1. Isn't issuing a denial giving tacit permission to the media to report personal matters? #qanda 4:58 AM May 14th via Twitter for iPad
  2. @13tales I'm not at all down on languages at all. I just don't think "more languages = success in Asia" is a coherent policy. 5:00 PM May 10th via Twitter for iPad in reply to 13tales
  3. @swearyanthony I learned how to say 'comrade' when I was in Pyongyang. It's 'dongmu'. But i wasn't there on greens business... 6:39 AM May 10th via Twitter for iPhone from here   in reply to swearyanthony
  4. @kaelalou was just an example about the undifferentiated push for Asian languages without a reason - that would make sense to students. 6:38 AM May 10th via Twitter for iPhone from here   in reply to kaelalou
  5. @13tales I speak Chinese and think its wonderful. But how many of us negotiate trade deals? How to motivate kids to learn en masse? 6:38 AM May 10th via Twitter for iPhone from here   in reply to 13tales
  6. Is forcing schoolkids to study Korean really the best we can do to adapt to the new century? Sorry, I'm a skeptic on that one. 4:02 AM May 10th via web
  7. Uneasy at the @Telstra adult content backdown. It has a USian feel to it and I don't like heading down the Puritan road. 7:45 PM Apr 27th via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  8. Biblical values. Luckily not one of the 4 Green pillars. But compassion is. #qanda 5:05 AM Apr 23rd via Twitter for iPad
  9. Bob on #qanda - just when I was getting over him leaving. *sniff* 4:45 AM Apr 23rd via Twitter for iPad
  10. Still basking in the #iiTrial dismissal. @nicsuzor's take worth a read: nic.suzor.net/2012/04/20/roa… 10:09 PM Apr 19th via web
  11. Nice shout out to Bob Brown by Ben Elton at #atheistcon. And he wasn't the first. 3:48 AM Apr 13th via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  12. At #atheistcon chatting with @CatherineDeveny. Need a ticket for tomorrow night! 2:00 AM Apr 13th via Twitter for iPhone from here  
  13. All trains on Geelong line cancelled by #vline. Welcome to Atlas Shrugged - a libertarian distopia of crumbling infrastructure. 11:57 PM Apr 9th via web
  14. It's not about what seems fair. The question is what real. #qanda 5:28 AM Apr 9th via Twitter for iPad