Australian politics are sometimes awesome.

[theweaselking]

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned that predictions of the end of the world by ancient Mayans were correct and that the final days are coming.

"Whether the final blow comes from flesh-eating zombies, demonic hell-beasts or the total triumph of K-Pop, if you know one thing about me, it is this: I will always fight for you to the very end," Gillard said in a message to the "dear remaining fellow Australians."

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[ben-raccoon.livejournal.com]

A buddy of mine works at the parliamentary house doing audiovisual stuff and has run into her a couple times. Apparently she isn't exactly friendly to the hired help. Despite that, she's still pretty awesome as a politician and speaker.

[jack-ryder.livejournal.com]

A few things to put it in context:

- the radio show is on 2JJJ (or Triple J) a government funded radio station (part of the ABC) - NOT a commercial network
- it's an election year next year and appearing on JJJ is the fastest way to get valuable youth cred for politicians
- Prime Minister Gillard is not known for her sense of humour, so it's not surprising that she managed to get through it without cracking a smile.
- She is considered (by the media) to be our most disliked Prime Minister despite maintaining a stable economy and getting lots of legislation passed through a hung parliament. Personally, I'm not a big fan but I do think she's one of our more competent leaders.
- It's taken as given that she's not going to survive the next election. However the Leader of the Opposition is more disliked and I think we're going to have a closer election than the media prepared for.

[avieyal.livejournal.com]

THE TRIUMPH OF KPOP. THIS IS THE REALITY YOU ARE NOT READY FOR.


I saw three different Korean brand chips at my local Tesco. They've been carrying kimchi and korean imported dried noodles for a while now. I live in a "backwater" state in Malaysia with a total Korean population of ZERO. As in, I've never even seen Korean tourists here.

I don't care what the reasons or implications are, I am just thankful I don't have to go to KL anymore to get my fix of kimchi.