Tuesday trivialities

Peter Dutton comes to his senses, albeit probably too late.

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Andrew Bolt educates us on the conundrum that is whether to use ‘may’ or ‘might’. My very simple solution, passed on to me many years ago, I posted to his blog, namely: ‘may’ is permission, ‘might’ is probability.

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The Australian reports today that the National Farmers' Federation wants the National Party to drop its hard line on the ETS and negotiate with the government. Like hell they should. As Barnaby Joyce has said, the ETS is a tax that will destroy regional Australia. Speaking to Jason Morrison on 2GB last week, Joyce said that for many people the ETS would be an 'employment termination scheme'.

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The 'What the...?!' for today comes from Germany.

Niiu, a German newspaper set to print in November, allows readers to customize their daily newspaper with news from a variety of news sources before it is printed and delivered to their doorstep.

Hmmm... the internet re-worked on paper. Obviously the "entrepreneurs" behind this venture aren't too concerned about ETSes and carbon footprints. Maybe they're my kind of chaps after all.

Honestly though, someone needs to tell these people about RSS!

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