http://jimm.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by James Moylan en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:02 GMT 2009-12-30T13:09:02Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721744 Just a note to say thanks for the chat the other day – it sorta settled my worries. When I said ‘I’m kinda confused’ and you said “Hey that’s cool’ I . . . Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:11:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721744 James Moylan 2009-06-26T01:11:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652843 [And now for something completely different: I'm studying Arts/Law for another three and a half years towards becoming a barrister. Cool bananas. I'm an old and crusty overqualified train driver fr'crissakes. . . . Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:34:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652843 James Moylan 2009-06-01T07:34:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486982 the windblown drift of information spontaneously erupts into life and walks away voting   Dada   Seventy-two virgins they ain’t but in the last sixteenth . . . Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:06:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486982 James Moylan 2008-10-24T00:06:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479052 There was a home owner who swallowed a lie, I don't know why they swallowed the lie. Perhaps they'll cry? There was a home owner who swallowed a dream, That distorted the way that the . . . Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:43:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977479052 James Moylan 2008-10-16T03:43:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977474290 . I know it might be a bit early to call the election but I refuse to even allow the thought that America is that stupid to even flash into my mind. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:35:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977474290 James Moylan 2008-10-11T06:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473217 Supidwoman - fas ter than a wounded Moose, more powerful than intelligence, able to leap to a conclusion in a single bound. Satirists 4 Palin08 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:18:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473217 James Moylan 2008-10-10T02:18:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462183 VOTE FOR SARAH OR SPEND ETERNITY IN HELLFIRE * NOTE: this is a message directly from god on behalf of god. *might not be true. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:15:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462183 James Moylan 2008-09-29T04:15:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461301 Palin/McMoose 08 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:05:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461301 James Moylan 2008-09-28T04:05:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459463 Palin/OtherDude 08 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:53:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977459463 James Moylan 2008-09-26T01:53:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454537 the tenements illuminated were recklessly coherent their physics such a simple distillation I understood the ways of the world right and left, good and bad, up and down in the . . . Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:34:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454537 James Moylan 2008-09-21T00:34:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449071 larger here Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:08:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449071 James Moylan 2008-09-15T02:08:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977446835 high res copy available here Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:22:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977446835 James Moylan 2008-09-12T07:22:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427376 a magazine with a very restricted readership Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:44:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977427376 James Moylan 2008-08-22T04:44:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424697 the saintly or stupid never hesitate.   while the fool and the coward will discuss right and wrong even as the shells fall and the children scream   . . . Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:46:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977424697 James Moylan 2008-08-19T02:46:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348400 Have you ever been so angry that you wanted to spit in the face of the whole country? Have you ever been bitter enough to turn away? Have you passed an evening in sophistry, then pissed . . . Mon, 19 May 2008 02:36:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348400 James Moylan 2008-05-19T02:36:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977308689 I just caught another snippet of a broadcast from the US the other day and, apparently, America is trapped in some sort of a time warp: a country-wide groundhog-day. There, on the tele, were the . . . Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:36:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977308689 James Moylan 2008-04-12T01:36:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306199 On my desk lies a copy of The Australian newspaper, as right-wing a rag as was ever spewed forth by the Australian industrial news complex, and the lead article by the head political hatchet-man is . . . Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:29:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306199 James Moylan 2008-04-10T00:29:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295203 I'm Google Earthing Bagdad To see what I might see And it doesn't look at all bad If you like the military Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295203 James Moylan 2008-03-28T00:30:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295194 In TheAge today NZ man sentenced after claiming to have been raped by a wombat March 27, 2008 - 3:51PM A New Zealand man who claimed to have been left speaking Australian after . . . Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:10:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977295194 James Moylan 2008-03-28T00:10:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977293602 not a real thread after any Washington Post blog......       March 25th, 2008 7:23 pm Re: Hillary has bigger balls? So why is it none of the man's business? . . . Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:07:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977293602 James Moylan 2008-03-26T03:07:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977285405 In a moment of clarity before I sleep With my wife breathing gently by my side I hear the sound of a downpour approaching a billion tiny drums upon a thousand corrugated sheets . . . Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:15:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977285405 James Moylan 2008-03-16T01:15:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271371 The Pew Centre on the States has just released a report that should be read by every thinking American. One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 provides a rigorous statistical overview of the . . . Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:49:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271371 James Moylan 2008-02-29T01:49:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270495 Most first world countries have a universal health care system. The government provides a social security safety net. And handguns are banned. These are considered some of the minimum requisites of . . . Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:36:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270495 James Moylan 2008-02-28T06:36:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192110 Having finished with the barracking, partying, and cleaning up related to our own long distance election here in Australia - I decided I'd best brush up on the runners in your big upcoming event. . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:21:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192110 James Moylan 2007-12-02T06:21:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190185 For the last ten plus years I've been busy hating the government. In both public and private. In organised forums and in spontaneous outbursts. In solo and four-part harmony.   In prose, . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:34:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190185 James Moylan 2007-11-29T23:34:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187270 Now that Australia has tossed the conservatives out of office we have to clean up the mess. And what a bloody great mess!   The Liberal Party, with John Howard at the helm, used divisive politics . . . Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:57:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187270 James Moylan 2007-11-26T22:57:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977185657 8:21:18 AM Sunday, 25 November 2007   Shhhhhh! It is the morning after the night before. So please be very quiet America. Your neighbours had a big night out.   Right now about seven . . . Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:18:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977185657 James Moylan 2007-11-24T23:18:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183640 From the front page of the Age and other leading Australian newspapers. Why isn't it on your front page? US leads world in jailing children for life Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles November 20, . . . Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183640 James Moylan 2007-11-21T21:46:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183021 Part 1: Australian Values - Who we are & Who we like to think we are. Don't buy into the advertising. Don't buy into our cultural dreaming. Aussies [pronounced oz-ees - not oss-ees] . . . Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:03:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183021 James Moylan 2007-11-21T05:03:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180436 Up is down, day is night, black is white. Welcome to PostMedia. ( high res copy of the BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE animation ) In the old days everyone scratched a dry text upon a white page. . . . Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:09:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180436 James Moylan 2007-11-18T07:09:53Z