A bizarre murder–suicide with a Darwin religious connection is included in the swag of exclusive articles lined up by Little Darwin for our expanding readership in 2012. Other prime fare includes the ongoing book length serialised life of crusading NT editor , Big Jim Bowditch; further chapters in the hectic career of political activist/journalist/publisher, Pete Steedman , down to his last Bentley; additional exploits in the life of Darwin’s relentless warrior, Rob-Wesley Smith , who once "knighted " Jose Ramos-Horta in a little known investiture ; the poetic "saboteur," Dr John Tomlinson, who, like Robin Hood, wants to redistribute some of the wealth of the world (especially the petrodollars ) to help the poor living on the smell of a proverbial oil rag , particularly those just across the Timor Sea ; a guide to xenophobic gardening ( no, not written by Pauline ), which helped shape the " Australian Dream. "
The roaming artist/architect/author PETER BURLEIGH will continue to entertain with pen, brush and pungent pars.
As the year 2012 is shaping up as a momentous one for the globe , Little Darwin has arranged a team of local and overseas correspondents to provide copy for the blog on a wide range of subjects. Extensive coverage will be given to Territory and Federal politics with a good serving of what is going on within America where President Barack Obama , carrying the world's hopes on his shoulders when elected , was stymied from the outset by the vicious right wing and looney forces in the US, including toxic sections of the media .
There will be spoof, satire, quirky yarns , photos. Unusual ephemera will include postal history, guides to Hitler’s Olympic Games and a souvenir from the Paris exhibition where Picasso’s painting, Guernica,expressing outrage at the killings by fascists during the Spanish Civil War , was displayed.
The Little Darwin blog is read in many parts of Australia and has a growing following in the US. It is perused in Britain , New Zealand , Russia, Germany, France , the Netherlands , Canada , South Korea and India . China took a sudden interest in us when we reported that a British commando in Hong Kong had invaded mainland China for a bet and was later executed in Vietnam when he became involved in the drug trade .
Little Darwin will never stoop to P3 girls, cheesecake, tit and bum shots or rude Willie Nelson poems to attract readers, unlike some unGodly sections of the uncouth press. Wholesome horseflesh will , however , get a run-like this appealing snap of the first time the Gurindji stock brand -GDT (Gurindji Daguragu Territory) -was applied. (Photo by Rob Wesley-Smith.)
