Woman walks through market holding severed head of man who tried to rape her
That headline should be shown every where and just projected right into the sky.
That headline should be shown every where and just projected right into the sky.
What Population Can Australia Carry?
What population can Australia carry?
A South Australian authority puts the figure at 20,000,000, but a Melbourne professor goes to 40,000,000 and even 60,000,000 if there is careful agriculture planning.
Both agree that the great central area of Australia can never become fertile like the heart of the United States. It is too dry.
"It is not like the deserts of Arizona, U.S.A., with snow mountains melting just when they are wanted. Australia is the flattest, hottest and the driest continent in the world," says the South Australian.
"Something might suddenly occur by means of which, say, tabloid food could be prepared to serve to people living round Lake Eyre, but the idea that science could suddenly discover something is only a gamble and can not be made the basis of a discussion.
"I think we have done very well to get seven million here to date."
He has even reached that level of fame where he's the subject of a growing Internet rumor: that he's the basis for the Killers' song "Mr. Brightside," in which frontman Brandon Flowers sings about watching another man seduce his girl. Gubler, who's working with a mutual friend on a small project for the band, says that claim "blew my mind," but it's not true.
"I don't think so, anyway. I haven't really asked Brandon about it," he says. "I think I'd rather not ask him about it."
"But," he adds in closing, "I am Roxanne from the Sting song."