Coca-Cola's secret recipe revealed

I wonder what “Merchandise 7X” is.
The recipe as published on thisamericanlife.org

• Fluid extract of Coca
• Citric acid 3 oz
• Caffeine 1oz
• Sugar 30 (quantity not known)
• Water 2.5 gal
• Lime juice 2 pints 1 qrt
• Vanilla 1oz
• Caramel 1.5oz or more to colour
• Merchandise 7X flavour (use 2oz of flavour to 5 gals syrup):
• Alcohol 8oz
• Orange oil 20 drops
• Lemon oil 30 drops
• Nutmeg oil 10 drops
• Coriander 5 drops
• Neroli 10 drops
• Cinnamon 10 drops

Coca-Cola's secret recipe revealed

An opportunity missed on mining super tax

How many billions of dollars has the Liberal Party cost Australia by scuttling the original Mining Super Profits Tax? It would have to be at least enough to pay for the flood and cyclone reconstruction.

Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party have a lot to answer for and it is my sincere hope that the government can expose the opposition’s craven pandering to the billionaires for what it is.

An opportunity missed on mining super tax

Happy Decimal Currency Day

On the 14th of February, 1966, Australia introduced decimal currency. This informative film explained how people could convert the old pounds, shillings and pence into dollars and cents.

Clarke & Dawe Return - Tony Abbott

Clarke & Dawe (10/2/2011) interview with Tony Abbott in the wake of the #shithappensgate affair.

Nice B&W Photo Blog

Royal Exhibition Building - Carlton Gardens, Melbourne.

http://moremelburnian.wordpress.com/

Beginning of the end for Tony Abbott

That miserable bastard that is the Australian Opposition Leader responded that "Shit happens" when he was being briefed about the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Surely this will be the end of him. Please.

Palin the Traitor

Politics USA reports on the foreign press being free to be more honest about Sarah Palin than the domestic press in the USA. 

http://www.politicususa.com/en/foreign-sarah-palin-traitor