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Blogsthe clacking of the needles...There is a picture doing the round amongst the LNP Queenslanders, denigrating Mr Rudd... So Gus thought of improving the picture as he did above... Meanwhile there is a misconception in the mind of most of the public that we elect our Prime Ministers the same way as the American Presidents... This confusion of course is firmly cultivated by the cult of personalities presented to us in a bucket by the macMedia...
from the wonderful world of spyland ....The U.S. National Security Agency allegedly conducted spying on European Union diplomats, according to classified documents taken by whistleblower Edward Snowden and reported by German news magazine Spiegel on Saturday.
down by a billabong ....Two resurrections in one week are hard to get your head around. In a stunning return from the wilderness, Kevin Rudd will open the batting for Australia in the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge next month. Shane Watson becomes prime minister again and will lead Labor to the election.
kerry in middle earf...
![]() Kerry in the Mideast: Tilting at Windmills By Mitchell Plitnick...
god's laundry ....A Vatican official was arrested Friday by Italian police for allegedly trying to bring 20 million euros ($26 million) in cash into the country from Switzerland aboard an Italian government plane, his lawyer said.
the theatre of the absurd —TONY: Hey Ruddy, you've just robbed me of the most sadistic pleasure to knock her off her perch... Three bloody years on my arse I waited for this... RUDDY: What 'bout me?... Three and a half years in purgatory, she put me in... Even after I stabbed her in the dark with the help of Laurie Oakie... and on many other occasions after that... I was trying to give you the gig!... TONY: why would you do that? RUDDY: So I could punch you in the gonads from behind...
the spying business...
flying pigs...This is a repeat of part three of the (unabridged unedited) introduction to the book "The Age of Deceit" by Gus, a work still in progress....
betrayal ....from our friend Dr. Vacy Vlazna …
politicising tragedy and women rights...
you cannot trust your "friends" anymore...
gutted ....from the shovel …. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he was well over half way into watching the latest Superman movie Man of Steel before he realised it was about a comic character and not his hero and mentor John Howard.
a day of the future...
Julia Gillard says she has no regrets about calling the election so many months in advance and believes Labor can still win, despite repeated polls showing the party is set for an historic defeat.
soon on the agenda...
the gutter-press syndrome...Never before has Australia’s political coverage been so poorly regarded by the public; Tom Orren says this reputation is well-deserved — and here he explains why.
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