LABOR'S diluted poker machine reforms allowing punters to voluntarily set bet limits are poised to go before parliament today after the Greens last night declared their support.

And another thing...

Peter Reith who is so eager for the NSW Liberals (conservatives) to stop the small liberals (small L liberals [conservatives]) take over, is telling them that the central power-brokers like him know best... He considers himself of course as a "power-broker" not as part of the ugly "faceless men" that do the political deals in the Labor camp...

Cabinet minister Craig Emerson said Prime Minister Julia Gillard was proving resilient.

The Great Barrier Reef is dying...

WHO is really tainted?

John Howard's politics of conviction and principle are in stark contrast to Julia Gillard's lack of values, argues Robert Katsambis:

“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.” - Margaret Thatcher

JULIA Gillard was involved in the "conspiracy" to topple Kevin Rudd as prime minister days before the coup, according to new claims that contradict her own account.

FORMER federal Liberal leader John Hewson has questioned the perceived "probity of process" surrounding the NSW government's first-stage approval for a new Sydney hotel and casino.

As Rhonda is about to be kissed by Ketut, we are in the middle of a fairytale but the watermelons that fall on the bonnet of the car remind us of commercial imperatives.

It's make-believe for profit... Welcome to your mind being manipulated into a malleable commodity. This is not new of course, the churches, the mosques all have used illusions and fruit of some sorts, for centuries, in order to make you believe and make sure you belong to the huddle — or to the mob — or to the hanging party...