Day after day, we get "in-depth" analysis by economic specialists and journalists who would not be able to make a yellow plastic duck float in a bath-tub... They are dissecting the beast while it's still alive...

Ask yourself questions: why did the US spied on most of the presidents of Europe?... Answer:

you work it out... (clue: It was not to let Europe become a power house for starters...)

When Tony Abbott called for heads to roll at the ABC, he invokes the “death cult” rhetoric he supposedly deplores, writes Lyn Bender.

fact finding of the inquiry as ordered by Turdy:

A) from now on, The ABC shall never interview anyone with a contrary view to that of the Turdy Government.

B) The ABC is Turdy's ABC

C) All journalists at the ABC shall be replaced with PR personnel from the Prime Minister's office.

Here concludes the inquiry.

The Prince of Wales and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, will visit Australia in November this year, the Prime Minister says.

It's now clear did nothing wrong, and Abbott's demand that "heads should roll"was unjust and he should apologise for it.

Providers of ethics classes in NSW primary schools have responded with outrage to a change to the school enrolment form which removes a clear choice between ethics and scripture.

Bruce Hogan, the chairman of the charity and ethics class provider Primary Ethics, was angered by the change, saying it was a "profound step back".

"We are really disappointed," he said. "This has deliberately eliminated the option for parents to tell the school they would like their child to attend ethics lessons.

In 1990, when I was in grade school, I watched a union-sponsored commercial in which a mother told her little boy that they would have to move because Dad had lost his job—too many people were buying imports.

from Crikey ….

Fifeld said Pollie Pedal was run with the assistance of and benefit of Carers Australia which is a key peak organisation in his portfolio.

“While the pedallers cycled, I used the event as a backdrop in my role as the minister for disability, ageing and carers to meet people with disability, carers and older Australians as well as with the groups that support them,” he said.

Conservative members of the Abbott Government have slammed colleagues, Labor and the media in a bid to kill off same-sex marriage.

The mixing of secular and religious beliefs has placed us at war with ourselves, as well as being in need to defend the furniture from secondary terrorism stemming from our idiotic crusades.