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I can't stand this stuff .....Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he can't stand artwork that depicts naked children. Mr Rudd today said work such as that shown in this month's edition of Art Monthly Australia did the opposite of restoring dignity to the debate over depictions of children in art.
harvest sunday .....
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell, said yesterday there was nothing immoral about commercialism as he opened the first official World Youth Day venue: a merchandise tent in Hyde Park.
charitable works .....The Archdiocese of Sydney is contributing $15 million toward WYD events and denies it will be making a profit from the event. On optimistic days the pilgrim juggernaut is expected to hit 500,000 participants and bring millions of tourist dollars into the state.
pressganged .....
bizarro world .....What follows are just a few of the July 4th lies and errors that we are supposed to blindly accept: · The military is glorious, its heroes heroic, and our support is patriotic
babes for benedict .....The sex industry is expected to be blessed with an increase in customers thanks to the most unlikely of sources - World Youth Day.
well, I'm buggered if I know mate .....The remorseless destruction of the Murray-Darling river system is arguably the most grotesque of this country's more obscene political and environmental crimes of the 20th century. It's right up there at the top.
olympic champion chump .....US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the White House says. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said Mr Bush will also visit South Korea and Thailand as part of the trip.
signs of bushit .....“Saddam Hussein has also demonstrated a willingness to threaten to use the oil weapon and to use his own export program to manipulate oil markets. Therefore the U.S. should conduct an immediate policy review toward Iraq including military, energy, economic and political/diplomatic assessments.”
the bleedin' obvious .....Charles Richardson writes:
shifting sands .....After Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might “refine” his Iraq policies after meeting with military commanders there later this summer, he hastily held a second news conference to emphasize that he remains committed to his central proposal for withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.
lost in space .....As these anecdotes illustrate, Downer never learnt the lesson of his tenure as a failed leader of the opposition. His leadership of the Liberal Party was already in strife but it was his ill-judged joke about domestic violence - "the things that batter," Downer chortled - that brought his term to a rapid end.
immaculate conception .....Police have told organisations planning to campaign during World Youth Day events they need to have placards, banners and T-shirts pre-approved or risk losing their protest "rights" - even those groups representing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
the things that batter .....from Crikey ….. Bidding farewell to our worst foreign minister Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes:
all eggs, no bacon .....Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past To maintain any modicum of modern life, countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world’s oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025 or sooner if we ramp up use of coal or natural gas to replace crude oil.
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