An empire is not a monolith. Humans are not robots.

The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures.

If President Obama is serious about ridding the world, and not just Syria, of chemical weapons, he and America’s closest allies in the Middle East should lead the way.

The temptation for hard-pressed business people to blame their troubles on a Labor government has been irresistible.

She (Ms BISHOP)  described Labor as ''arrogant'' for appointing Mr Bracks without consulting the Coalition.

1. ABBOTT HAS NO MANDATE

The spacial human condition lends itself to many weird and idiotic primitive interpretations... 

At the risk of sounding disrespectful, yesterday’s front page photograph of Tony Abbott, in rosebud’s Daily Terror, gave me the impression that the lycra-clad, barefoot, prime ministerial budgie-smuggler in-waiting was in desperate need of a suppository!!

So, Tony Abbott will become Australia's 28th prime minister because he never really buggered it up like many thought he would; whilst Labor buggered it up at almost every step.

In other words, we now have a Prime Minister & government elected by default or, as others might put it, “the lesser of two evils”.

From the Washington Post

A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study. The long journey of the radioactive particles could help researchers better understand how the ocean’s currents circulate around the world.

Rupert Murdoch is spending the last of his credibility on an anti-ALP propaganda campaign.