'Australia is my favorite European country': Twitter competes in wittiness following Eurovision

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has launched his campaign for re-election in his local seat with a rigorous defence of his time in office and a call to re-elect Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister.

I have no idea what Warren means in regard to Bill Shorten having a brassiere. But Warren is a full-blown right-wing cartoonist. He publishes in the right-wing Daily Telegraph — an ultra right-wing paper designed for the plebs who think the paper represents the workers. The DT is a clever con of course. Everything in it is not so much designed to give you a hearty meat pie of news but a large paperbag of a nasty teeny soggy pastry. Warren included.

Here Gus has added the necessary "Emperor's new clothes" to balance the cartoon.

Seymour Hersh erases public's role on Syria

I have been slightly disturbed by Paul Craig Roberts comments. Not that I don't value his inside information and judgement but he has made a few "wild claims" in the recent past, including conspiracy about 9/11. On closer analysis, his claims make sense and are very disturbingly on par with what we spruik here on this site — or even what we could spruik, beyond the ridiculously conspiratorial. 

Fairfax Media staff will hold stop-work meetings after up to 30 journalists were made forcibly redundant.