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Blogsfrom the ugly side of utopia .....from john pilger ….. The Brutal Past and Present are Another Country in Secret Australia
let 'em eat cake .....from politicoz ….. The government's new media strategy – explain as little as possible – is now causing considerable disquiet among journalists.
risk management .....The financial fallout from a spate of corruption inquiries is beginning to hit crooked former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid.
JFK...IT was all over in a few seconds, but the assassination of John F Kennedy on 22 November 1963 has generated five decades of "painstaking, and for some unsatisfying, analysis," the Daily Mail says.
the new (old) weather girl...London: Former Prime Minister John Howard has poured scorn on the "alarmist" scientific consensus on global warming, comparing those calling for action on climate change to religious zealots in a speech to a gathering of UK climate sceptics.
the luck of the devil
welcome to our vacuum .....from new matilda ….
You shall know them by their fruits...From the master of hypocrisy, Gerard Henderson...
charity begins in joe's kitchen...
The lucky country? Try selfish and deluded, too
bye, bye american pie ....What Americans don't know and don't understand is quite an obstacle to progress. If you think the widening chasm between the rich and the rest spells trouble for American democracy, have a look at the growing gulf between the information-rich and-poor.
speechless ....Justification for airport detention of partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald alarms human rights groups and Tory MP The detention of the partner of a former Guardian journalist has triggered fresh concerns after it emerged that a key reason cited by police for holding him under terrorism powers was the belief that he was promoting a "political or ideological cause".
on golden calf .....from peter fitzsimons ….. It's about the Pope's move last week to dismiss German Bishop Franz-Peter Terbatz-van Telst of Limburg, after finding out he'd spent no less than 31 million euros on his private residence. An admirable move, one might think, given that this Pope's motif seems to be simplicity and humility
the no-peace process...Pakistan's interior minister has said the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has destroyed the country's nascent peace process. "This is not just the killing of one person, it's the death of all peace efforts," Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said. Pakistan summoned the US ambassador to protest over Friday's drone strike that killed Mehsud. It came a day before a Pakistani delegation had been due to fly to North Waziristan to meet Mehsud.
say nothing, say nothing, say nothing...
the house of shame ....."We do not kill our cattle the way the US is killing humans in Waziristan with drones." - Rafiq ur Rehman
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