Friday 29th of March 2024

olympic champion chump .....

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 .....

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 .....

the bleedin' obvious .....

from Crikey ….. Hitchens' tortured pursuit of the truth

Charles Richardson writes:

shifting sands .....

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 .....

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 .....

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 .....

the things that batter .....

from Crikey ….. 

Bidding farewell to our worst foreign minister 

Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes: 

all eggs, no bacon .....

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. 

thine own best measure .....

thine own best measure .....

The country's crumbling infrastructure might require an urgent overhaul, rampant corruption might need to be stamped out, and runaway prices might demand taming, but Russia's most pressing task, some observers say, lies in a completely different area. 

in the boots of the fisherman .....

protecting our freedom .....

Extraordinary new powers will allow police to arrest and fine people for "causing annoyance" to World Youth Day participants and permit partial strip searches at hundreds of Sydney sites, beginning today. 

bob, bob, bob, bob-bob-along .....

bob, bob, bob, bob-bob-along .....

Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve heads a list of Tory MPs with sizeable shareholdings in companies accused of propping up Robert Mugabe's regime, The Independent on Sunday can reveal today. 

keystone cops .....

keystone cops .....

from Crikey ….. 

NSW crime commission: the law beyond the law 

jonah .....

jonah .....

Joe Hockey is the manager of Opposition business. As such, his brief is to organise the flow of legislation with the Government, and to be the Opposition's union rep in question time.

At 42, he is hardly old, but it's fair to say that he has been an adult for some years. Which makes it all the more odd that opposition has caused Mr Hockey to regress to the age of approximately 14.

a lasting legacy .....

a lasting legacy .....

desperately seeking godot .....

desperately seeking godot .....

Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls for 'new deal' to solve oil crisis

The Prime Minister has unveiled a four-point plan, which would see leading oil markets – including China and India as well as the Middle East – functioning better to reduce volatility and renew efforts to make the most of the world's remaining reserves.

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