Every mother loves her baby, every baby is valued and Mr Rudd should value all babies equally. We should not live in Australia where Mr Rudd thinks that some babies are more valuable than others. It’s very, very important that Mr Rudd understand that every mother loves her baby and this should be an Australia […]
In Australia, there is a key position — fundamental to our governance, and almost unique to the Australian political landscape — that we, the people of this nation, do not elect. As I say this, you may be thinking of the Governor-General, representative of our head of state, the Queen… but there is a far more important position at […]
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“Now, in ‘07, the task of the Australian Labor Party is to address and redress the growing inequality created not by neglect or drift or indifference, but by the deliberate infliction of a decade of the most ideologically driven regime in Australia’s history.” — Gough Whitlam, with Margaret, as the first recipients of the ALP’s national life […]
February 22, 2007 – 14:06
“[The Premier of New South Wales] said state firearms regulations had been amended to allow Mr Cheney’s US Secret Service bodyguards to carry firearms during the visit because the vice president’s security was of paramount concern.” — Protesters warned over VP violence
Good to see we’re adapting our wonderfully stringent firearm laws to make sure the US Secret […]
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I say, why all the glum faces? *crickets*
And in my first act of bipartisan outreach since the election, I shared with [Nancy Pelosi] the names of some Republican interior decorators who can help her pick out the new drapes in her new offices. *crickets*
Thank you, voters of the USA, for making Bush eat humble pie.
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The United States of America…
is armed to the teeth with nukes,
disrespects international law,
invades and wages war on foreign countries based on abject lies,
savagely ignores human rights,
has virtually buried habeas corpus,
supports institutionalised torture,
and finally, the USA has banned Vegemite!
This kind of behaviour tends to bring out the yobbos bagging Yanks mentality, even among ever-tolerant Aussie GNOME […]
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No chance I’m missing out on this… I just noticed that Jon Stewart is performing here in Boston on Friday night!
Go buy tickets for the 7pm performance, and we’ll have dinner afterward at a nearby restaurant — any locals have suggestions?
Update: Oh maaaan. The booking agent called me to say that the 7pm performance had been overbooked […]
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September 13, 2006 – 02:50
“The adage, ‘governments lose elections, oppositions don’t win them’, remains true but it’s no longer enough for the government to be incompetent. If voters think that the opposition is more or less equally inept, they will stick with the devil they know.” — Tony Abbott, Labor states are riding Howard’s wave
… because that’s precisely what happened at […]
Zaheer, I continue to defend freedom of speech on Planet GNOME, in spite of many complaints now and in the past about various blogs — including my own, on occasions. Your posts about the situation between Israel and Lebanon are very serious examples of the (sometimes pretty crazy) things people complain to me about. But they’re yours, […]
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I just wanted to send out a special message to those behind the London blasts: Even the Irish managed to do a better job than you schmucks. I’m really glad we have mailing lists, IRC and planets to know that family, friends and colleagues are okay in these events. But then, I’m really sad and […]
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