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AFP: CIA chief says Karzai likely victor

Well the Bush domino doctrine which was supposed to see the wonderful western institution of democracy flower in the middle east seems to be running into a few problems with the EU Election Observation Mission reporting that almost 1.5 million votes cast in the Afghan election are suspect. The election result saw Karzai collect over [...]

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My blog and I – Journal – Jon Bauer

Jon posed this question about blogging -

why don't I make the connection between a failure to censor and a feeling of over exposure?

Which seems like a worthy subject to spend some time on so I will have a crack as they say.

I don’t know Jon from a bar of soap but I hazard to say [...]

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RBA’s $6 billion gift to Swan

That’s it! I hereby call on the government to immediately privatise the Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank is nothing more than a grubby little profit-making enterprise which MUST be flogged off so the private sector can enjoy the profits that come from such a risky activity, the business of buying money.

The Reserve Bank’s profit of [...]

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www.breakfastpolitics.com

Perhaps its just a product of no sleep or maybe a more deep seated personality disorder but this morning’s summary of the daily political news had me rolling in stitches. (or if you like LMAO!) There was Mark (why doesn’t anyone like me) Latham with

I can’t stop thinking (or writing) about Julia Gillard,

then there [...]

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Google Fast Flip

Oh dear, what will Mr Murdoch say?

Google Fast Flip.

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Telstra forced to separate – iTnews.com.au

This morning The Oz were putting on a brave face for Telstra with this Wireless puts broadband at risk | The Australian. Telstra owns the biggest wireless network in the country although reading the Oz’s story you might be excused for thinking that the issue was the plan to install fibre to the home. But [...]

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Women help give Labor breast chance of victory | Article | The Punch

Is this supposed to be funny? Maybe the punchline escaped me…

Mal Farr is presumably Malcolm Farr, the hipper “Mal” is possibly adopted to reflect the “new” Punch. In fact we are told that Mal is really an Animal who like to ride “bikes”. Wow! And what other gems emerge from Mal’s rambling keystrokes…ah here’s [...]

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Plastic Bags

According to the ABC about 4 BILLION bags make it into landfill every year. The same report from over a year ago says that -

Federal and state environment ministers have failed to reach a national agreement on banning plastic bags

It was obviously too hard. Beaten by the plastic bag! What can we expect on Global [...]

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New York Streets 1946

Life have a collection of 1940′s New York picture on their site. The black and white scenes are quite amazing.LIFEembedDrawImage2(’50628601′,’260′);

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Packer, Stokes call truce (for now) in ConsMedia battle

This is the Fairfax take on the deal Packer, Stokes call truce in battle for ConsMedia but over at The Oz (owned by News Corp and News are part owners of ConMedia) the picture is painted differently -

KERRY Stokes has scored a stunning victory with James Packer agreeing to give him two seats on the [...]

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