From the JAKARTA Post under the banner “News from foreign broadcasters cannot be aired lively” For a moment I thought they meant the items must be presented in a sombre manner. But no…it’s just plain old censorship and accountability. JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia next month will begin enforcing a law that bans local broadcasters from relaying [...]

From the Guardian/Observer A missile fired from a Predator killed more than 20 innocent people in Pakistan earlier this month in a botched US bid to kill Ayman al Zawahiri, the deputy leader of al-Qaeda, and similar attacks have been made in Iraq, Yemen and on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Excuse me. Where did the “innocent [...]

Defence building collapses in Canberra. Staff at the Australian Defence College began to evacuate after hearing rumbling in the roof of the five-year-old building about 4.15pm (AEDT) today. Several people sustained cuts and bruises, but there were no serious injuries. The roof collapsed into the top floor of the two-level building, Australian Defence College commander [...]

INSULIN that is inhaled rather than injected could be available in Australia within a year. The revolutionary form of insulin, which does not need to be administered with a needle, was approved by health regulators in the US yesterday. Exubera, a dry powder insulin that more quickly controls blood sugar levels, has the potential to [...]

NZ woman to send dog food to starving children in Kenya They’d most probably prefer to eat the dogs. Not surpisingly, Oxfam New Zealand executive director Barry Coates did not like the sound of the plan and I think if I was a Kenyan I’d be a little insulted.

The state will pay for an operation to restore the sexual organs of a Russian conscript who had his legs and genitals amputated as a result of a brutal bullying incident. Like, as if that’s going to help. Uncivilized bastards.

Police seize insult to Nation masquarading as “art” VICTORIA Police may have illegally seized a ragged Australian flag that was hung outside a Melbourne art gallery. The gallery’s director, Michael Brenner, said he had received no complaints about the ragged flag. But two days later, when the gallery was unattended, Senior Constable Jay McDonald, of [...]

Mark Steyn, in The Wall Street Journal, on the success of pro-American leaders: REMEMBER the conventional wisdom of 2004? Back then, you’ll recall, it was the many members of George Bush’s “unilateral” coalition who were supposed to be in trouble, not least the three doughty warriors of the Anglosphere – the President, Tony Blair and [...]

If anything proves Howard’s point on the teaching of history it is this statement; Australian Education Union secretary Andrew Gohl told The Australian: “We know that John Howard says we shouldn’t have a black armband view of history, but what does that mean? Does it mean we can’t talk about the invasion of Australia, or [...]

Well, I’m proud to be an Australian, I’m happy to fly our flag and I don’t care that the Jack is in the corner. It’s a part of our history that we can’t and shouldn’t ignore. The Jack and the Cross….. graphical depiction of where we come from and where we are going. A very [...]