Friday 19th of April 2024

Singing for Australia's supper at ASEAN


Singing for Australia's supper at ASEAN

Elvis Downer

In a very low-key rendition of a song by Elvis Presley, our Mr Clowner Showed the ASEAN meeting Australia can't sing for its supper and will have to sign on the dotted line the treaty of cooperation.... Amazing Grace? Bring out the earplugs!!

Zirkus Oz tours Beijing

Just to amuse myself, till the pics return - 

Beijing to clamp down on foreign media
... Viacom, the U.S. television and entertainment conglomerate that owns MTV China, is one of three foreign broadcasters that have secured rights to broadcast to selected Chinese audiences. The other two are Star TV, owned by News Corp., and Phoenix Satellite Television, based in Hong Kong. ...

... The new rules were announced by the Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and four other regulators and appeared in the Chinese press on Wednesday. They will make it more difficult for foreign companies to bring in foreign books, Internet and video games and performing acts at a time when many multinational companies are turning to China's burgeoning market for growth. ...

Rupert, then, has first option on the required stunts. But I can recommend an all-star cast. A ventriloqist's dummy, a parrot, a puppet and a poodle, all singing the same hymn.